Entries from 1951 Newport Kelly's Isle of Wight directory
for St. James Street
To account for missing numbers in Streets, it may be understood that either the house was empty at the time the revision was made, or let in weekly tenements, or that the information was refused.
| from Town Gate bridge to St. John's place |
| East side |
| Margham Harry & Sons Ltd., coach builder |
| here is Crocker street |
| 1 Downer E.E., butcher |
| 2 Rugg Walter James & Co. Ltd., tobacconist |
| 4 Cheverton Frank Ltd., motor & agriculural engineers |
| 5 Wapshott William, greengrocer |
| 6 Kent Victor, confectioner |
| 7 Dunford George Henry, newsagent |
| 8 Mrs. Smith |
| 8a Blake Mrs. |
| 9a Way F.G., hairdresser |
| 9 Harris Benjamin Victor, chemist |
| 10 Chef's Kitchen (The) (Home Caterers, proprs) |
| 11 Isle of Wight Co-operative Society Ltd. Demolished 2022 |
| 11a Southern Electricity Board Demolished 2022 |
| here is Lugley street |
| Murdoch (Jn. G. Murdoch & Co. Ltd.), perambulator dlrs. |
| 13 Newport District Liberal Club (A. Matthews, hon. sec.) |
| 14 Deaf Aid Centre (A. H. Wasson) |
| 15 & 15a Gibbs Bros. (Isle of Wight) Ltd., clothiers |
| Congregational Church |
| 16 Kent Mrs. Lily, greengrocer |
| 17 Early William J., butcher |
| 18 Steel's (G. Steel), greengrocer |
| here is High street |
| 18a Isle of Wight County Club, (R. Pollington, sec.) |
| 18a Isle of Wight County Club Ltd. (reg. office) |
| 19 Wray's Ltd., grocers |
| 19 Vectis Bus Co. Ltd. (associated British Railways) (offices) |
| 20 Wadham & Sons Lim., house furnishers |
| 21 Red Lion P.H., William Henry Edwards |
| 22 Victory Cleaners (Isle of Wight) Ltd., dyers & cleaners |
| 23 Bell Inn (The), Mrs. S. M. Baker |
| 23 Isle of Wight Licensed Victuallers Society (Leonard Betteridge, sec.) |
| 24 Central Fruit Stores (S. T. Pullen, propr.), fruiterers |
| here is Pyle street |
| 26 Tomlinsons (G. E. Tomlinson), greengrocer |
| 26a Shears Norman & Partners, quantity surveyors |
| 26a Motor Union Insurance Co. Ltd. |
| 27 Tomlinsons (G. E. Tomlinson), tobacconist |
| 28 Pittis Sir Francis & Son, chartered surveyors & auctioneers, estate agents & valuers |
| 29 Gray R. C., clothier |
| 29 Rowland Arthur H. |
| 29 Richmond Mrs. |
| here is South street |
| 31 Whitcher Frank E. Ltd., outfitters |
| 34a Gustar Charles Henry, butcher |
| 35a Bright Francis W. & Co., chartered accountant |
| 35a Cheek Bros. Ltd., civil engineering contractrs. |
| 35a Council for the Preservation of Rural England (I.O.W. branch) (E. A. McCullagh, hon. sec.) |
| 35a National Trust (Isle of Wight Properties Management Committee) |
| 35a Downer Alec Ltd., builders |
| 35a Island Cottages Ltd., housing association & reconstructed stone mfrs. |
| 35a Ablitt Herbert M., assessor of taxes |
| 35a Aldridge Vernon F.R.I.B.A., chartered architect |
| 36 Eldridge James & Sons., solicitor & commissioner for oaths |
| 37 Meech George C., cycle agent |
| 38 Bright & Minns, dyers & cleaners |
| 40 Cave & Sherwood, grocers |
| Grapes P.H., G. R. Paddock |
| here is Orchard lane |
| 42 Boyce Miss N. M., confectnr. & tobacconist |
| 43 Stotesbury E. E., fried fish dealer |
| 43a Stein Mrs. |
| 44 Cooper Frank, mason |
| here is Plough yard |
| 48 Plough Inn, E. A. Darbyshire |
| here is Orchard street |
| Orchard Engineering Company Ltd., agricultural engineers |
| 50 Dennis Mrs. |
| 51 Stocking Shop (The), (Mrs. V. R. Dalrymple), stocking repairer |
| 51 Lupton George |
| 52 & 53 Ring Mrs. D. J., leather seller |
| 54 Shutler Julian Neal, pastry cook |
| Newport County Girls' School |
| Domestic Centre (Miss E. Wise, mistress) |
| Newport County Secondary Grammar School |
| County Seely Library (F. S. Green M.A., F.L.A. librarian) |
| here is St. John's place |
| West side |
| 61 Cranbourn P.H., John W. Smith |
| 62 Wateridge George Henry |
| 63 Fraser Mrs |
| 64 Ralph Nurseries Ltd, florist |
| 65 Wright Peter |
| 66 Crawley Ralph Henry, beer retailer |
| 67 & 68 Snellgroves Ltd., decoratorors; glass, paint & wallpaper merchants & sanitary fittings |
| 69 & 70 Labett's County Stationery Store, stationers & post office |
| 71 Best Henry V., shopkeeper |
| 72 Weston George |
| 73 Walmsley E. A. & Son, farmer, (office) |
| 74 Smy George |
| 75 Hayles W. H. hairdrssr |
| 76 Coward Frederick G. & Sons, ironmonger |
| 77 Payne Ernest Albert, confectioner |
| 78 Kirby John & Son, pork butchers |
| 79 Long H. F., motor engineer |
| 80 Linington H. J. |
| 81 Hedley Simpson Ltd., tyre factors |
| 82 Barnes H. A., hairdresser |
| 83 Wool Shop (The) (Mrs. I. M. Holland) |
| 84 Salero E., confectioner |
| 85 Nicholson W., boot repairer |
| 86 Haylett Thomas C. |
| Node Hill Congregational Lecture Hall & Sunday School |
| here is Chapel street |
| 86a Mullett H., boot maker |
| 86b Hampton Edith (Mrs. Edith Hayward, proprietress), draper |
| 87 Coombes H. T., saddler |
| 88 Saunders H.T. electrical engineer |
| 88a McKeown Mrs. |
| 89 Bannister E., confectioner |
| 89 Eaton J. W., H.M. Inspector of taxes |
| 90 Pauline's (Mrs. Ivy Lawrence), ladies' hairdresser |
| 91 West W. A., greengrocer |
| 91a. Rugg Walter James & Co.. Ltd., tobacconists |
| 92 George Inn, George T. Hewett |
| 93 & 94 Sheath John & Co., corn merchants |
| here is Scarrot's lane |
| 95 & 96 Moorman & Son (A.E. Wyatt, propr.), house furnishers & upholsterers & funeral directors |
| 98, 99 & 100 Abraham A. W. & Co., butchers |
| 101 Midland Bank Ltd., (W. A. M. Leigh, manager) |
| here is Pyle street |
| 102 Barclays Bank Ltd., (A. J. Neill, manager) |
| 103 & 104 Larby's Ltd., restaurant; bakers & confectioners |
| 105 Bull George, leather merchant |
| 106 Hayles James Alfred, pork butcher |
| 106a Kirby H. E., drug store |
| 107 National Provincial Bank Ltd. (William A. S. Lee, manager) |
| Flanders Frederick George Pritchard L.D.S.R.C.S.Eng., dental surgeon (Bank house) |
| Flanders John Frederick Howard L.D.S.R.C.S, dental surgeon (Bank house) |
| 107A Linington J.H., ironmonger & agricultural engineer |
| 108 Godwin H. Ltd., tailors |
| here is High street |
| 109 Way H.J. & Son (incorporated with Wallis Riddett & Co.), valuers |
| 110 Marshall D.A. watch maker |
| 111 Purkis George B. & Sons Ltd., boot maker |
| 112 Fisk & Fisher, corn merchants |
| 113 Westmore Coal & Trading Co. Ltd., coal merchants (depot, Blackhouse quay) |
| 114 Purkis George B. & Sons Ltd., tailor & outfitter |
| 115 Stiby & Elderfield, clothiers |
| 116 Kime Ernest Alfred, photographer |
| 117 Freemasons' tavern, F. G. Barber |
| here is Lugley street |
| Newport Grammar School (Maj. P. W. F. Erith, B.A., T.D., head master) |
| 119 Norris Alfred James |
| 122 Milk Marketing Board (area office) |
| 122 Island Mutual Supplies Ltd. (The), check trading company |
| 122 Wight Sound Recording Co. |
| 123 Martin Frederick William |
| here is Crocker street |
| 124 March Harry Ltd., confectioners |
| 127 Troopers' Inn, A. P. King |
| 128 Barber R.L |
| 129 Hannam Mrs. |
| 130 Morris Bernard C. |
| 131 Mytton Mrs. |
| 132 Kent's Furniture Stores (A. Kent, propr.), house furnisher |
| here is Towngate bridge |
