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Retail & Local Businesses in
Burton Latimer

Ada mason's shop - two doors down from The Duke's Arms The middle section of the High Street in about 1926.  Centre - The Duke's Arms with its original 3-storey frontage The Co-op, shortly after it was built in 1914
Shopping in the High Street in the early part of the last century

Left - Ada Mason's shop in 1923. It was situated where the High Street now enters Latimer Close
Centre - The middle part of the High Street c.1926
Right - The Co-op in its pristine glory, shortly after it was built in 1914

A huge amount of research has gone on into locating every shop and local business which ever existed in Burton Latimer. We are pleased to publish the results below. Please note: THIS IS NOT A DIRECTORY OF CURRENT BURTON LATIMER BUSINESSES

Retail

Local Businesses & Tradespeople

Where shown, the dates are taken from invoices etc. and are only a 'snapshot' of the period they were in business.
Some are still trading, some were trading for years others only lasted a short time.

  • Bayes & Loak, Surgical Bootmakers - 1915
  • J P Ashby, Cabinet Maker - 1936
  • H L Bayes, Mason c1901
  • K R Eady, Electrician - 1975
  • Albert Ball, Builder & Mason - 1935

The History of Shops in Burton

  • Flier-Lite Co
  • T W Capps & Co., Builders - 1937
  • Arthur Freestone, Builder - 1953
  • Carl Cleaver, Carpenter - 1965
  • Alf P Lewis & Son, Builders and contractors - 1926
  • Albert Cook, Plumber & Decorator - 1935
  • S Smith, Boilermaker - 1915
  • A F Keach & Sons, Builder - 1936
  • W M Miles, Cyclemakers & Repairers - 1915
  • Steve Lewis & Sons, Builders - 1967
  • D G P Shelford, Carpenter & Joiner - 1996
  • Unit 2 Glass
  • Colin Smith, Carpenter - 1964
  • T C Loveday & Son, Rush, Patent and Cart Collar Manufacturer - 1909
  • John Smith, Plumber - 1936
  • S Blake & Son, Shoeing and General Smiths -1919
  • Michael Smith, Painter - 1987

Thomas Barlow Confectioner

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Sundry Local Businesses - 3

Sundry Local Businesses - 4
  • A T Byland, Electrical Contractor - 1981
  • Joseph Allen, Grocer and Thrashing Machine Proprietor -1908
  • Walter Clipson, Engineer - 1938
Directories
  • Bert Evans, Plastering Contractor
  • John Cooper, Auto Electrical Services - 1989
  • For OtherTrade and Local Directories see the Genealogy section
  • Evans & Fentiman, Plastering Contractors 1928
Nortons baker 1923
  • F Gardner, Carpenter - 1949
  • The Garage, Churchill Way
Fredk. Turner, Glas & China merchant
  • W T Hewitt, Cabinet Maker - 1935
  • Rosebery Street Garage - 1972
Herbert Keightley & Son, Haulage Contractors - 1937
  • Hughes & Sumpter - Painters & Decorators - 1977
  • Strudwick Motors
    1962
W. Meads, Dairyman - 1935
Meads Dairy - 1975
  • C Looms, Painter & Decorator - 1939
  • Thompson's Motors - 1960
Butlin & Turner, Rose growers 1931
  • Trevor Smith, Plumber - 1984
  • Victoria Garage - 1946
S.A. Lewis, Builder & contractor - 1948
  • F W Underwood, Contractors - 1970
  • David James, Family Grocer, Draper, Clothier and Outfitter - 1895
A.L. Turner, electrical contractor - Est. 1946
Arthur Turner (Burton Latimer) Ltd.
  • B Wagstaff, Decorator
    1922
  • G H Mason & Son, Furnishing & General Ironmonger - 1920s
Regency Cars - Petrol station, servicing - 1970 A.P. Lewis & Sons Ltd.
Builders, woodworkers, ironmongers c1930 -
MCL - Maziak Joinery Limited
1982
Hamlin-Seamarks, Churchill Way, car sales, petrol station, servicing - 1975 Bill Groome Used Car Sales - 1977 A.G.Miller, Plumber, decorator, electrician - 1930
Churchill Way Garage, Audi car sales, petrol station, servicing - 1979 (Mazda 1984) A.J. Wittering, Complete Furnishing Stores - 1932 A. Ward, Cycle & motor agent (Charlie's) 1944
A.E. Gilby, Grocer - 1940 Richard Congreve, Radio & television - 1967 F.E. Bosworth & Son,
Compere Shoes - 1966 Burton Latimer Co-operative Society - 1880s - 1990s J. Saddington, Carpenter - 1932
Francis T Wright, Railway Wagon Works, 1946 G. Potter, Plumber, painter, decorator - 1944 W. Elmore & Son, Butcher - 1948
E.K. Wittering, Drapery, corsets, hosiery - (1940s) F.J. Wittering, Drapers, Confectionery, Greengrocery (1950s) M.R. Pearson, Radio & electrical engineer - 1945
S.J. Hornsby, Practical bricklayer - 1949
S.J. Hornsby & Son, Builders - 1949
W.D. Evans (Burton Latimer) Ltd., Hatcheries - 1953 W.N. Shelford, Tailor, Stylist - 1954
R.P. Olorenshaw, Building repairs and alterations - 1951 F. Clay, Radios, cycles, electrical equipment - 1939 H.C. Eady, Carrier and firewood merchants - 1959
A.E. Claypole, (flowers, bouquets etc. - 1930s?) B.A. Brown, Plumber, glazier,etc. - 1940 W.F. Clipson, Electrical, radio, refrigeration - 1941
Services (E.L. Clark) Radio, Television, Electrical repairs 1950 Alliance Boot Co., Boot & shoe retailers - 194- C. Gossage & Son, (Burton Dairy) Dairyman - 1915
Burton Latimer Gas Company - 1915

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