2– 6 even BRIDGE STREET

Official listing  Nos 2 to 6 (even)  grade 1I

No 2 is part of rounded corner of No 54 Hide Hill. late Georgian, ashlar, moulded cornice, 3 storeys, 5 12paned

sash windows (1 blank on each upper floor) and 2 doors with traceried fanlights. Small shop front to  No 6

 

 

OCCUPANCY

No 2

2010                          Private

1901census             Butcher Lumsden

1881,1887              Butcher Robert Carr

No 4

2010                          Private

1925, 29                   Insurance agent Thomas Fraser

1901census            Police Sgnt Foster

1891census             Cabinet Maker Michael Hawkins & No 6

1891,87,81             Cabinet Maker /Upholsterer Michael Hawkins

No 6

2010                          Sandwich Bar Crumbs

2005                         Women’s Fashion Sarah Thomson

1952,25                    Tobacconist Confectioner A R Sidney

1938, 35,29            Tobacconist Confectioner Mrs Agnes Sidney

1910,11                    Tobacconist Confectioner Arthur Biddle

1901census             Tobacconist Confectioner  Riddle?

1902                         Tobacconist Confectioner John Elliot

 

REFERENCES

 

The following sources have been consulted to establish occupancy in these documents

 

Kelly’s Directories 1938,1925,1929,1910,1906,1902

 

Border Counties Trade Directory 1952-3

 

The Advertiser of Northumberland. 1935

 

Slater’s 1911

 

Berwick-upon- Tweed  & District Amateur Operatic Society 1922 – 2010

 

Census 1891 1901

 

Survey 2000

 

Berwick Archives and Record Office