| The Town Centre in
the 1840s |
| Based on information from the 1841 tithe map.
Market Place was then part of Wolverhampton Street. |
|
Market
Place - western side: |
|
No. |
|
Owner |
Occupier |
Details |
|
1. |
|
Samuel
Smith |
William
Fletcher |
House &
Yard |
|
2. |
|
Samuel
Smith |
James
Walters |
House,
Shop & Yard |
|
3. |
|
Samuel
Smith |
unoccupied |
House &
Yard |
|
4. |
|
Joseph
Walker |
William
Fletcher |
House &
Yard |
|
5. |
|
George
Grove |
unoccupied |
House &
Yard |
|
6. |
|
George
Grove |
Jabez
Shorter |
House,
Warehouse & Garden |
|
7. |
|
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
George
Robinson |
House,
Warehouse & Yard |
|
8. |
|
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
William
Hill & John Peters |
House &
Vaults |
|
9. |
|
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
Bilston
Union Mill Company |
House |
|
10. |
|
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
Elizabeth Marston |
House &
Shop |
|
11. |
|
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
Thomas
Williams |
House &
Shop |
|
12. |
|
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
House,
Offices, Yards, Garden |
|
13. |
|
Thomas
Hincks, Senior |
Charles
Berry |
House,
Stationery Shop, Yard & Garden |
|
14. |
|
John
Clemson |
- |
Stable |
|
15. |
|
John
Clemson |
- |
Stable |
|
16. |
|
John
Clemson |
unoccupied |
House,
Bakehouse & Garden |
|
17. |
|
John
Clemson |
Thomas
Whitehouse |
House,
Shop & Garden |
|
18. |
|
John
Clemson |
James
Large |
House |
|
19. |
|
John
Clemson |
John
Harper |
House,
Glass, China Shop & Garden |
|
20. |
|
Mary
Hincks |
Richard
Pedley |
House &
Garden |
|
21. |
|
Mary
Hincks |
Alexander Parrott |
House,
Shop - Druggist, Tea
Dealer |
|
22. |
|
Mary
Hincks |
Samuel
Wright |
House,
Shop, Stable & Yard |
|
23. |
|
Mary
Hincks |
unoccupied |
House &
Shop |
|
24. |
|
Mary
Hincks |
Richard
Cooper |
House &
Shop |
|
25. |
|
Mary
Hincks |
Josiah
Coleman |
House |
|
26. |
|
John
Clemson |
John
Holland |
Garden |
|
27. |
|
John
Clemson |
Devisees
of James
Whitehouse |
Old
House Croft |
|
28. |
|
Henry
Wakelam |
William
Perry |
Bell
Public House, Stable &
Yard |
|
29. |
|
John
Clemson |
unoccupied |
House &
Offices |
|
30. |
|
Benjamin
Smith |
Benjamin
Smith |
Public
House & Shopping |
|
31. |
|
Benjamin
Neville |
William
Pitt |
House,
Shop & Garden |
|
32. |
|
Lucy
Knowles |
Lucy
Knowles |
House |
|
33. |
|
Lucy
Knowles |
Benjamin
Somerfield |
House &
Shop |
|
34. |
|
Lucy
Knowles |
Edward
Davis |
House |
|
35. |
|
Joseph
Ash |
Thomas
Davis |
House,
Slaughter House, Yard,
Butchers |
|
36. |
|
Violetta
Tildesley |
William
Mason |
House |
|
37. |
|
Violetta
Tildesley |
Frederick Hopkins |
House |
|
38. |
|
Violetta
Tildesley |
Edward
Cooper |
House |
|
39. |
|
William Brown |
Benjamin Smith |
Swan Public House,
Stable, Shopping, Yard |
|
40. |
|
John
Clemson |
Robert
Beckett |
House,
Shop & Yard |
|
41. |
|
Catherine Read |
Josiah
Tildesley |
House &
Yard |
|
42. |
|
Sarah
Barnes |
Sarah
Barnes |
House &
Yard |
|
|
|
Market Place
- eastern side: |
|
No. |
|
Owner |
Occupier |
Details |
|
1. |
|
Devisees of
James
Whitehouse |
Devisees of
James
Whitehouse |
House,
Offices, Yards, Garden |
|
2. |
|
John Clemson |
unoccupied |
House,
Bakehouse & Garden |
|
3. |
|
John Clemson |
Thomas
Whitehouse |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
4. |
|
John Clemson |
James Large |
House |
|
5. |
|
John Clemson |
John Harper |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
6. |
|
Mary Hincks |
Richard
Pedley |
House &
Garden |
|
7. |
|
Mary Hincks |
Alexander
Parrott |
House |
|
8. |
|
Mary Hincks |
Samuel
Wright |
House, Shop,
Stable & Yard |
|
9. |
|
Mary Hincks |
unoccupied |
House & Shop |
|
10. |
|
Mary Hincks |
Richard
Cooper |
House & Shop |
|
11. |
|
Mary Hincks |
Josiah
Coleman |
House |
|
12. |
|
John
Clemson. |
Joseph
Burroughs |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
13. |
|
John
Clemson. |
Samuel
Wolverson |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
14. |
|
John
Clemson. |
Thomas
Wootton |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
15. |
|
John
Clemson. |
Abraham Ash |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
16. |
|
John
Clemson. |
Joseph Page |
House |
|
17. |
|
Mary Hincks |
Thomas
Humphreys |
House,
Warehouse & Yard |
|
18. |
|
Anne Turner |
John Putman |
Angel Inn,
Buildings & Yard |
|
19. |
|
Anne Turner |
Richard
Shutt |
House,
Warehouse & Yard |
|
20. |
|
Henry
Wakelam |
William
Walters |
House |
|
21. |
|
Henry
Wakelam |
Henry Alsop |
House |
|
22. |
|
Henry
Wakelam |
James Pinsom |
House |
|
23. |
|
Henry
Wakelam |
William
Perry |
Bell Public
House, Stable & Yard |
|
24. |
|
John Clemson |
unoccupied |
House &
Offices |
|
25. |
|
Benjamin
Smith |
Benjamin
Smith |
Public House
& Shopping |
|
26. |
|
Benjamin
Neville |
Edward
Dudley |
House & Yard |
|
27. |
|
Benjamin
Neville |
William Pitt |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
28. |
|
Lucy Knowles |
Lucy Knowles |
House |
|
29. |
|
Lucy Knowles |
Benjamin
Somerfield |
House & Shop |
|
30. |
|
Lucy Knowles |
Edward Davis |
House |
|
31. |
|
Joseph Ash |
Thomas Davis |
House,
Slaughter House, Yard,
Butchers |
|
32. |
|
Violetta
Tildesley |
William
Mason |
House |
|
33. |
|
Violetta
Tildesley |
Frederick
Hopkins |
House |
|
34. |
|
Benjamin
Neville |
Benjamin
Neville |
Shopping &
Yard |
|
35. |
|
Devisees of George Clemson
Roberts |
unoccupied |
Malthouse & Yard |
|
36. |
|
Devisees of George Clemson
Roberts |
Devisees of Geo Clemson
Roberts |
House & Garden |
|
37. |
|
Anne Turner |
Joseph
Farmer |
House |
|
38. |
|
Anne Turner |
John
Ferguson |
House |
|
39. |
|
Anne Turner |
William Alt |
House |
|
40. |
|
Anne Turner |
Joseph
Farmer |
House |
|
41. |
|
Anne Turner |
Robert
Taylor |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
42. |
|
Anne Turner |
Thomas
Arnott |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
43. |
|
Anne Turner |
Mary
Bramhall |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
44. |
|
Anne Turner |
Henry
Walters |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
45. |
|
Thomas
Taylor Lees |
Sydney Smith |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
46. |
|
Thomas
Taylor Lees |
Thomas Bant |
House |
|
47. |
|
Anne Turner |
Thomas
Dugmore |
House & Yard |
|
48. |
|
Mary Hincks |
Enoch Read |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
49. |
|
Mary Hincks |
John Harper |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
50. |
|
John Fisher,
Senior |
Joseph
Parkes |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
51. |
|
John Fisher,
Senior |
Isaac Pitt |
House, Shop
& Garden |
|
52. |
|
John Neve |
Elton |
Shop & Yard |
|
53. |
|
George
Benjamin
Thorneycroft |
Pitt |
House & Shop |
|
54. |
|
John Neve |
Read |
House & Shop |
|
55. |
|
John Austen |
John Austen |
House,
Warehouse, Stable & Yard |
|
56. |
|
Devisees of James Hateley
Francis |
Anne Oakley |
House |
|
57. |
|
Devisees of James Hateley
Francis |
Daniel Jones |
House |
|
58. |
|
John Hartill |
John Grant |
House & Yard |
|
59. |
|
John Hartill |
Thomas
Palmer |
House & Yard |
|
60. |
|
John Hartill |
Edward
Sheppard |
House & Yard |
|
61. |
|
John Hartill |
William
Brown |
House & Yard |
|
62. |
|
William
Wolverson |
William
Wolverson |
House,
Warehouse & Garden |
|
63. |
|
John Clemson |
John Clemson |
Barn &
Rickyard |
|
64. |
|
Devisees of George Clemson
Roberts |
Richard Johns |
House & Shop |
|
65. |
|
Anne Hartill |
John Bolus |
House & Yard |
|
66. |
|
Devisees of George Clemson
Roberts |
Joseph Pedley |
Woodman Public House, Shops
& Garden |
|
67. |
|
Devisees of
George Clemson Roberts |
Joseph
Picken |
House |
|
68. |
|
Anne Turner |
Thomas
Taylor |
Shop & Yard |
|
69. |
|
Anne Hartill |
Joseph Yates |
House & Yard |
|
70. |
|
Anne Hartill |
Joseph
Taylor |
House & Yard |
|
71. |
|
Anne Hartill |
William
Harper |
House, Shop
& Yard |
|
|
John Clemson's fine Georgian house in the Market
Place, from an engraving produced in the 1850s. The
building on the right had been his malthouse. He
died in 1850 and the building became a school and a
shop. |
|
A recent view of what was once
the Clemson family's home and malthouse. |
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