Post Office Directory of 1865.
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The Commercial traders in Bury St Edmunds in 1865, surname A.
Backhouse Henry, corn dealer, 17 Risbygate street
Backhouse James, corn dealer, 9 Brentgovel street
Bailey Abel,
Spread Eagle inn, Westgate road
Bailey Newman Lesingham, surveyor of taxes, office, Town hall
Baker Elijah, greengrocer, 6 College street
Baker Harriet (Mrs.), baker, 96 Westgate road
Baker William,
Castle, Cornhill
Balaam Mary (Mrs.),registry office for servants,77 Whiting street
Baldry George William,
Magpie, Church yard
Baldwin James & Thomas, shopkeepers, Cemetery road
Balls Ann (Mrs.), fruiterer, 90 Whiting street
Balls James, straw hat maker, 87 Short Brackland
Banks Thomas,
White Hart, Southgate street
Barker & Gedge, secretaries to the Suffolk Alliance Fire & Life Insurance
Company, 22 Hatter street
Barker Horace, general printer, & printer & publisher of the 'Bury & Norwich
Post & Suffolk Herald,' 22 Hatter street
Barnard Benjamin, blacksmith, The Butts
Barrett John, florist, & nursery & seeds man. Cotton lane
Barton Frederick, under bailiff to the county court, 48 Churchgate street
Barton John, lodging house, 1 College lane
Barton John, under bailiff to the county court, 2 College st
Barton Robert (Mrs.), milliner, 53 Churchgate street
Baxter Mary (Mrs.), school, 78 Southgate street
Baxter Samuel, cutler, 95 St. John's street
Baxter Thomas, watch maker, 11 Hatter street
Baxter William, cork cutter, 89 Whiting Btreet
Bear Thomas Mayhew, ironmonger & oil merchant, 7 & 8 Cornhill
Beckett Joseph,
Suffolk commercial & family hotel, 35 Butter market
Bedells Samuel, grocer & tea dealer, & provision, ale & hop merchant, 6 Cornhill
Bell Family & Commercial Hotel, General Posting Establishment & Inland Revenue
Office (Henry Shippey Scott, proprietor), Cornhill
Bethell Emma (Miss), milliner, 25 Churchgate street
Betson Eliza (Miss) , dress maker, 55 Cannon place
Betts Samuel, butcher, 20 Churchgate street
Biddell & Blencowe, estate agents, auctioneers & valuers, 1 Whiting street
Biles George, watch maker, 16 Whiting street
Bilson William, naturalist, 21 Westgate st. & 8 Honey hill
Birchinall Edward, printer, Whiting street
Bird William, provision dealer, 25 St. John's street
Bishop John,
Saracen's Head, 61 Guildhall street
Bishop Robert, horse dealer, 35 Guildhall street
Blake George Harry, high bailiff to the county court, Chapel house
Bloomfield Amos, boot & shoe maker, 120 Eastgate street
Blvth Kate (Miss), dress maker, St. Andrew's street
Bony Robert, ironmonger, Market hill, & agricultural machine manufacturer, St.
Andrew's street
Boby George, merchant, see Cooper, Tozer & Co
Bonfellow Edmund, linen draper,see Richardson & Bonfellow
Boreham George, saddler, 61 St. Andrew's street
Boreham William, baker, 8 Brentgovel street
Borrett Donna Maria (Mrs.), milliner, 25 Guildhall street
Borton John Henry, solicitor, 5 Hatter street
Botanic Gardens (Robert Pettit, lessee), Abbey grounds, Angel hill
Bowers Charles, cooper, Hog lane
Bowie Henry, smith, 30 Mustow street
Boyden Joseph, butcher, 54 St. John's street
Brabrook Arthur, watch maker, 38 Risbygate street
Brabrook James, coppersmith, 12 St. John's street
Brabrook William, plumber &
beer retailer, Bridewell lane
Braddock Henry, brewer & spirit merchant, Southgate st
Brain George Johnson, chemist & druggist, 7 Abbeygate st
Brain Robt. Thornton, inland revenue officer, 68 Whiting st
Bratton Charles, tailor, 9 Guildhall street
Brett Charles, bricklayer, Eastgate street
Brett John, bird fancier, 17 Churchgate street
Brewster Henry,
Three Goats' Heads, 14 Guildhall street
Brewster John, builder & shopkeeper, 91 Southgate street
Brewster Robert, baker, 19 Westgate road
Bridges Mary (Mrs.), coach builder, Sparhawk street; & at Stowmarket
Britton John, shoe maker, 89 St. John's street
Brooke William Lombe, solicitor, 1 Risbygate street
Brown Daniel,
Unicorn, Eastgate street
Brown Edward, shoe maker, 41 St. Andrew's street
Brown Henry Thomas, baker, 40 College street
Brown Mary Ann (Miss), boys' school, 84 Whiting street
Browne Frederick Edward, boot maker, 19 Abbeygate street
Browne Frederick E. collector for the cattle market, St. Andrew's street
Brownsmith Jsph. auctioneer & estate agt. 55 Churchgate street
Bugg Geo. corn, coal & seed merchant, 45 St. Andrew's street
Buglass William, shoe maker, Westgate road
Bull Benjamin, carpenter, 15 Eastgate street
Bullen Charles Henry, cabinet maker, 20 Butter market
Bullock Richard William, gingerheer maker, 50 Northgate street
Bullock Walter, shopkeeper, 11 Mustow street
Burlingham George, miller & seed merchant, & dealer in coal, cake, malt, hops,
manures Sec. Railway flour & seed mills
Burroughs Charles, hoarding & day school, 2 Mustow street
Burroughs Robert,
Fox inn, Eastgate street
Bury St. Edmund's Free Press (Thomas Francis Lucia, printer & proprietor;
published on friday evening), Abbeygate street
Bury & Norwich Post & Suffolk Herald (Charles J. Gedge, proprietor; Horace
Barker, printer & publisher; published on tuesday), 22 Hatter street
Bury St. Edmund's Gas Company (William Salmon, sec.; Thos. H. Methven, manager),
St. Andrew's st. north
Bury & Suffolk General Hospital (Right Hon. The Earl of Stradbroke, president;
William Rohert Bevan & Peter Huddleston, esqrs. treasurers; Rev. Alfred John
Perry, B.A. chaplain; John W. Goodwin, physician; Harry Fuller, house surgeon;
William Gross, secretary; Miss Ann Musgrave, matron), Hospital road
Bury & West Suffolk Building Society (William Frewen, secretary ; meet first
monday in the month at the Guildhall at 7 p.m)
Bury & West Suffolk Subscription Library (Hon.& Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey, M.A.
president; John Greene, esq. sec; James William Clark, librarian),Guildhall
Byatt Thomas, shoe maker, 3!) St. Andrew's street north
Byford George, tailor, 49 Guildhall street