The English Provincial Trade - East Anglia

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H. CHAPMAN

Chelmsford



H. Chapman - Chelmsford - 1902

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BERNARD FRENCH

26, Station Road and 16, Electric Parade, Clacton-on-Sea, and Walton-on-Naze



Bernard French - Clacton-on-Sea - 1912


Bernard French - Clacton-on-Sea - Sales box detail

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F. NEWTON & SON

Norwich


Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership business heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Francis Newton and Henry Newton, of the City of Norwich, Gold and Silversmiths, Silk-Mercers, and Haberdashers, trading under the firm of F. Newton and Son, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and that all debts due from and to the said Partnership will be paid and received by the said Francis Newton.—Dated the 8th day of February 1834.
Francis Newton.
H. Newton.

Source: The London Gazette - 11th February 1834

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W.R. BULLEN

29, London Street, Norwich



W.R. Bullen - Norwich - Sales box detail c.1910

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=40531&p=114122&hil ... en#p114122

and: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=40531&p=183104&hil ... en#p183104

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A. HEASMAN & SON

22, High Street, Colchester



A. Heasman & Son - Colchester - 1949

Established since at least 1907. Acquired by the Williams & Griffins department store, now Fenwick, in the 1960's.

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W.H. STEDMAN

1, Public Hall Buildings, later, Greenwich House, Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea



W.H. Stedman - Clacton-on-Sea - 1889


W.H. Stedman - Clacton-on-Sea - 1911

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TURNER & LEVERIDGE

3b, Short Wyre Street, Colchester



Turner & Leveridge - Colchester - 1949


Turner & Leveridge - Colchester - 1968

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L.FEITELSON Ltd.

106, High Road, Ilford and East Ham






Leon Joseph Feitelson was born in Chernegova, Russia in 1878, he died at Southend-on-Sea in 1970. He arrived in England in 1904 and became a naturalised citizen in 1910. He is buried in Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery.

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G. & W.E. ETHERIDGE

10, Market Place, Norwich



G. & W.E. Etheridge - Norwich - 1846

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=40531&p=113287&hil ... ge#p113287

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G. CAWSTON

Library Court, High Street, King's Lynn



G. Cawston - King's Lynn - 1856

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DANIEL CATLIN

King's Lynn


All Persons having any claim on the Effects of the late Daniel Catlin, Watch Maker and Silversmith, of Lynn, Norfolk. Deceased, are requested to send an account thereof to Thomas Gales and John Catlin, Executors, or to Elizabeth Catlin, his Executrix, of Lynn aforesaid, that the same may be discharged; and all persons who stood indebted to the said Daniel Catlin at the time of his decease, are requested to pay their respective debts, within one month from the date thereof, to the said executor or executrix – At the same time they respectfully inform the friends of the deceased and the public that they intend carrying on the trade in all its branches for the benefit of the family, having engaged the same assistants employed by the late Daniel Catlin. The Stock is excellent and well chosen; consisting of an elegant assortment of Gold and Silver Watches and Time Pieces, Eight–day Clocks in Mahogany and wainscot cases, with a large assortment of Silver Plate, Jewellery, Cutlery, etc., well worth the attention of the public; and they do trust, by strict attention, to merit a continuance of the favours so liberally conferred on the late Daniel Catlin.

Source: Norfolk Chronicle - 30th May 1818

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LEONARD D. KNIGHT

29, High Street, Clacton-on-Sea



Leonard D. Knight - Clacton-on-Sea - 1963


Knight - Clacton-on-Sea - Sales box detail

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ALAN COOLEY

122, Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea and 52, Kingsway, Dovercourt, Harwich



Alan Cooley - Frinton-on-Sea - 1974


Alan Cooley - Frinton-on-Sea - 1978

Alan Cooley closed his business in c.1995. He drowned in 2000, his body being recovered off the coast of Palma de Mallorca.

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HAWKINS BROTHERS

95, Crouch Street, Colchester



Hawkins Brothers - Colchester - 1949

Predecessors to the firm of Victor Hawkins, see: https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopi ... ns#p180851

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HAROLD STAFFURTH CLARKE

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire


OBITUARY

Mr. Harold Staffurth Clarke, for many years in business as a watch and clock repairer and jeweller in Chatteris, Cambs., aged 85.

Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - April 1961

Harold Staffurth Clarke (b.1875-d.1961) was the son of William Staffurth Clarke (b.1851-d.1907) who also worked in the same trade at Chatteris, with Harold taking over the business in 1901.

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THOMAS SMITH

Lincoln


Thomas Smith, a watchmaker, who has been many years in business in Lincoln, was recently brought up on remand on a charge of misappropriating articles entrusted to him to repair. Over twenty watches, some of them gold and of considerable value, which have been pledged by defendant, have been identified. Evidence was taken in two cases only, and Smith was then committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th August 1882

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JOHN BULL & Co. Ltd.

47-49. High Street, Bedford


OBITUARY

Mr. Cecil R.B. Tingey, managing director of John Bull & Co. Ltd., retail jewellers at Bedford, at the age of 71. He entered the business in 1899, and became managing director when the firm was made a limited company in 1921. For many years he was a Council member of the N.A.G., and he was a Justice of the Peace for Bedford.

Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - May 1956


John Bull & Co. were established in 1817.

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Beha’s of Norwich, watch and clock makers, later jewellers. St Stephen's Plain, Norwich, Norfolk

Larenz Beha, Clock & Watchmakers at St Stephen's Plain noted 1850 Hunts & Co Directory

This Larenz Beha may have been the "Lorenz Beha" murdered in a robbery in 1853. On line there are several descriptions of this event but this one has "extra" details.

https://norfolktalesmyths.com/2019/10/2 ... of-murder/

"Further evidence came to light as a result of police enquiries. A Mr S. Hermann of Lynn and a friend and former partner of Lorenz Beha went to Tittleshall on the Sunday morning knowing that the latter, in the course of his journey that weekend, intended to take a watch to a person in the village."

This Mr S. Hermann, the former partner, of maybe "Larenz Beha", could have been in the "Herman Beha & Co, Watch & Clock maker at 7 Norfolk St", referenced in Pigot's 1839 Directory of Norfolk, at the Norfolk coastal town of "Lynn Regis" (now "Kings Lynn").

That same Directory suggested no "Beha's” were at Norwich in 1839.

Another "Beha" not mentioned at Norwich in the 1856 "Craven & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Norfolk, was "Larenz or Lorenz Beha". This would have been post the late November 1853 murder. However, there were several other watchmakers, including Beha's, at St Stephen's Plain, Norwich.



Craven & Co.'s 1856 Commercial Directory of Norfolk, gives as watchmakers, Jacob Beha and Matthias Beha, but Beha, Lickert & Co are watchmakers and jewellers. Another entry gives the name "Dominick Lickert" as a watchmaker.

These further images relating to a pocket watch that I date (with difficulty) as Birmingham, 1854 could be informative. We see Beha, Lickert & Co advertising their business including "Importers of foreign clocks".





I am excluding a it being a London case as it would be “F” for 1801 and I think the blurred set of marks shows an anchor mark.

In the Post Office Directory of Norfolk for 1869 there is only a "Beha Jacob & Co" at St Stephen's Plain, but Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Norfolk & Lowestoft, for 1877 shows a change to "Beha & Schwerer Watch & Clock makers".



This watch is described as London 1871

Further change is shown in the business by the History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk for 1883 when at St Stephens Plain we have "Lickert Schewerer & Ketterer, watch manufactureres (L,S.K)" and also " Watch & Clock manufrs & Jewellers", In the personnel we have Dominick Lickert, Mark Ketterer and John Schwerer. Two names we have seen before.

A few years on in time and there had been more change as now at 6 St Stephens Plain it becomes “Lickert & Sons”.

History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890

6 St Stephens Plain D. Lickert & sons Jewellers (Joseph may be one of the sons)


Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1896

6 St Stephens Plain Lickert & sons watch & clock makers jewellers & silversmiths


Eastern Counties of England Directory, 1901

6 St Stephens Plain, Lickert & sons


In Kelly’s 1912 Directory of Norfolk, I found little in the way of relevant entries.

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The "Beha" name was well known in German / Bavarian clock making. Kings Lynn has in the past been a very large and important port and a member of the historic Hanseatic League of North European ports. A likely convenient place for a German immigrant to go into the watch business? Norwich, the county town of Norfolk would then be a good, move on place, for a business and it was only about 50 miles away from Kings Lynn.

The Beha name was not just known in Norfolk as a watch and jewellery business. There was a similar business in South Wales in the name of "L. Beha & Co" (Leander Beha) and with references in our Forum. I was familiar with the Leander Beha business, so hence this research.

I also understand that watch movements and watch cases can be interchangeable so there may be errors in referencing dates.

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CROYDON & SONS

50-52, Tavern Street, Ipswich



Croydon & Sons - Ipswich - 1939

Established in 1865.

An undated image of the premises of Croydon & Sons:



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JEREMIAH KOSSUTH ORAMS

Chelmsford


MONTHLY RECORD OF BANKRUPTCIES

Liquidations by Arrangement or Composition

Orams, Jeremiah Kossuth, Chelmsford, jeweller. July 18. At Leeming's, acct., 10, Coleman Street, London, Aug. 11 at 12. E. Blyth, sol., Chelmsford.

Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th August 1879

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