No. 31: Former shop and lodging house
No. 31 Broad Street was on the northern corner of New College Lane. Together with No. 32 to the north, it was demolished in 1891 to make room for the second phase (the three right-hand bays) of the Indian Institute (now the Modern History Faculty building). The Institute had to be built in two phases because old leases on this shop and No. 32 did not expire until 1891.
At the time of the 1851 census, No. 31 was occupied by John Minty, a master tailor and robe maker, "in partnership with others: many men". He lived there with his wife and a servant, and had two student lodgers.
From 1861 to 1876 it was a grocer’s shop, run by the Paynes. At the time of the 1861 census, Edward is described as a "Grocer & Sheriff’s officer", and lives over the shop with his wife Emily, their two daughters, two gentlemen lodgers (one of whom is an Esquire Bedel), and a servant. A firm of accountants took the shop over in 1880, but Mrs Payne continued to live upstairs, and is listed there in the 1881 census: aged 52, she is described as a "householder & share holder", and is living with her daughter and her elderly uncle. They have one servant and two lodgers (one of whom is the ironmonger James Gill).
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Occupants of 31 Broad Street listed in directories |
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1839 |
Robert Sheard, Wine & spirit merchant |
1846 |
James Shaylor, Furrier |
1852 |
Richard Omash, Bookbinder |
1861–1876 |
E.H. Payne (Mrs Payne from 1875), Grocer & Italian ware |
1880–1891 |
F. & H. Bacon, Accountants (Mrs Payne still living upstairs) |
Demolished in 1891 (along with No. 32 to the north) to make room for Phase 2 of the Indian Institute |
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