No. 22: Morton's
No. 22 possibly dates from the eighteenth century, but was refronted in the 1960s. It is a Grade II listed building (ref. 1485/182).
Saunders' Passage ran down the side of this shop, leading to another two businesses with living quarters upstairs based in the backyard.
At the time of the 1851 census, the tobacconist Hershall Woolf (who was born in Poland) was living here with his wife. A bathchair-man and his wife, and a tailor and his laundress wife and baby, lived in the two houses behind.
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Occupants of 22 Broad Street listed in directories |
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1830, 1846, 1852 |
Charles Lobb, Stay maker (wife Mary died 26 December 1851 aged 64) |
1852 |
Hershall Woolf, Tobacconist |
1861–1867 |
Edmund Hitchings, Painter, plumber, & paper-hanger |
1869–1872 |
Darby [sic] & Sons,
Lace manufacturers |
1884 |
E. Th. Merckel, Watchmaker & jeweller |
1887 |
E. Thatcher & Son, Watch & clock makers and jewellers |
1889–1891 |
J. A. Acock & Co. (also at 21) |
1893–1894 |
William Parker,
Bookseller (also at 21) |
1895–1909 |
Frank Harvey, Bookseller (also at 21) |
1910–1913 |
Henry Harold, Tailor |
1915–1928 |
Hubert Giles, Bookseller (also at No. 23) |
1929–1949 |
Frank A. Wood, Bookseller & stationer (also at No. 23 1929–1937) |
1952–1975 |
The Children’s Bookshop (then moved to No. 6, and finally to No. 8) |
c1977–1990 |
Emperors' Wine Bar |
c.1994–present |
Morton’s Sandwiches |