45–46 Cornmarket
The two old shops that stood here were rebuilt for Gordon Thoday’s fabric shop in c.1972.
In the censuses (former old shops)
1841
No. 45 is occupied by the chinaman Edward Sutton (35) and one shopman.
No. 46 is occupied by the cutler Sarah Robinson (50) and John (25), Jane (20), Sarah (15), and Jemima (13).
1851
No. 45: Sutton no longer lives over his shop, and the accommodation is occupied by his manager, Thomas Seaman (32) and his wife Lydia (31), who is described as the assistant manager. They have four children: Sarah (5), Thomas (4), Hannah (2), and Fanny (less than two months), as well as a governess and a female servant.
No. 46: The saddler Henry Adams (25 and unmarried) lives over his premises with one female servant.
1861
Nos. 45 & 46 now appear to be one shop, and the upstairs is still occupied by Thomas Seaman (42), who is described as a coal glass and china merchant. He is a widower living with three of his younger children: Thomas (15), Hannah (12), and Susan (7), as well as his niece Ellen Wells. A governess (described as a boarder rather than a servant) is living with the family.
1881
Nos. 45 & 46 are described as “unoccupied”, implying that Lambert’s millinery shop occupied the whole premises.
Occupants of 45 and 46 Cornmarket listed in directories etc. |
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Date |
No. 46 (left) | No. 45 (right) |
1839–1846 |
Sarah Robinson John Robinson |
Sutton & Son Samuel Sutton |
1852 |
Henry Adams |
Spiers and Son |
1867 |
Oxford Furnishing Co Ltd |
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1872 |
Wiseman & Blake, Linen drapers |
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1880 |
L. Lambert, Millinery & baby linen establishment (numbered simply 45 henceforth) |
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1890 |
Hatch & Co., Japanese Art Depôt |
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1901–1902 |
Lloyd’s Oriental Café Ltd |
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1911–1970 |
Cadena Café Ltd Tea merchants (1911–1921) Restaurant & Coffee Specialists (1932) |
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Rebuilt in c. 1972 (at the same time as No. 44 to the north) |
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1973–1976 |
Gordon Thoday Fabrics |
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1986–present |
HMV (southern half) |
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