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The Public Benefit Boot Company

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BRANCHES: Place-names A to G

Aberavon, GLA, 1905

Aberdare, GLA, 7 Commercial Street, 1899-1903, (Frank Ford, manager, 1901)

Aberdare, GLA, 16 Canon Street, 1907-1940, (H Anthony Pritchard, manager, 1918)

Aberdare, GLA, Union Street, 1918

Abergavenny, MON, Market Street, 1895, (C B Roe & Co, proprietors, 1895)

Abertillery, MON, Cwm Street, 1895-1896, (C B Roe & Co, proprietors, 1895)

Acton, MDX, 168 High Street, 1914-1919

Aldershot, HAM, 7 Grosvenor Road, 1901-1931

Aldershot, HAM, 11 Grosvenor Road, 1931-1935

Alford, LIN, Market Place, 1885, (John Henry Patrick, manager, 1885)

Alfreton, DBY, 1904

Altrincham, CHS, 21 Stamford New Road, 1929

Armley, YKS, 8a Town Street

Ashford, KEN, 52 High Street, 1929-1938

Ashington, NBL, 17 Station Road, 1914

Ashington, NBL, 32 Station Road, 1934

Ashton under Lyne, LAN, 203 Stamford Street, 1900-1928

Ashton under Lyne, LAN, 157 Stamford Street, 1929

Aston, WAR, 78 Lichfield Road, 1896–1914

Attercliffe, YKS, 30 Chipping Rian Street, 1897

Avonmouth, GLS, Shirehampton Road, 1914

Avonmouth, GLS, Avonmouth Road, 1929

Balsall Heath, WAR, Longmore Street, 1905-1914

Banbury, OXF, 7 Parsons Street, 1895-1920, (George Edwin Heydon, manager, 1895-1901)

Banbury, OXF, Lennards Cnr, Market Place, 1929

Barnoldswick, YKS, 29 Albert Road, 1930

Barnsley, YKS, 2 Pontefract Road, 1898-1967

Barnstaple, DEV, 23-25 High Street, 1897-1941

Barrow-in-Furness, LAN, 167 Dalton Road, 1909-1939

Barton on Humber, LIN, 63 High Street, 1891-1913, (George Goodhand, manager, 1891-1913)

Basingstoke, HAM, 9 Wote Street, 1920-1938

Bath, SOM, 19 Stall Street (cnr Southgate Street), 1892-1958, (Edgar Louis Greenslade, manager, 1895; Walter William Collins, manager, 1897-1911)

Bath, SOM, Stall Street, 1971-1977

Bath, SOM, 18 Stall Street, 1980

Batley, YKS, 2 Market Place, 1927-1936

Battersea, SRY, 5 York Road, 1910-1929

Bedford, BDF, 62 High Street, 1910-1976

Bedlington, NBL, 7 Market Place, 1929-1938

Bedminster, GLS, 69 East Street, 1896-1929

Beeston Hill, YKS, 1 Tempest Road

Belper, DBY, 66 King Street, 1895-1970

Belper, DBY, 70 King Street, 1929

Beverley, YKS, Toll Gavel, 1882-1893, (William Wilson, manager, 1882; Charles Whittaker of Leeds, proprietor, 1892; Joseph Haigh, manager, 1892)

Beverley, YKS, 13 Toll Gavel, 1925-1939

Bideford, DEV, 79 High Street, 1897-1929

Bideford, DEV, Lennards Corner, 1938

Billingham, DUR, Mill Lane, 1934-1938

Bilston, STS, 55 Church Street, 1891-1892, (John William Wilkes, manager, 1892)

Birkenhead, CHS, 165 Grange Road, 1894

Birkenhead, CHS, 230 Grange Road, 1925-1934

Birkenhead, CHS, 258 Grange Road, 1946-1966

Birmingham, WAR, see also Aston, Balsall Heath, Harborne, Small Heath, Sparkbrook

Birmingham, WAR, 21, 22 & 23 Union Street, 1888-1897

Birmingham, WAR, 42 Corporation Street, 1888-1982, (Walter Tamlin, manager, 1897-1900; James Augustine Moran, manager, 1915-1916)

Birmingham, WAR, 61 Spring Hill Road, 1896

Birmingham, WAR, 71 Longmore Street, 1896

Birmingham, WAR, 78 Lichfield Street, 1896-1897

Birmingham, WAR, 186 Coventry Road, 1896-1914

Birmingham, WAR, Albert Road, (warehouse), 1914

Birmingham, WAR, Brookfield, 1914

Birmingham, WAR, Springhill, 1914

Birmingham, WAR, 6 Alum Rock Road, 1946-1969

Birmingham, WAR, 622 Bristol Road, 1946-1969

Bishop Auckland, DUR, 46 Newgate Street, 1914-1938

Bishopton, GLS, 39 Gloucester Road, 1896-1929, (Frederick James Rickard, manager, 1914)

Blackburn, LAN, 28 Victoria Street, 1928-1939

Blackburn, LAN, 16 King William Street, 1939-1962

Blackhall Colliery, DUR, 1925-1934

Blackpool, LAN, 1-3  Bank Hey Street, 1909

Blackpool, LAN, 12 Lytham Street, 1909,

Blaydon, DUR, 37 Church Street, 1934, 1938

Blyth, NBL, 5 Turner Street, 1909-1938

Blyth, NBL, Regent Street, 1938-1941 (George Frear, manager, 1938-1941)

Bodmin, CON, Honey Street, 1906-1916, (Wesley Nancarrow, manager, 1906)

Bolsover, DBY, Market Place, 1932,

Bolton, LAN, 47 Bradshawgate, 1896-1904, (William Herrenden Harker, manager 1896-1898)

Bolton, LAN, 12-14 Bradshawgate, 1909-1929

Bootle, LAN, 441 Stanley Road, 1907

Bootle, LAN, 323 Stanley Road, 1929

Boston, LIN, 41 Market Place, 1905-1960

Bournemouth, DOR, 83 Old Christchurch Road, 1898-1918

Bournemouth, DOR, Old Christchurch Road, 1929

Bradford, YKS, Ivegate

Bradford, YKS, 20 Sunbridge Road, 1887, (William Henry Franklin, manager, 1887)

Bradford, YKS, 10-12 Sunbridge Road, 1889

Bradford, YKS, 184 Manchester Road, 1891-1898

Bradford, YKS, 12 & 14 Sunbridge Road, 1891-1912, (William Henry Franklin, manager, 1894)

Bradford, YKS, 78 Westgate, 1898

Bradford, YKS, 124 Westgate, (cnr Simes Street), 1912

Bramley, YKS, 206 Upper Town Street

Bridgend, GLA, 1904

Bridgwater, SOM, 13a Fore Street, 1901-1938

Bridgwater, SOM, 37 Eastover, 1902

Bridlington, YKS, 34 King Street, 1913

Bridlington, YKS, 33a-34 Queen Street, 1937

Brigg, LIN, Market Place, 1922-1932

Brigg, LIN, 33 Market Street, 1933-1937

Brighton, SSX, 47 West Street, 1915-1918

Brighton, SSX, 19 Western Road, 1929

Brislington, GLS, 61 Sandy Park Road, 1914-1929

Bristol, GLS, see also Avonmoouth, Bedminster, Bishopton, Brislington, Clifton, Kingswood, Keynsham and Totterdown

Bristol, GLS, 37 & 38 High Street & Market, 1880-1929

Bristol, GLS, 124 Lawrence Hill, 1896-1929

Bristol, GLS, 48 Stapleton Road, 1896-1929

Bristol, GLS, 21 Queen's Road, Clifton, (head office & warehouse) 1902

Bristol, GLS, 39 Gloucester Place, 1902

Bristol, GLS, 24 Bath Street, (repairing branch, cnr Tucker Street), 1902

Bristol, GLS, 26 Clare Street, 1914

Bristol, GLS, 95 Queen's Road, 1914

Bristol, GLS, 108 Whiteladies Road, 1914-1929

Bristol, GLS, 14 Wine Street, 1929

Bristol, GLS, 212b Hotwell Road, 1914-1929

Bristol, GLS, 30 Stokes Croft, 1914-1938

Bristol, GLS, 55A Queens Road, 1954-1958

Bristol, GLS, Soundwell Road, 1954-1977

Bristol, GLS, Penn Street, Broadmead, 1974-1980

Briton Ferry, GLA, 41 Neath Road, 1891-1901, (Mrs Mary H Rowlands, manageress, 1891)

Brixham, DEV, 9 Fore Street, 1902-1938

Brixham, DEV, 3 & 4 Fore Street, 1920

Brockenhurst, HAM, 1911-1915

Bromley, KEN, 4 The Broadway, 1913-1929

Bromley, KEN, 46-52 High Street, 1937

Bromsgrove, WOR, 95 High Street, 1912

Bulwell, NTT, 80a Main Street, 1894-1896, (A G Tregaskiss, manager 1894-1895)

Burnham-on-Sea, SOM, 10 Regent Street, 1914

Burnham-on-Sea, SOM, 31 High Street, 1919-1929

Burnley, LAN, 75 St James Street, 1905-1953

Burton-upon-Trent, STS, 191 Station Street, 1904-1942

Bury, LAN, 108 The Rock, 1934-1936

Bury St Edmunds, SFK, 30 Cornhill, 1912-1929

Buxton, DBY, 6 Terrace Road, 1912-1916

Buxton, DBY, 5 Spring Gardens, 1929

Buxton, DBY, 34 Spring Gardens, 1932-1970

Byker, NBL, 131 Shields Road, 1904-1925

Byker, NBL, 82-84 Shields Road, 1921-1956

Caerphilly, GLA, Cardiff Road & Central Street, 1929

Calne, WIL, 4 Church Street, 1915

Camberwell, SRY, 3 Church Street, 1915-1919

Camberwell, SRY, 331 Old Kent Road, 1915

Camborne, CON, Market Place, 1902-1919

Camborne, CON, Market Square, 1920-1938

Cambridge, CAM, 2 Rose Crescent, 1929

Canterbury, KEN, 43 High Street, 1923-1933

Cardiff, GLA, 90 Queen Street, 1900-1929, (Ernest Alfred Snow, manager, 1914)

Cardiff, GLA, 79 St Mary Street, 1899-1920

Cardiff, GLA, 51a Oxford Street, 1914

Cardiff, GLA, 33 Whitchurch Road, 1914-1929

Cardiff, GLA, 48 St Mary Street, 1929

Carlisle, CUL, 77 English Street, 1920-1924

Carlisle, CUL, 39 Botchergate, 1914-1923

Carlisle, CUL, 79 Scotch Street, 1927-1940

Carlisle, CUL, 63 English Street, 1961-1968

Carmarthen, CMN, 3 Hall Street, 1914-1929

Castleford, YKS, 7 Carlton Street, 1892-1901, (William North Driver, manager, 1892-1901)

Castleford, YKS, 24 Carlton Street, 1897-1917, (William North Driver, manager 1897-1917)

Castleford, YKS, 63 Carlton Street, 1917-1936, (William North Driver, manager, 1917-1927)

Chatham, KEN, 164-166 High Street, 1918-1929

Chelmsford, ESS, 87 High Street, 1901-1973

Chelmsford, ESS, 37 High Street, 1912-1917

Cheltenham, GLS, 380 High Street, 1880-1883

Cheltenham, GLS, 379 High Street, 1898-1917

Cheltenham, GLS, 368 High Street, 1920-1938

Cheltenham, GLS, 1945

Chester, CHS, 42 Northgate Street, 1907-1934, (W H Harker, manager, 1907)

Chester, CHS, 32 Northgate Street, 1911-1912

Chester, CHS, 23 Foregate Street, 1927-1952

Chester, CHS, 5 Grosvener Street, 1928-1952

Chesterfield, DBY, Corporation Street, 1888-1891

Chesterfield, DBY, 6 Corporation Street, 1895-1910, (W Brown, manager, 1895)

Chesterfield, DBY, 21 Stephenson Place, 1912-1941, (John Wooley, manager, 1912-1925)

Chester-le-Street, DUR, 85 & 87 Front Street

Chester-le-Street, DUR, 90 Front Street, 1914-1938

Chester-le-Street, DUR, 62 Front Street, 1934-1938

Chichester, SSX, 65 East Street, 1905-1913

Chichester, SSX, 1 East Street, 1915-1918

Chichester, SSX, The Cross, 1929-1938

Chippenham, WIL, 30 The Bridge, 1911-1938

Chippenham, WIL, 57 Market Place, 1939

Chiswick, MDX, 110 High Road, 1901, (Alfred William Warry, manager, 1901)

Chiswick, MDX, 102 High Road, 1907-1919, (Harry Gill, manager, 1914)

Cirencester, GLS, 161 Cricklade Street, 1891-1929, (John James Tyler, manager, 1891-1901; Henry Leopold Durham, apprentice to manager, 1901)

Clapham Junction, SRY, 3 Lavender Hill, 1901-1929, (Arthur Thomas Robinson, manager, 1901)

Cleckheaton, YKS, 21 Bradford Road, 1927-1936

Clevedon, SOM, 49 Hill Road, 1902-1929

Clifton, GLS, 21 Queens Road, 1900-1911

Clifton, GLS, 95 Queen's Road, 1901-1929

Colchester, ESS, 4 Long Wyre Street, 1904-1914

Colchester, ESS, 7 Long Wyre Street, 1912-1929

Coleford, GLS, Market Place, 1929

Colne, LAN, 6 Market Street, 1933-1953

Consett, DUR, 21 Middle Street, 1925

Consett, DUR, 23 Middle Street, 1934-1938

Cork, COR, 83 North Main Street, 1915

Coventry, WAR, 4 Hales Street & Spon Street, 1880-1884, (John Marston, manager, 1880-1881)

Coventry, WAR, 40-41 Smithford Street, 1884-1937, (Samuel Harker, manager, 1884; S Harker & Son, proprietor 1912-1913; J Handford, manager, 1921-1922; T J Pitt, manager, 1924)

Coventry, WAR, 45 Smithford Street, 1937-1940

Coventry, WAR, 46 Smithford Street, 1940

Crewe, CHS, 68 Market Street, 1914-1934

Crewkerne, SOM, Church Street, 1906-1916

Crook, DUR, 10 Hope Street, 1914-1938

Cross Gates, YKS, 65 Station Road

Croydon, SRY, 17 High Street, 1901-1929, (J R Jackson, manager, 1901-1902)

Darlaston, STS, 43 King Street, 1921-1936, (Howard Eccleston, manager, 1921)

Darlington, DUR, 19 High Row, 1894-1902, (George Graham, manager, 1902)

Darlington, DUR, 43 High Row, 1910-1925

Darlington, DUR, 4 Prebend Row, 1934-1938

Darlington, DUR, 1945

Darnall, YKS, 231 Main Street, 1911

Dawlish, DEV, 4 Queen Street, 1914

Dawlish, DEV, The Strand, 1919-1929

Derby, DBY, 2 1/2 St Peter's Street, 1891

Derby, DBY, 24-28 London Street, 1881-1899, (George Edward Franklin, proprietor, 1881-1896)

Derby, DBY, Metropole Branch, Babington Buildings, Cnr 67 St Peter’s Street & 88 Ormaston Road, 1891-1960, (George Edward Franklin, proprietor, 1891; Frederick J Schofield, manager, 1891-1901)

Devizes, WIL, 6 Little Brittox, 1911-1916, (E Miner, manager 1913-1916)

Devizes, WIL, Wine Street, 1913-1916

Devizes, WIL, Lennards Corner, The Brittox, 1929

Devonport, DEV, 12 Tavistock Street, 1896-1900

Devonport, DEV, 22-24 Tavistock Street, 1920

Devonport, DEV, 23-24 Tavistock Street, 1929-1938

Dewsbury, YKS, 1901

Dewsbury, YKS, 14 Market Place, 1917-1936

Dinnington, YKS, Laughton Road, 1927

Doncaster, YKS, 41 St Sepulchre Gate, 1889-1966, (Isaac Vaughan, manager, 1889-1893; William Bilton, manager, 1893-1897)

Doncaster, YKS, 47 St Sepulchre Gate, 1901-1912

Doncaster, YKS, 1945

Dorchester, DOR, 2 South Street, 1906-1916

Dorchester, DOR, 5 South Street, 1920-1938

Dover, KEN, 1 Cannon Street, 1920-1938

Driffield, YKS, 4 Market Place, 1913-1937

Dublin, DUB, 37 Capel Street, 1915

Dublin, DUB, 15 North Earl Street, 1915

Dudley, WOR, 216 High Street, 1892, (Thomas Atkinson, manager, 1892)

Dudley, WOR, 31 Market Place, 1904-1916

Durham, DUR, 22 Silver Street, 1904

Durham, DUR, 134 Framwellgate Bridge, 1910-1938

Earlestown, LAN, 18-20 Bridge Street, 1895-1901

Earlestown, LAN, 1 Bridge Street, 1909-1924

Earlestown, LAN, 4 Market Street, 1909

Easington Colliery, DUR, Seaside Lane, 1914-1938

East Hartlepool, DUR, 1900

East Stonehouse, DEV, 87 Union Street, 1895-1914

Eastbourne, SSX, 56 Terminus Road, 1915-1918

Eastbourne, SSX, 54 Seaside Road, 1929

Eastleigh, HAM, 15 Market Street, 1915

Eastleigh, HAM, 13 Market Street, 1929

Ebbw Vale, MON, 6 Market Street, 1929

Elland, YKS, 36 Westgate, 1912-1936

Evesham, WOR, 52 High Street, 1910-1916

Exeter, DEV, Lennards Buildings, 211-212 High Street, 1901-1919, (Frederick Maggs, manager, 1901; John Morris, manager, 1909-1912; Frederick Henry Halse, manager, 1913-1919)

Exeter, DEV, 170 Sidwell Street, 1909-1916, (George White, manager, 1912-1916)

Exeter, DEV, 23-25 Goldsmith Street, 1910-1916, (Horace John Rugg, manager, 1910-1919)

Exeter, DEV, 211-212 High Street, 1920

Exeter, DEV, 4-5 Goldsmith Street, 1920

Exeter, DEV, Lennards Corner, High & Goldsmith Streets, 1929

Exeter, DEV, 211-212 Goldsmith Street, 1938

Exeter, DEV, 1945

Exmouth, DEV, Chapel Street, 1910-1948, (Mr & Mrs E Galsworthy, managers, 1931-1948)

Exmouth, DEV, Lennards Corner, 1929-1938

Exmouth, DEV, 36 The Parade, 1950-1973, (Mr & Mrs E Galsworthy, managers, 1950-1957)

Falmouth, CON, 4 Market Street, (W side), 1898

Falmouth, CON, 51 Market Street, 1900-1929

Falmouth, CON, 43 Market Street, (E side), 1901-1919, (Frederick Bragg, manager, 1901-1906; F E Newton, manager, 1909; Mrs J Newton, manageress, 1912)

Felixstowe, SFK, 12 Hamilton Road, 1909, (Harry Smith, manager, 1909)

Felixstowe, SFK, 12 Victoria Parade, 1909-1929,

Ferndale, GLA, 40 High Street, 1900-1929

Ferryhill, DUR, Main Street, 1925-1938

Folkestone, KEN, 4 Cheriton Road, 1929

Fowey, CON, 5 South Street, 1929

Frome, SOM, Market Place, 1897–1902

Frome, SOM, 22 Market Place, 1902-1929

Gainsborough, LIN, Heaton Street, 1882-1889, (Thomas Coulson, manager, 1882-1889)

Gainsborough, LIN, 38  Market Place, 1892-1965, (Thomas Coulson, manager, 1892-1896; George Taylor, manager, 1900-1901; Henry Franklin, manager, 1905)

Gateshead, DUR, 115 Coatsworth Road, 1934-1938

Gillingham, DOR, 59 High Street, 1929

Glastonbury, SOM, 20 High Street, 1914-1929

Gloucester, GLS, 45 Eastgate, 1897-1914, (Sydney Walter Strange, manager, 1897)

Gloucester, GLS, 5 Eastgate Street, 1920-1929

Gloucester, GLS, 1945

Goldthorpe, YKS, 4 Doncaster Road, 1912-1936

Goole, YKS, Bridge Street

Goole, YKS, 33 Boothferry Road, 1896-1927 (Mr Ward, manager, 1913-1914)

Goole, YKS, 19 Bridge Street, 1904-1917

Gosforth, NBL, 201 High Street, 1929-1968

Grantham, LIN, 7 London Road, 1889-1901, (Richard Franklin, manager, 1889; William John Curtis, manager, 1889-1901)

Grantham, LIN, 27a Market Place, 1900-1956, (William Goodman, manager, 1900-1919)

Great Malvern, WOR, Doggerbank House, Church Street, 1908-1929, (G Strange, manager, 1908)

Great Torrington, DEV, South Street, 1910-1914

Grimsby, LIN, 147 Cleethorpes Road, 1882

Grimsby, LIN, 26 Cleethorpes Road, 1890

Grimsby, LIN, 55 Victoria Street, 1890

Grimsby, LIN, 26 Corporation Road, 1901

Grimsby, LIN, 152 Cleethorpes Street, 1902-1910, (Frederick Franklin, manager, 1899-1902)

Grimsby, LIN, 29 Victoria Street, 1909-1935

Grimsby, LIN, 244 Cleethorpe Road, 1913

Grimsby, LIN, 110 Freeman Street, 1935-1964

Guildford, SRY, 6 Market Street, 1913-1929

Gunnislake, CON, High Street, 1929