"Where has the Liverpool Wanderer got to?" I hear you all ask. Well, my family and I have had a rather 'rough' winter and my walking boots have been hung up since last November. However, though things have not yet really returned to normal, the bright spring sun shining on the Mersey and the azure blue sky, speckled with white clouds, has tempted me out for a walk through a few more streets to find new friends. Since we last met I have visited Scotland twice more and may recount some of my travels at a later date ~ if I can make sense of my notes! I am however letting you have some of the notes I made when I visited the Lancaster waterfront. Anyway, I had better get going before my wife finds me some domestic chores to do about the house. The last street I visited way back in the winter was GRENVILLE STREET when I called at No. 16 and had a very pleasant meal with Mrs. Israel......we now come to GRENVILLE STREET NORTH......
GRENVILLE STREET NORTH (95 New Scotland Road) 1 Edward Rigmaiden 7 Arthur Wilson 7 George Morton 10 Thomas Finney
GRINFIELD STREET (Smithdown Lane) Mrs A. Blackmore Thomas Chambers Robert Charles William Clay Thomas Coombes James Corkhill John Haswell Thomas Hayes Mrs E. Higgin Edward Jackson Miss R. Street William Tuck
GROSVENOR STREET (14 Rose Place) 1 Mrs A. Tootle 2 Lieut. W. H. Smith R.N. 3 William Picton 4 Henry Mercer 5 Mrs M. Wells 6 Richard Bentley 8 Thomas Richardson 9 William Brown 10 William Potts 11 William Atherton 12 James Dowdall 13 Miss Margaret Gaskell 14 Rev. Robert Banister, A.B. 15 Henry Davies 16 James Gouldie
HANOVER STREET (45 East End Old Dock)
1 G. Burdy & Co.
1 Joseph Schofield
1 S. Ottiguon
2 Betty Ardern
3 William Cass
3 Matthew Connor
4 Rosanna Colligan
4 W. H. Wardle
5 Robert Clark
7 Margaret Hindley
8 John Roberts
9 Robert Jones
10 Thomas Owen
11 William Fairclough
OLD EXCISE OFFICE
12 John Roberts
12 David Lythgoe
12 T. Robinson & Co.
13 Joseph Hurley & Co.
14 A. Hunter & Co.
14 George Campbell
14 Edward Blackmore
14 Aspinall, Browne & Aspinall
14 John Swainston
15 Mrs S. Ray
HANOVER CHAMBERS
16 Goulding & Davis
16 Edward Edwards
16 Charles Wild
17 Roscoe & Wain
18 Robert Heslop
19 Andrew Nairn
20 Thomas Avison
21 John Lloyd
22 Thomas Casson
23 John Molyneux
24 John Clarke
28 James Townley
32 Hannah Bibby
33 Maria Ward
37 Henry Banks
38 William Mossman
39 James Appleton
40 Sarah Baines
41 William Austin
42 Keightley & Son
43 Gibson Dunbar
44 George Byrne
45 John Clarke
45 Peter Smith
48 Tamer Parke
49 T. Renwick M.D.
50 Branch & Son
51 Thomas Leathom
51 T. and W. Earle & Co.
52 William Daggers
53 Thomas Rawlinson
54 George Yates
59 Adrian Lowe
61 C. Fletcher & Co.
62 Robert Williamson
64 John Winder
67 Pillfold & Rawson
69 Alice Mawdesley
71 Edward Bond
73 John Crosthwaite
74 Stephen Pardy
75 Cyrus Allcock
76 Josiah Kennedy
77 Thomas Holt
78 Joseph Poole
HARDMAN STREET (53 Rodney Street) 1 J. H. Smith 2 McMorland & Freer 2 Patrick McMorland 3 N. J. Paris 4 Charles Smith HARGRAVES BUILDINGS (eastside of Town Hall) Atherton & Dunn Barton & Cowgill A. P. Fortunato Jee Brothers & Humble Johnstone & Judson E. Molyneux jun. Joseph Nicholson W. Rushton jun.
As this was my first walk for three months, I decided not to tempt fate and retraced my steps to a distant relative who I found at 54 Hanover Street. Here is was entertained in his office to a pleasant meal and afterwards, whilst he was carrying on with his business, I sorted out some of the notes I made when passing through Lancaster on one of my visits to Scotland. Before checking on shipping, I jotted down the people working in both the Custom House on St. George's Quay and the Excise Office at 37 New Street. First of all the occupants of the Custom House.....
James Booth Esq. ~ collector
Mr Richard Blackburne ~ comptroller
Mr John Thompson ~ surveyor
Mr Edward Johnson ~ first clerk to the collector
Mr Thomas Fish and Mr Jacob Robinson ~ searchers
and landing & coast waiters.
Mr Anthony Wilson ~ locker
Mr Mark Irwin ~ weighing porter
Mr William Keen of Glasson Dock ~ tide surveyor
Richard Jackson, Edward Smith, Robert Gammon
and Thomas Chorley ~ boatmen
Mr James Baxter of Poulton ~ tide & coast waiter
I then proceeded to the Excise Office to see who was working there......
John Cookson Esq ~ collector Mr Leonard Tatham ~ clerk Mr Thomas Harrison ~ supervisor Mr John Waller ~ excise port surveyor Thomas Meadley ~ permit writer
from the main office I went into the small side room occupied by the six Division Officers, who were....
1 Mr James Bolton ~ also port gauger 2 Robert Graham 3 Jonathan Holliday 4 George Pearson 5 William Burn 6 James Todd
My short stay in Lancaster concluded with a swift visit to the waterfront, where I met many interesting and friendly people. I settled in a small office and copied the following from a notice pinned to the wall.......
COASTING and RIVER TRADERS
GLASGOW ~ 'The Ann' master John Thompson - sails
once a month from Hest Bank.
John Holme : agent for the Hest Bank Shipping Co.
LIVERPOOL (Regular Traders) ~ 'The Lark' master James
Cleminson; 'The Fox' master John Singleton; 'Providence'
master Michael Welch.
Owners : John Sanderson & Co, Castle Hill.
'The Margaret'
Owners : Thomas Darwen & Co, Green Area.
+++ One of these vessels sails once a week from St.
George's Quay, and discharge their cargoes in the
Liverpool Dry Dock.
'The Eliza' and 'The Kent' sail from Hest Bank to
Liverpool once in three weeks.
John Holme : agent, Hest Bank.
LONDON & BRISTOL (Traders) ~ Arthur Armitstead : agent,
St. George's Quay. A vessel sails to Messrs. Breeds and
Farncombe of Griffin Wharf, London, once a month: and
'The Mary Ann' master David Edwards, sails to Bristol three
times a year.
William Hartnell : agent, Bristol.
Bidding farewell to George Yates at 54 Hanover Street, and thanking him for his hospitality, I made my way home, satisfied with a good walk and looking forward to my next one when I will start with HARRINGTON STREET.