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(Stub article - work in progress) Several coal merchants and other businesses had offices or depots at SVR stations. This list also includes goods agents and independently run refreshment rooms.<br>The dates refer to the earliest and latest known references.<br>Those marked 'Private Owner wagons' are known to have had their own goods wagons.

*Miss M. A. Allard, refreshment rooms. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112368 Littlebury's Directory & Gazetteer of Worcester & District, 1879]</ref>*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>.

*[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1879to at least 1940. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>*William Boycott, coal merchant, Railway wharf. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>*Thomas William Thomson, coal merchant, agent for Bantock & Co., general carriers, Railway wharf. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>*John William Powell, coal merchant, Railway station. 1896. <ref name="Kellys1896"/> Powell was trading as a coal and coke merchant from York Street from 1855 with a later building from 1901, The Old Ticket Office, forming part of Stourport Heritage Rooms.<ref>[https://stourporttown.co.uk/attraction/stourport-heritage-rooms/ Stourport Heritage Rooms webpage]</ref> Also owned Private Owner wagons.

*Neri (Levi) Wooldridge, coal and lime merchant, Wribbenhall; depot at Railway station. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>*Elizabeth Wooldridge, coal & salt merchant, Wribbenhall. 1899.<ref>[https://www.parishmouse.co.uk/worcestershire-directories/bewdley-bennetts-business-directory-1899/ Bewdley Bennett's Business Directory 1899]</ref> 1891 and 1901 census returns suggest Levi moved out prior to 1891 and later retired, and Elizabeth continued the business with their sons George (coal merchant) and Charles<ref>[https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=294257.0 RootsChat.com forum] (Retrieved 22 May 2021)</ref>.

*{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"! Trader !! Business !! Earliest and latest known references !! Reference !! Notes|-|data-sort-value="Done"| Mr. Done || Refreshment rooms || 1863|| <ref name="KDAHS">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2eAFhE-m0yheVp4QUw1cGN3aVk/edit Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society Building Record of Kidderminster Railway Station]</ref> || Occupied the first and second-class refreshment rooms [[Kidderminster mainline station# Kidderminster mainline station history|destroyed by fire in 1863]]|-|data-sort-value="Hatton"| Andrew Hatton, || Refreshment Rooms. rooms || 1876 - 1879. || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112384 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876]</ref>|||-*|data-sort-value="Martin"|William Thomas Martin, refreshment || Refreshment rooms. || 1892 - 1900. || <ref name="Kellys1892">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892]</ref><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/>||*|-|data-sort-value="Bantock"|[[Thomas Bantock]], || Goods Agent. agent || 1870. - 1953 || <ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaB/view Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)]</ref>|| Thomas Bantock expanded his cartage agreements with the GWR to include most of the Black Country goods yards including Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport.*|-|data-sort-value="Green"|George Feror Frederick Green, || Iron and worcester moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. || 1876 - 1879. || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/>|| Railway yard, also premises in Hartlebury.<ref name="PO1876"/>|-*|data-sort-value="Beach"|Benjamin Beach, coal || Coal agent, Railway station. || 1876 - 1900. || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/>|| Railway station. Agent for ''South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited'' - see separate entry|-*|data-sort-value="South"|South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as Agent 1879). || Coal merchant || 1876 - 1912. – 1936 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station (''Benjamin Beach'' named as agent 1879, see separate entry). Company based at Worcester.<ref>[https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7760382.kings-of-coal-still-reign-after-150-years/ Worcester News, 16 May 2001] (Retrieved 21 May 2021)</ref> Also owned Private Owner wagons.<ref>Turton, Keith, 'Private Owner Wagons: A Third Collection' Lightmoor Press (2004) ISBN:9781899889167, 1899889167, p. 88</ref>|-*|data-sort-value="Barrett"|Henry Barrett, coal || Coal merchant, Railway station. || 1892 - 1912. 1914||<ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/8885 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896]</ref><ref name="Kellys1900">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278597 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1905"/><ref name="Kellys1912">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64222 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1912]</ref> <ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/>|| Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903"/>*|-|data-sort-value="Bayley"|George Bayley, coal || Coal merchant, Railway station. || 1892 - 1900. 1921 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1916">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X51u_4qtyR6kDYWIdv_CRzHYGSjWydtM/view Kelly's Directory 1916 Kidderminster Section]</ref><ref name="Kellys1921">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcWHECZ0l1Kvjm0s3uMLMUV0_j5LMd2U/view Kelly's Directory 1921 Kidderminster Section]</ref> || Railway station*|-|data-sort-value="Davis"|Alfred Davis, coal || Coal merchant, Railway station. || 1892 - 1912. 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/> <ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/><ref name="cope1933"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1buk/view?usp=sharing Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903]</ref>*|-|data-sort-value="Findon"|John &. Alfred Findon, coal || Coal merchant, Railway station yard. || 1896 - 1905. || <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Bennetts1905"/>|| Railway station yard. Listed as John & Alfred Findon in 1896 and as A. Findon in 1905|-*|data-sort-value="Tandy"|Thomas Tandy, coal || Coal merchant,Railway station yard. || 1896 - 1900. || <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/>|| Railway station yard*|-|data-sort-value="Pearson"|Pearson & Co. coal || Coal merchant, || 1900 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Station yard. 1900 Possible connection to ''B. Pearson & Co.'' (see separate entry). Arthur B. Pearson was fined during World War I for delivering an underweight load of coal, which he claimed resulted from a shortage of adult labour following conscription.<ref>Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society, ''Great War Britain Kidderminster: Remembering 1914-18'', The History Press, 2014 via [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DayOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT150&lpg=PT150&dq=Pearson+AND+coal+AND+%22Kidderminster%22&source=bl&ots=uOC7olT5Q5&sig=ACfU3U1naGBglzLn2mquBmhbTyqbchRsSw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX27PV7tjwAhUr8-AKHRP3CegQ6AEwBnoECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=Pearson%20AND%20coal%20AND%20%22Kidderminster%22&f=false Google Books] (Retrieved 20 May 2021)</ref>|-|data-sort- 1912value="Pearson"|B. Pearson & Co. || Builders merchant || 1914 - 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1900Bennetts1914"> [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/339968 Bennett's Business Directory for Worcestershire, 1914]</ref><ref name="Kellys1912Kellys1936"/>|| Station yard. Possible connection to ''Pearson & Co.'' (see separate entry).*|-|data-sort-value="Woodward"|R. Woodward and Co., coal || Coal merchant, Station Wharf. || 1905|| <ref name="Bennetts1905">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m2_UEW5jLiB8nj4z7n1CJZePJIkxnbqN/view Bennetts's Business Directory for Worcestershire, Kidderminster section1905]</ref>||Station Wharf|-*A. Findon, coal merchant, Station Yard. 1905. |data-sort-value="Austin"|Austin Brothers || Coal merchants || 1912 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="cope1933"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="Bennetts1905mid1948">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BH3sPghx0qvnwzGwgqIDoolVZiKnNblx/view Midland Counties of England Trade Directory 1948-49]</ref>*Austin Brothers, coal merchants, || Station yard|-|data-sort-value="Bayley"|Albert E. Bayley || Isinglass importer || 1912. - 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/>*Albert <ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station approach. See separate entry for ''A. E. bayleeBayley'', brewer: isinglass importer, Station approachis used in brewing. |-|data-sort-value="Howell"|Alfred Howell || Coal merchant || 1912- 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || 28 Chester Rd. & Station yard|-|data-sort-value="Summers"|George Summers || Coal merchant || 1912 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/>|| Station yard*Alfred Howell, coal merchant|-|data-sort-value="Caswell"|W. 1912C. Caswell || Coal merchant || 1933 || <ref name="Kellys1912cope1933"/>|| Station yard*George Summers|-|data-sort-value="Economic"|The Economic Coal Co.|| Coal merchant || 1933 || <ref name="cope1933"/> || Station yard. Also owned Private Owner wagons.<ref>[https://peco-uk.com/products/economic-coal-7-plank-wagon Peco]</ref> Several railway model websites have the same text, of unknown provenance: "The Economic Coal Company were a relatively unknown coal merchants from Kidderminster, who bought their wagons in 1910, but continued to trade until 1966, when it was wound up." In circa 1913 they also seemingly used a canal wharf in [[Wolverhampton]].<ref>[http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/OtherTrades/BCN/CHtoBroadStBasin.htm Wolverhampton History and Heritage website] (Retrieved 19 May 2021)</ref>|-|data-sort-value="Field"|W. Field || Sand merchant, || 1933 || <ref name="cope1933"/> || Station yard|-|data-sort-value="Bowen"|William Bowen & Son || Coal merchant || 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1936"/> ||Station Drive|-|data-sort-value="Bayley"|A. 1912E. Bayley || Brewer|| 1933 - 1936 || <ref name="cope1933">[https://drive.google. com/file/d/1MIfJIIudNRgqdbJwO_dA0K4E9kNSFFTn/view Cope's Directory & Buyers Guide for Worcestershire Kidderminster section]</ref><ref name="Kellys1912Kellys1936"/>|| Station approach. See separate entry for ''Albert E. Bayley'', isinglass importer: isinglass is used in brewing.|-*|data-sort-value="Hunt"|Samuel P. Hunt, goods || Goods agent|| 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1900"/> |||-|data-sort-value="Lunt"|Lunt Bros || Coal merchant || 1936 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Station drive|-|data-sort-value="Winwood"|Thomas. 1900A. Winwood || Coal & coke merchant|| 1936 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Station Drive|-|data-sort-value="Co-operative"|Kidderminster Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. || || 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1900Kellys1936"/>|| Station Drive|-*|data-sort-value="Smith"|W. H. Smith & Son, booksellers || Booksellers & news agents|| 1861 - 1905 || <ref>SVR News 94, article by David Wilcock</ref> || The bookstall closed in 1905 after the GWR demanded a rent increase. 1900A shop opened on Comberton Hill the following year. |-|data-sort-value="Wyman"|Wyman & Sons Limited || News agents|| 1912 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1900Kellys1916"/>*Wyman & Sons Limited, news agents, Railway station<ref name="Kellys1936">[https://drive. 1912google. com/file/d/1KKjFjKSzAa9_XQnL2HeRNwZ-QsaPkqvn/view Kelly's Directory 1936 Kidderminster Section]</ref><ref name="Kellys1912mid1948"/> || Railway station|-|data-sort-value="Pickfords"|Pickfords/National Freight Corporation || Road transport || 1948 - 1985 || || [[Carriage_Repair_Works#Kidderminster_goods_shed_history | Kidderminster goods shed]], now the SVR carriage works.|-|data-sort-value="Charringtons"|Charringtons || Coal merchant || 1996 || <ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition p. 76.</ref>|| Vacated the [[Kidderminster#Station_entrance|coal yard]] in 1996, at which time [[GWR 57976 Covered Goods Van (body only)|GWR 57976]] became SVR property.|-|}

*Thomas Whitefoot, refreshment rooms. 1868. Also at The Crown, and Royal Hotel. <ref>

*Browning & Wealey, refreshment rooms. 1880 - 1895. <ref name="Slaters1880>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64244 Slater's Directory of N & S Wales etc., 1880.]</ref><ref name="Kellys1891">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891]</ref><ref name="Kellys1895">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/8886 Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire & Shropshire, 1895]</ref>*William Grantham, refreshment rooms. 1913. <ref name="Kellys1913/>*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited (Joseph Harry Ritson named as agent), Railway Wharf. 1871 - 1913. <ref>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218324 Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871]</ref><ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/><ref name="Kellys1913/>*Joseph Harry Ritson, corn, cake, seed, salt, manure, coal & lime merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1895. <ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/>*George James Eveson, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891 - 1912. <ref name="Kellys1891"/><ref name="Kellys1895"/><ref name="Kellys1913>[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278547 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1913]</ref>*Charles E. Pickering, agricultural implement agent, Railway station. 1913. <ref name="Kellys1913/>*[[Tales from the Severn Valley#George_Thorpe.2C_licensee_of_The_Railwayman.27s_Arms|George Thorpe]] (also known as ‘Elias’), refreshment rooms. circa 1965.

*Caswell & Bowden, coal merchant, Railway station. 1891. <ref name="Kellys1891"/>Caswell & Bowden were coal merchants and brokers based in Birmingham. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref>[https://picclick.co.uk/Caswell-Bowden-Ltd-Coal-Birmingham-POW-wagon-312047357662.html Postcard on eBay] (Retrieved 21 May 2021)</ref>.

*Richard Johns, railway waggon builder and repairer, general wheelwright and implement maker, Station Hill, Kidderminster. 1879. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>*George Brown, 'Lime, cement & builders' merchants, sculptors and slating contractors' of Station Hill, Kidderminster had a private owner wagon built by GRC&W in 1903. In 2009 [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]] commissioned a [[Models of the Severn Valley Railway#Special_edition_models|George Brown and Sons limited edition 00 gauge model]]<ref>[https://www.erlestokemanorfund.co.uk/manor-from-heaven/ 'Manor from Heaven' webpage, Erlestoke Manor Fund website] (Retrieved 23 May 2021)</ref>.

The first accident insurance policies were developed in the mid-1800s to cover railway accidents and steam boiler explosions.<ref>A History of UK Insurance, Swiss Re, 2013</ref> Several Station Masters also acted as agents for insurance companies.*1879, Kidderminster Station Master, John Mayers, was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd., London Assurance Corporation (Fire And Life) and Queen Insurance Company. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>*1879, Bewdley, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>''Thomas Appleton'' was Station Master at that time.*1879, Stourport, 'The Station Master, Great Western Railway station', was listed as an agent for Imperial Union Accident Assurance Co. Ltd. <ref name="littlebury1879"/>''(George) James Simms '' was Station Master at that time