Changes

*[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1879to at least 1940.<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>.

|Andrew Hatton data-sort-value="Done"| Mr. Done || Refreshment rooms || 1876 - 1879 1863|| <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876KDAHS">[httphttps://specialcollectionsdrive.legoogle.ac.ukcom/digitalfile/collectiond/p16445coll40B2eAFhE-m0yheVp4QUw1cGN3aVk/id/112384 Post Office Directory edit Kidderminster & District Archaeological & Historical Society Building Record of Worcestershire 1876Kidderminster Railway Station]</ref> ||Occupied the first and second-class refreshment rooms [[Kidderminster mainline station# Kidderminster mainline station history|destroyed by fire in 1863]]

|William Thomas Martin data-sort-value="Hatton"| Andrew Hatton || Refreshment rooms || 1892 1876 - 1900 1879 || <ref name="Kellys1892littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/218282 Kelly's 112384 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire, 18921876]</ref><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> ||

|[[data-sort-value="Martin"|William Thomas Bantock]] Martin || Goods agent Refreshment rooms || 1870 1892 - 1900 || <refname="Kellys1892">[httpshttp://drivespecialcollections.le.googleac.comuk/digital/filecollection/dp16445coll4/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaBid/view Post Office 218282 Kelly's Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)of Worcestershire, 1892]</ref><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> ||

|George Feror Green data-sort-value="Bantock"|[[Thomas Bantock]] | Moulding sand merchant |Goods agent | 1876 | 1870 - 1879 1953 || <ref name="littlebury1879">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaB/>view Post Office Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)]</ref name="PO1876"/> || Railway yardThomas Bantock expanded his cartage agreements with the GWR to include most of the Black Country goods yards including Bewdley, Kidderminster and Stourport.

|Benjamin Beach data-sort-value="Green"|George Frederick Green || Coal agent Iron and worcester moulding sand merchant || 1876 - 1900 1879 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896PO1876"/>|| Railway yard, also premises in Hartlebury.<ref name="Kellys1900PO1876"/> || Railway station

|South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited data-sort-value="Beach"|Benjamin Beach || Coal agent || 1876 – 1936 - 1900 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1916Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1936Kellys1896"/><ref name="mid1948Kellys1900"/> || Railway station (Benjamin Beach named as agent 1879, . Agent for ''South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited'' - see separate entry)

|Henry Barrett data-sort-value="South"|South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited || Coal merchant || 1892 - 19141876 – 1936 ||<ref name="Kellys1892littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1896PO1876">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/8885 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896]</ref><ref name="Kellys1900Kellys1912">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278597 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1905Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1912Kellys1916">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64222 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1912]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1914Kellys1936"/><ref name="Kellys1921mid1948"/>|| 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 name="Shuttle1903">Turton, Keith, 'Private Owner Wagons: A Third Collection' Lightmoor Press (2004) ISBN:9781899889167, 1899889167, p. 88</ref> ||

|George Bayley data-sort-value="Barrett"|Henry Barrett || Coal merchant|| 1892 - 1921 1914|| <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/>p16445coll4/id/8885 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896]<ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1916Kellys1900">[httpshttp://drivespecialcollections.googlele.comac.uk/filedigital/dcollection/1X51u_4qtyR6kDYWIdv_CRzHYGSjWydtMp16445coll4/view id/278597 Kelly's Directory 1916 Kidderminster Sectionof Worcestershire, 1900]</ref><ref name="Kellys1921Bennetts1905"/><ref name="Kellys1912">[httpshttp://drivespecialcollections.googlele.comac.uk/filedigital/dcollection/1rcWHECZ0l1Kvjm0s3uMLMUV0_j5LMd2Up16445coll4/view id/64222 Kelly's Directory 1921 Kidderminster Sectionof Worcestershire, 1912]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/> || Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903"/>

|Alfred Davis data-sort-value="Bayley"|George Bayley || Coal merchant || 1892 - 1948 1921 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914Kellys1916">[https:/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1921"drive.google.com/file/d/><ref name="cope1933"1X51u_4qtyR6kDYWIdv_CRzHYGSjWydtM/>view Kelly's Directory 1916 Kidderminster Section]<ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903Kellys1921">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1buk1rcWHECZ0l1Kvjm0s3uMLMUV0_j5LMd2U/view?usp=sharing Kelly's Directory 1921 Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903Section]</ref> || Railway station

|John &. data-sort-value="Davis"|Alfred Findon Davis || Coal merchant|| 1896 1892 - 1905 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Bennetts1905Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/><ref name="cope1933"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station yard. 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>

|Thomas Tandy data-sort-value="Findon"|John & Alfred Findon || Coal merchant || 1896 - 1900 1905 || <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900Bennetts1905"/> || Railway station yard. Listed as John & Alfred Findon in 1896 and as A. Findon in 1905

|Pearson & Co. data-sort-value="Tandy"|Thomas Tandy || Coal merchant || 1896 - 1900 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912Kellys1896"/><ref name="mid1948Kellys1900"/> || Station Railway station yard

|B. data-sort-value="Pearson"|Pearson & Co. || Builders Coal merchant || 1914 1900 - 1936 1948 || <ref name="Bennetts1914Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="mid1948"/> || Station yard. 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 [httphttps://specialcollectionsbooks.legoogle.acco.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/books?id/339968 Bennett's Business Directory for Worcestershire, 1914=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><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station yard

|Rdata-sort-value="Pearson"|B. Woodward and Pearson & Co. || Coal Builders merchant || 1905 1914 - 1936 || <ref name="Bennetts1905Bennetts1914">[httpshttp://drivespecialcollections.googlele.comac.uk/filedigital/dcollection/1m2_UEW5jLiB8nj4z7n1CJZePJIkxnbqNp16445coll4/view Bennettsid/339968 Bennett's Business Directory for Worcestershire, Kidderminster section1914]</ref><ref name="Kellys1936"/> ||Station Wharfyard. Possible connection to ''Pearson & Co.'' (see separate entry).

|Adata-sort-value="Woodward"|R. Woodward and Co. Findon || Coal merchant || 1905 || <ref name="Bennetts1905">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m2_UEW5jLiB8nj4z7n1CJZePJIkxnbqN/view Bennetts's Business Directory for Worcestershire, Kidderminster section 1905]</ref> || Station yardWharf

|data-sort-value="Austin"|Austin Brothers || Coal merchants || 1912 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="cope1933"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/><ref name="mid1948">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BH3sPghx0qvnwzGwgqIDoolVZiKnNblx/view Midland Counties of England Trade Directory 1948-49]</ref> || Station yard

|data-sort-value="Bayley"|Albert E. Bayley || Isinglass importer || 1912 - 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station approach. See separate entry for ''A. E. Bayley'', brewer: isinglass is 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

|data-sort-value="Caswell"|W. C. Caswell || Coal merchant || 1933 || <ref name="cope1933"/> || Station yard

|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. E. 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="Kellys1936"/> || Station approach. See separate entry for ''Albert E. Bayley'', isinglass importer: isinglass is used in brewing.

|data-sort-value="Hunt"|Samuel P. Hunt || 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. A. 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="Kellys1936"/> || Station Drive

|data-sort-value="Smith"|W. H. Smith & Son || Booksellers & news agents || 1900 1861 - 1905 || <ref name="Kellys1900">SVR News 94, article by David Wilcock</ref> ||The bookstall closed in 1905 after the GWR demanded a rent increase. A shop opened on Comberton Hill the following year.

|data-sort-value="Wyman"|Wyman & Sons Limited || News agents|| 1912 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1936">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KKjFjKSzAa9_XQnL2HeRNwZ-QsaPkqvn/view Kelly's Directory 1936 Kidderminster Section]</ref><ref name="mid1948"/> || 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.

*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>.

*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