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The dates refer to the Dates given are earliest and latest known references.<br>Those marked 'Private Owner wagons' are known to Businesses may have had their own goods wagonsbeen in operation before and after those dates.

*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>.

*Andrew Hatton, Refreshment Rooms[[File:Kidderminster coal yard.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The offices of Pearson & Cº and J. 1876 - 1879& A. <ref name="littlebury1879Findon in Kidderminster coal yard]] {| 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="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>*William Thomas Martin, || Occupied the first and second-class refreshment rooms. 1892 [[Kidderminster mainline station# Kidderminster mainline station history|destroyed by fire in 1863]]|-|data-sort- 1900. <ref namevalue="Kellys1892Hatton">| Andrew Hatton || Refreshment rooms || 1869 - 1879 || <ref>[httphttps://specialcollectionswww.lebritishnewspaperarchive.acco.uk/digitalviewer/collectionbl/p16445coll40001785/id18691113/218282 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892]<042/ref0001 Kidderminster Times and Advertiser for Bewdley & Stourport - Saturday 13 November 1869 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref><ref name="Kellys1896littlebury1879"/>|||-|data-sort-value="Martin"|William Thomas Martin || Refreshment rooms || 1892 - 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1900Kellys1892"/>*[[Thomas Bantock]], Goods Agent. 1870. <ref>[httpshttp://drivespecialcollections.le.googleac.comuk/filedigital/dcollection/p16445coll4/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaBid/view Post Office 218282 Kelly's Directory 1870 (Kidderminster Section)of Worcestershire, 1892]</ref>*George Feror Green, moulding sand merchant, Railway Yard. 1876 - 1879. <ref name=<ref name="littlebury1879Kellys1896"/><ref name="PO1876Kellys1900"/>||*Benjamin Beach, coal agent, Railway station. 1876 |- 1900. <ref name|data-sort-value="littlebury1879Bantock"/>|[[Thomas Bantock]] || Goods agent || 1870 - 1953 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"[https://drive.google.com/><ref name="Kellys1900"file/>*South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited, Railway station d/196OUxXCx4mVcUTMzl6kRFKcsxJ4lSCaB/view Post Office Directory 1870 (Benjamin Beach named as Agent 1879Kidderminster 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. 1876 |-|data-sort- 1916. <ref namevalue="littlebury1879Green"/><ref name="PO1876"/>|George Ferrer Green || Timber dealer and Iron and Worcester moulding sand merchant || 1871 - 1879 ||<ref name="Kellys1912">[https://><ref name="Bennetts1914"www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000394/18711202/054/0003 Worcester Herald - Saturday 02 December 1871]</ref><ref name="Kellys1916">[https:/>*Henry Barrett, coal merchant, /www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18750306/005/0003 Worcester Journal Saturday 6 March 1875 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref> ||Railway stationyard. 1892 - 1914Also at Upper Mitton, Stourport and at premises in Hartlebury. <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896PO1876">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/8885 Kelly's 112384 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire, 18961876]</ref>. Business liquidated in 1865 and 1875, although still listed in a trade directory 1879<ref name="Kellys1900littlebury1879"/>[http:|-|data-sort-value="Beach"|Benjamin Beach || Coal agent || 1876 - 1900 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="Kellys1892"/specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital><ref name="Kellys1896"/collection/p16445coll4/id/278597 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900]</ref><ref name><ref name="Bennetts1905Kellys1900"/><ref name=|| Railway station. Agent for ''South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited'' - see separate entry|-|data-sort-value="Kellys1912South"|South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited || Coal merchant || 1876 – 1936 || <ref name="littlebury1879">[http:/><ref name="PO1876"/specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/64222 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1912]</ref>><ref name="Bennetts1914Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1921Bennetts1914"/> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903Kellys1916"/>*George Bayley, coal merchant, Railway station. 1892 - 1921. <br><ref name="Kellys1892Kellys1936"/><ref name="Kellys1896mid1948"/><|| Railway station (''Benjamin Beach'' named as agent 1879, see separate entry). Company based at Worcester.<ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"[https:/><ref name="Kellys1916">[https://drivewww.worcesternews.googleco.comuk/filenews/d/1X51u_4qtyR6kDYWIdv_CRzHYGSjWydtM7760382.kings-of-coal-still-reign-after-150-years/view Kelly's Directory 1916 Kidderminster SectionWorcester News, 16 May 2001](Retrieved 21 May 2021)</ref>Also owned Private Owner wagons.<ref name="Kellys1921">[httpsTurton, Keith, 'Private Owner Wagons: A Third Collection' Lightmoor Press (2004) ISBN://drive9781899889167, 1899889167, p.google.com88</file/d/1rcWHECZ0l1Kvjm0s3uMLMUV0_j5LMd2U/view Kelly's Directory 1921 Kidderminster Section]</ref>ref>|-*Alfred Davis, coal |data-sort-value="Barrett"|Henry Barrett || Coal merchant, Railway station. || 1892 - 1933. 1914||<ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"[http:/><ref name="Kellys1912"/> Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903">[https://drivespecialcollections.le.googleac.comuk/filedigital/dcollection/1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1bukp16445coll4/view?usp=sharing Kidderminster Shuttle Industrial Number 1903id/8885 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896]</ref><ref name="Bennetts1914Kellys1900">[http:/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1921"specialcollections.le.ac.uk/><ref name="cope1933"digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278597 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900]</ref>*John &. Alfred Findon, coal merchant, Railway station yard. 1896 - 1905. <<ref name="Kellys1896Bennetts1905"/><ref name="Bennetts1905Kellys1912">[http://>*Thomas Tandy, coal merchant,Railway station yardspecialcollections.le. 1896 - 1900ac. <ref name="Kellys1896"uk/digital/collection/><ref name="Kellys1900"p16445coll4/>*Pearson & Co. coal merchantid/64222 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, Station yard. 1900 - 1912. ]</ref><br><ref name="Kellys1900Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1912Kellys1921"/>*B. Pearson & Co., builders merchant, Station Yard. 1914|| Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Bennetts1914Shuttle1903"/>[http|-|data-sort-value="Bayley"|George Bayley || Coal merchant|| 1889 - 1921 || <ref name "Broadfield 1889">[https://specialcollectionsdrive.legoogle.ac.ukcom/digitalfile/collectiond/p16445coll40B2Gph4m-_M_XV2JiXzFPT2lBN2c/id/339968 Bennett's Business Directory for Worcestershire, 1914view?resourcekey=0-MLYFofYpZ6MpCz2a39tBnQ Broadfield Guide to Kidderminster 1889]</ref>*R. Woodward and Co., coal merchant, Station Wharf. 1905<ref name="Bennetts1905Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/>[https:/<ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1916">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m2_UEW5jLiB8nj4z7n1CJZePJIkxnbqN1X51u_4qtyR6kDYWIdv_CRzHYGSjWydtM/view BennettsKelly's Business Directory for Worcestershire, 1916 Kidderminster sectionSection]</ref>*A. Findon, coal merchant, Station Yard. 1905. <br><ref name="Bennetts1905Kellys1921"/>*Austin Brothers, coal merchants, Station yard[https://drive. 1912 - 1933google. <ref name="Kellys1912"com/file/d/1rcWHECZ0l1Kvjm0s3uMLMUV0_j5LMd2U/view Kelly's Directory 1921 Kidderminster Section]</><ref name> || Railway station|-|data-sort-value="cope1933Davis"/>*Albert E. baylee, isinglass importer, Station approach. 1912 |Alfred Davis || Coal merchant || 1886 - 1913. 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1912Kellys1892"/><ref name="Bennetts1914Kellys1896"/>*Alfred Howell, coal merchant. 1912. <ref name="Kellys1912Kellys1900"/>*George Summers, coal merchant, Station yard. 1912. <ref name="Kellys1912"/>*W. C. Caswell, coal merchant, Station yard. 1933. <ref name="cope1933Bennetts1914"/>*The Economic Coal Co, Station yard. 1933. <br><ref name="cope1933Kellys1916"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/>*W. Field, sand merchant, Station yard. 1933. <ref name="cope1933"/>*A. E. Bayley, Brewer, Station approach. 1933. <ref name="cope1933Kellys1936"/>[https<ref name="mid1948"/> || Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MIfJIIudNRgqdbJwO_dA0K4E9kNSFFTn1q6Ru_VhQHC_z9xjRLwPs9lT093hP1buk/view Cope's Directory & Buyers Guide for Worcestershire ?usp=sharing Kidderminster sectionShuttle Industrial Number 1903]</ref>*Samuel P. Hunt, goods agent. 1900. <ref name="Kellys1900Shuttle1903"/>*W. H. Smith |-|data-sort-value="Findon"|John & Son, booksellers & news agents. 1900. Alfred Findon || Coal merchant|| 1896 - 1905 || <ref name="Kellys1900Kellys1896"/>*Wyman & Sons Limited, news agents, Railway station. 1912 - 1916. <ref name="Kellys1912Bennetts1905"/><ref name=|| Railway station yard. Listed as John & Alfred Findon in 1896 and as A. Findon in 1905|-|data-sort-value="Kellys1916Tandy"/|Thomas Tandy || Coal merchant || 1896 - 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> || Railway station yard|-|data-sort-value="Pearson"|Pearson & Co. || Coal merchant || 1900 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1900"/><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 [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-value="Pearson"|B. Pearson & Co. || Builders merchant || 1914 - 1936 || <ref name="Bennetts1914"> [http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/339968 Bennett's Business Directory for Worcestershire, 1914]</ref><ref name="Kellys1936"/> || Station yard. Possible connection to ''Pearson & Co.'' (see separate entry).|-|data-sort-value="Woodward"|R. Woodward and Co. || 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 Wharf|-|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 || 1892 - 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><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 || 1861 - 1905 || <ref>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.|-|}

*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>*Bookstall. The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway of 1890 mentions a bookstall and refreshment room with no further details. <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YMJRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA335#v=onepage&q&f=false The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway (1890) on Google Books]</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 1866 - 1913. <ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001961/18660120/009/0001 Bridgnorth Journal and South Shropshire Advertiser. - Saturday 20 January 1866 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref><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>.

[[File:Hampton Loade plan.jpg|thumb|300px|right| GWR plan of Hampton Loade Station showing Mr G.H.Glaze's tramway]]*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 GWR plan of Hampton Loade Station shows "Mr G.H.Glaze's tramway", possibly used during site clearance of the old Hampton Loade Forge. More information on Hampton Loade Forge, including a photo of an aerial ropeway used for carrying slag across the river to the station can be found on [http://www.alveleyhistoricalsociety.org/mills--forges.html the Alveley Historical Society web site]

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.*1867, Mr J. N. Hunt was listed as an agent for The Railway Passengers Assurance Company at Bridgnorth Station. The stationmaster at that time was Isaac Norris Hunt, so this may be a typo, although if so, it was repeated in several adverts without correction.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001961/18671019/048/0004 Bridgnorth Journal and South Shropshire Advertiser. - Saturday 19 October 1867 on the British Newspaper Archive.]</ref> *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