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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>Dates given are earliest and latest known references. Businesses may have been in operation before and after those dates.

*[[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>.

|data-sort-value="Hatton"| Andrew Hatton || Refreshment rooms || 1876 1869 - 1879 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876">[httphttps://specialcollectionswww.lebritishnewspaperarchive.acco.uk/digitalviewer/collectionbl/p16445coll40001785/id18691113/112384 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876042/0001 Kidderminster Times and Advertiser for Bewdley & Stourport - Saturday 13 November 1869 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref><ref name="littlebury1879"/> ||

|data-sort-value="Bantock"|[[Thomas Bantock]] || Goods 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 Ferrer Green || Moulding Timber dealer and Iron and Worcester moulding sand merchant || 1876 1871 - 1879 || <ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000394/18711202/054/0003 Worcester Herald - Saturday 02 December 1871]</ref><ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18750306/005/0003 Worcester Journal Saturday 6 March 1875 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref> ||Railway yard. Also at Upper Mitton, Stourport and at premises in Hartlebury.<ref name="littlebury1879PO1876">[http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/112384 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1876]</ref>. Business liquidated in 1865 and 1875, although still listed in a trade directory 1879<ref name="PO1876littlebury1879"/> || Railway yard

|data-sort-value="South"|South Wales and Cannock Chase Coal and Coke Company Limited || Coal merchant || 1876 – 1936 || <ref name="littlebury1879"/><ref name="PO1876"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1916"/><br><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 merchant || 1892 - 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><br><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><ref name="Kellys1921"/>|| Railway station. Also owned Private Owner wagons<ref name="Shuttle1903"/> ||

|data-sort-value="Bayley"|George Bayley || Coal merchant|| 1892 1889 - 1921 || <ref name "Broadfield 1889">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Gph4m-_M_XV2JiXzFPT2lBN2c/view?resourcekey=0-MLYFofYpZ6MpCz2a39tBnQ Broadfield Guide to Kidderminster 1889]</ref><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><br><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 merchant || 1892 1886 - 1948 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1896"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/><ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Bennetts1914"/><br><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><ref name="Shuttle1903"/>

|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="Howell"|Alfred Howell || Coal merchant || 1912 - 1936 || <ref name="Kellys1912"/><ref name="Kellys1936"/> ||28 Chester Rd. & 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="Hunt"|Samuel P. Hunt || Goods agent || 1892 - 1900 || <ref name="Kellys1892"/><ref name="Kellys1900"/> ||

*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/>

*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]