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Local history - Lymington, Hampshire
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Quay Hill, Lymington
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Quay Hill, Lymington
The building that was once the Alarm Inn stands at the bottom of Quay Hill on the corner with Quay Street. All images are ©copyright. No images, text, social story on this website or any related social media account may be reproduced or shared through any source without specific permission from Quayscape
Named after the racing yacht built in Lymington, it was run as an inn from the early 1800s, and closed in 1923 to become a private property. Notable landlords included Henry Harbour and his wife Jane who ran it by herself for 20 years after his death and in the 80s and 90s Frederick G Wilkins.
No7 (white with grey door) is currently the hairdressers Jack and the Wolf. For many years from the early 1850s until the early C20 George Stephens was a master cooper producing wooden casks and vessels.
Currently the interior design shop Starboard Home (with Green Bay window), no 6 was an ironmongers run by Henry Macey during the 1850s/60s/70s. William Bailey and later Charles Pardey took over the shop running a metalwork business. In the 1970s both no 6 & 7 housed Shipmates selling leisure and sailing wear.
Named after the racing yacht built in Lymington, it was run as an inn from the early 1800s, and closed in 1923 to become a private property. Notable landlords included Henry Harbour and his wife Jane who ran it by herself for 20 years after his death and in the 80s and 90s Frederick G Wilkins.
No7 (white with grey door) is currently the hairdressers Jack and the Wolf. For many years from the early 1850s until the early C20 George Stephens was a master cooper producing wooden casks and vessels.
Currently the interior design shop Starboard Home (with Green Bay window), no 6 was an ironmongers run by Henry Macey during the 1850s/60s/70s. William Bailey and later Charles Pardey took over the shop running a metalwork business. In the 1970s both no 6 & 7 housed Shipmates selling leisure and sailing wear.
Quay Hill, Lymington
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For over 70 years, the terracotta house, number 4 was a butchers. James Goulding ran the shop with his wife Elizabeth, and when he died in 1885 son Harry took over the bushiness running it until at lease 1911.
No 4, now Dials Antique Clocks has also housed a variety of shop keepers including the hairdressers Framptons and a general dealer shop run by Charles Brown.
No3, currently the blue shop Riverside, has over the years housed a variety of different shops and tenants including grocers, a watch and clock maker, an umbrella maker, a dairyman, and even a retired police head constable from the Palestine police.
For over 70 years, the terracotta house, number 4 was a butchers. James Goulding ran the shop with his wife Elizabeth, and when he died in 1885 son Harry took over the bushiness running it until at lease 1911.
No 4, now Dials Antique Clocks has also housed a variety of shop keepers including the hairdressers Framptons and a general dealer shop run by Charles Brown.
No3, currently the blue shop Riverside, has over the years housed a variety of different shops and tenants including grocers, a watch and clock maker, an umbrella maker, a dairyman, and even a retired police head constable from the Palestine police.
Quay Hill, Lymington
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The King’s Head
Many years ago the King’s Head was just the right side of the building. In the 1840s/50s Rebecca Avery was the publican and in the 80s/90/s00s Caroline Young.
The left side of the current pub building was for many years a bakers shop, run by several different bakers.
The King’s Head
Many years ago the King’s Head was just the right side of the building. In the 1840s/50s Rebecca Avery was the publican and in the 80s/90/s00s Caroline Young.
The left side of the current pub building was for many years a bakers shop, run by several different bakers.
Quay Hill, Lymington
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Number 1 Gosport Street
At the corner of Quay Hill with its frontage in Gosport Street is this large shop currently the jewellery shop Oriana. It was previously a general shop set up by Thomas Markwell. Markwell originally from Ipswich, set up the grocery store in Lymington around 1890, running it with his wife and 5 children. He died in 1924, but his daughters continued to run it until at least the 1940s. There’s a fantastic photo of the interior of the shop stocked full of tins, jars and all types of bottles on this local site: https://www.lymingtonanddistricthistoricalsociety.co.uk/chapters/reflections-on-local-history/markets-and-shops/
Number 1 Gosport Street
At the corner of Quay Hill with its frontage in Gosport Street is this large shop currently the jewellery shop Oriana. It was previously a general shop set up by Thomas Markwell. Markwell originally from Ipswich, set up the grocery store in Lymington around 1890, running it with his wife and 5 children. He died in 1924, but his daughters continued to run it until at least the 1940s. There’s a fantastic photo of the interior of the shop stocked full of tins, jars and all types of bottles on this local site: https://www.lymingtonanddistricthistoricalsociety.co.uk/chapters/reflections-on-local-history/markets-and-shops/
Quay Hill, Lymington
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The little salmon coloured house is No 14. It’s difficult to tell exactly which shop the folk inhabited as the street did not have numbers until very recently. Looking at the order of the inhabitants on the censuses between 1851-1939, it’s likely that number 14 spent many years as a shoemaker’s shop. From the 1850s George Pavey from Wiltshire ran the shop with his wife and 11 children, son George was also a cordwainer (shoe maker). They moved to Quay Street in 1871, but George senior died shortly after.
Around 1871, no 14 was a hairdressers, occupied by Luke Frampton, a hairdresser originally from Ryde, IOW. The Frampton family (10 children over the years) had moved from Quay Street where Luke was a barber in the 1840s to the South side of Quay Hill in the 50s/60s, to number 14 in the 70s/80s. Luke died in 1877 and his son Thomas continued the business, possibly moving again a few times, but probably back at number 14 around 1911.
Another shoemaker Charles Gannaway possibly lived at number 14 (or 13) at the end of C20.
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The white building is number 13, now Bridgeford & Co, a property management company. The Bath family occupied this building from at least the 1840s through to the 70s. William Bath was a corn and coal merchant, and after his death his wife Ann-Maria continued the business and in later years received annuitant (pension). Son Edwin later continued the coal business from Bridge Street.
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The grey building – number 14 was a grocers in the early 1800s and then the home of the House family for many years from the 1870s until at least the second WW. George House was a gardener, greengrocer and coal dealer, after his death in 1921 daughter Mary who had worked as a cook in Milford, moved back into number 12 and later sister Lydia and cousin Charles Henry Gibbons lived there. One of the sons was the Lymington Harbourmaster
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At the lower end of the street, the left side of the white building, number 11 was a bakers run by Benjamin Milledge from the 1840s to his death in 1874 and then William Walden a confectioner from Southampton, who moved back at the end of the 90s.
The little salmon coloured house is No 14. It’s difficult to tell exactly which shop the folk inhabited as the street did not have numbers until very recently. Looking at the order of the inhabitants on the censuses between 1851-1939, it’s likely that number 14 spent many years as a shoemaker’s shop. From the 1850s George Pavey from Wiltshire ran the shop with his wife and 11 children, son George was also a cordwainer (shoe maker). They moved to Quay Street in 1871, but George senior died shortly after.
Around 1871, no 14 was a hairdressers, occupied by Luke Frampton, a hairdresser originally from Ryde, IOW. The Frampton family (10 children over the years) had moved from Quay Street where Luke was a barber in the 1840s to the South side of Quay Hill in the 50s/60s, to number 14 in the 70s/80s. Luke died in 1877 and his son Thomas continued the business, possibly moving again a few times, but probably back at number 14 around 1911.
Another shoemaker Charles Gannaway possibly lived at number 14 (or 13) at the end of C20.
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The white building is number 13, now Bridgeford & Co, a property management company. The Bath family occupied this building from at least the 1840s through to the 70s. William Bath was a corn and coal merchant, and after his death his wife Ann-Maria continued the business and in later years received annuitant (pension). Son Edwin later continued the coal business from Bridge Street.
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The grey building – number 14 was a grocers in the early 1800s and then the home of the House family for many years from the 1870s until at least the second WW. George House was a gardener, greengrocer and coal dealer, after his death in 1921 daughter Mary who had worked as a cook in Milford, moved back into number 12 and later sister Lydia and cousin Charles Henry Gibbons lived there. One of the sons was the Lymington Harbourmaster
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At the lower end of the street, the left side of the white building, number 11 was a bakers run by Benjamin Milledge from the 1840s to his death in 1874 and then William Walden a confectioner from Southampton, who moved back at the end of the 90s.
Quay Hill, Lymington
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At the bottom of Quay Hill, the right side of No11 was a grocers run by John Head that later became of the home of the Chisman family. The head of house James Charles Chisman worked as a steam packet foreman and rented out various rooms. After Charles died wife Sarah Ann ran a grocery and provisions shop. Newspapers tell the story of son William, a coachman who was accidentally run over by a train, but survived.
At the bottom of Quay Hill, the right side of No11 was a grocers run by John Head that later became of the home of the Chisman family. The head of house James Charles Chisman worked as a steam packet foreman and rented out various rooms. After Charles died wife Sarah Ann ran a grocery and provisions shop. Newspapers tell the story of son William, a coachman who was accidentally run over by a train, but survived.
Quay Street
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Captains Row
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