Torquay.
TORQUAY Devon. Since 1975 part of Torbay.
Torquay. Adams and Adlard. 1855. - Print publishers. Imprints: single prints (Somers Cocks): c1855: 3094.
Torquay. Ardley, Daniel. 1848-1856. Bookseller, stationer. Braddons Row 1848d-1850d; no. 12 1848d; Fleet Street 1856d. Father died EFP 29/6/1854.
Torquay. Barrett, Francis. 1833. - Printer. 9, Union Street. 1833. Registered press 29/5/1833 (DRO Q/S 68).
Torquay. Barrett, Grace. 1840-1848. Bookseller, stationer, public library. 1, Carey Parade 1840d-1844d; 4, Lower Terrace 1848d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Bendle Brothers. 1923-1939. - Printers. 62, Fleet Street 1923 ; 15 & 16, George Street 1935-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Bendle Charles. 1902-1919. Printer. 4, Fore Street 1902 ; 26 Fore Street, St. Mary Church, Torquay 1914-1919. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Bevan, J. and Sons. 1910-1914. Printers. 3, Union Terrace, Saint Marychurch 1910 ; 57, St. Mary Church Road, Torquay 1914. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Blackmore, A. J. 1889-1893. Printer. 37, Higher Union Street 1889-1893. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Blackmore, James (Executors Of). 1878. - Printer. Temperance Street 1878. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Bowyer, John Samuel. 1844. - Bookseller. Agent for British and Foreign Bible Society. 4, Strand 1848d.
Torquay. Buckley, W. F. and Son. 1914-1939. Printers. 254 Union Street, Torquay 1914-1939. As Buckley and Sons 1935-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Buckley, William. 1902-1910. Printer. 207, Union Street 1902-1910. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Carter, George A. 1935-1939. Printer. Market, Market Street 1935-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Chadwick, J.T. 1856. - Bookseller, stationer. 1, Market Street 1856d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Charles, Emanuel. 1850. - Bill poster and town cryer. George Street 1850d.
Torquay. Clarke, William. 1852. - Music and musical instrument seller. 13, Orchard Terrace 1852d. Possibly manager of Subscription Library and Reading Room q.v. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Cockrem and Elliott. 1834. - Printers. See Edward C.Cockrem, William Elliott.
Torquay. Cockrem, Edward C. 1834-1856. Printer, bookseller, stationer, music seller, library. 10, Strand 1840d-1856d. Apprenticed to John Hannaford of Totnes. Established office as Cockrem and Elliott c1834. Published Torquay and Tor directory 1840d-1856d. Apprentice wanted EFP 22/6/1843 2f. Agent for SPCK 1848d. Imprints: 1830: Blewitt; single prints (Somers Cocks): c1830: 3181, 3182; c1842: 3101. Sources: Worth p.514.
Torquay. Cole and Cockrem. 1829. - Booksellers. Advert EFP 10/9/1829 2d.
Torquay. Cole, Henry. 1823-1830. Printer, bookseller. Old Quay 1823d; Lawrence Place 1830d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Cole, Mrs Peggy. 1833. - Printer, circulating library. Registered press 4/7/1833 (DRO Q/S 68). Agent for piano sale EFP 18/7/1833 1b.
Torquay. Crockwell, Samuel. 1840. - Newsagent. 10 Union Row 1840d. Also Marine Fire and Life Annuity Office 1840d.
Torquay. Croydon, Edward. 1840-1878. Printer, stationer, bookbinder, librarian, music seller. Victoria Parade 1840d-1856d; no. 12 1840d; 2, Victoria Parade 1852-1856-1878. Born: East Teignmouth, son of Edward, bookseller of Teignmouth, and Sally, bap. 12/5/1816, East Teignmouth. Also Berlin repository 1840d. Imprints: 1841: Torquay guide; c1845: Williams, C.F. [Views of Torquay]; c1848: Torquay views (royal series); single prints (Somers Cocks): c1840: 3347; c1845: 3050, 3133; c1855: 3021. Sources: Directories ; IGI; Somers Cocks.
Torquay. Dodd, Thomas. 1889. - Printer. 15, George Street 1889. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Doidge, John Sweet. 1840-1844. Printer, bookseller. Union Row 1840d; Lower Union Street 1844d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Doorne, William Thomas. 1838. - Bookseller. Bankrupt EFP 27/12/1838 3e. Imprints: single prints (Somers Cocks): c1840: 3215, 3265.
Torquay. Duffield, C. 1856. - Bookseller. 16, Fleet Street 1856d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Duffield, William. 1856. - Newsagent. Madrepore Place 1856d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Edwards, J. 1856. - Bookseller, stationer. 1, Banner Cross, Abbey 1856d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Elliott, William. 1834-1856. Printer, bookseller, stationer, librarian, reading rooms. Vaughan Parade 1840d-1855h; no. 1 1840d-1852d; 2, Lawrence Place 1856d. Apprenticed to Lazarus Congdon of Plymouth Dock. Began business as Cockrem and Elliott c1834. Proprietor of Torquay chronicle 1856d. Imprints: single prints (Somers Cocks) c1820: 3115, 3256; c1830: 3357. Sources: Worth p.514.
Torquay. Ford, J. 1856. - Bookseller. Abbey Place 1856d. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Fradd, Martin. 1878. - Printer. 59, Fleet Street 1878. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Frisby, L. J. 1939. - Printer. 25, Union Street 1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Goss Albion Printing Works Ltd. 1923-1939. Printer. Temperance Street 1923-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Goss William Henry. 1893-1919. Printer. Temperance Street, Torquay 1893-1919 ; La Cluse, Hatfield Road 1919. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Grant Brothers. 1856. - Stationers. 6, Victoria Parade 1856d. Also in Exeter. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Gregory and Scott. 1910-1939. Printer. 28 Fleet Street, Torquay 1910-1926 ; 183, Union Street 1935-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Hall, William Hamblin/Hamlyn. 1844-1855. Bookseller, stationer. Lower Union Street 1844d-1855h; no. 21 1848d.
Torquay. Hambling, W.B. 1855. - Librarian. Appointed librarian of Torquay Mechanics' Institute EFP 19/4/1855 8b. Sources: Exeter flying post
Torquay. Hawkins, Mr. 1853. - Stationer. Died EFP 22/12/1853 8f. Sources: Exeter flying post
Torquay. Jacobs, Alexander. 1840. - Seal engraver &c. Strand 1840d.
Torquay. Jago, Misses Jane and Anne. 1849-1850. Booksellers, stationers. Market Street 1850d. Tea agents EFP 11/1/1849 1f.
Torquay. Jones, John Stewart. 1923. - Printseller. Agent for Medici prints 1923. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Jowitt, Charles G. 1923-1939. Printer. 26, Fore Street, Saint Marychurch 1923-1939. As C. G. Jowitt and Son Ltd 1935-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. King, J. C. Ltd. 1939. - Printer. Castle Chambers, Union Street 1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Lane. 1834. - Schoolmaster and printer. Brought from Somerset by Rev. Fayle of Trinity Church before 1834. Amateur printer and type caster. Sources: Worth p. 513-4.
Torquay. Leatheren, William. 1839. - Printer. Died: EFP 3/10/1839 2e.
Torquay. Luscombe, Richard. 1830. - Printer, bookseller. Quay 1830d.
Torquay. Mathews, Edward James. 1852-1856. Printer, bookseller, stationer. 6, Braddons Row 1852d; Braddons Row 1855h; 14, Strand 1856d.
Torquay. Melhuish, William. 1844-1852. Music and musical instrument seller. Lower Union Street 1844d-1852d; no. 90 1844d; no. 93 1848d, 1852d. Painoforte maker and tuner 1848d.
Torquay. Mudge, Elizabeth. 1852-1855. Stationer. Market Street 1852d-1855h.
Torquay. Narracott, John Laskey. 1848-1856. Bookseller, stationer, bookbinder. 5, Tor Place 1848d-1850d; Tor Place 1852d-1855h; 5, Brunswick Square, Tor 1856d.
Torquay. Nicholson, J. 1840. - Print publisher. Imprints: single prints (Somers Cocks): c1840: 3358.
Torquay. Ockford, William George. 1878-1893. Printer. 1, Market Street 1878 ; 3, Market Street 1889-1893. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Poulton, William. 1840-1852. Pianofore tuner and repairer and music seller. 4, Vaughan Parade 1840d-1844d; 3, Lawrence Place 1848d-1852d. Secretary of Torquay Reading Society 1840d. Agent for Religious Tract Society 1848d. Imprints: single prints (Somers Cocks: c1840: 3120.
Torquay. Reynolds, William. 1848-1852. Music seller. 6, Abbey Place 1848d; Torwood Road 1850d; no. 9 1852d.
Torquay. Richars, Miss Grace. 1848-1856. Stationer. Lower Union Street 1848d-1856d; no. 93 1848d; no. 30 1852d; no. 21 1856d.
Torquay. Robinson, John. 1856-1893. Printer. 1, 10, Lower Union Street 1856 ; 86, Lower Union Street 1878 ; Cotford Terrace, Upton Hill 1893. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Rogers, John Williamson. 1889. - Printer. 10a, Hall's Buildings, Belgrave Road 1889. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Salter, James. 1823. - Printer. Strand 1823d.
Torquay. Salter, John. 1850-1862. Artist and lithographer. Produced large lithographs of Torquay area. Sources: Somers Cocks p. 8.
Torquay. Seeley, Ernest I. 1878. - Printer. 2, Lawrence Place 1878. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Sharland, John. 1840. - Seal engraver. Lower Union Street 1840d. Also marble mason.
Torquay. Shinner and Dodd. 1878-1919. Printer. George Street 1878 ; 62 Fleet Street, Torquay 1889-1919. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Smith, George. 1850. - Music seller. Torwood Row 1850d.
Torquay. Society For The Promotion Of Christian Knowledge. 1848. - Publisher. Edward C.Cockrem agent 1848d.
Torquay. Southwood W.J.And Co. 1902. - Printers. (art and general), 11, 12 and 13 Catherine street, Exeter 1902-1910 ; St. Stephens Bow, Exeter 1902-1919 ; Cary Chambers, Strand, Torquay 1914. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Standard Printing Publishing and Newspaper Co. Ltd. 1889-1893. Printer. Vaughan Parade, Torquay 1889 ; Cary Place, Fleet Street, Torquay 1893 ; Dartmouth Road, Paignton 1889 ; 81, Winner Street, Paignton 1893. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Stark, William Hannaford. 1848-1850. Printer, bookseller, stationer. Braddon's Row 1848d-1850d; no. 8 1848d. Registered press 16/11/1848 (DRO Q/S 68).
Torquay. Subscription Library and Reading Room. 1848. - Library. 6, Higher terrace 1848d. Manager William Clarke 1848d.
Torquay. Torquay and Tor Directory. 1839-1856. Newspaper. Published 1/11/1839-29/12/1852. Continued as Torquay directory and South Devon journal. Proprietor Edward Cockrem 1856d.
Torquay. Torquay Chronicle and General Directory. 1849-1857. Newspaper. Published 12/3/1849-5/5/1857. Proprietor William Elliott 1856d. Continued as Torquay chronicle and South Devon advertiser.
Torquay. Torquay Directory (Torquay Times and Devonshire Press Ltd). 1935-1939. Printer. Fleet Street 1935 ; Higher Fleet Street 1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Torquay Directory, Newspaper and General Printing Co. Ltd. 1878-1926. Printer. Fleet Street 1878 ; 7, Braddon Hill Road West 1889 ; Higher Fleet Street 1893-1902 ; Fleet Street, Torquay 1910-1926. T. W. Winget, secretary 1878 ; William Winget, manager 1889-1926. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Torquay Mechanics' Institute. 1834-1855. Library. Opened EFP 6/2/1834 2f. W.B.Hambling appointed librarian EFP 19/4/1855 8b.
Torquay. Torquay Practical Printers Ltd. 1935-1939. Printers. 2, Castle Chambers 1935-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Torquay Public Library. 1855-1877. Board of Health meeting EFP 19/4/1855 8b. Advert for meeting on public libraries EFP 17/12/1857 5e. Meeting in favour of public library EFP 24/12/1857 7f. Meeting on forming public library EFP 30/5/1877 7c.
Torquay. Torquay Publishing Co. Limited. 1902-1939. Printer. Cary place, Torquay 1902-1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Torquay Reading Club. 1840. - Reading club. 1, Vaughan Parade 1840d. Supported by annual subscriptions of resident gentry.
Torquay. Torquay Reading Society. 1840. - Reading club. 8, Vaughan Parade 1840d. Secretary: Thomas Beasley 1840d. Librarian: William Poulton 1840d.
Torquay. Torquay Times and Devonshire Press Ltd. 1919-1939. Printers. 64, Fleet Street 1919-1935 ; Higher Fleet Street 1939. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Torquay Working Men's General Improvement Society. 1858-1859. Library. Gift of books and periodicals EFP 2/12/1858 8c. Quarterly report EFP 18/8/1859 7f.
Torquay. Tozer Ltd. 1902. - Printer. 18, Abbey Road 1902. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Visitor's Guide For The Town and Neighbourhood Of Torquay and Tor. 1849. - Newspaper. Published 13/4/1849-4/5/1849. Previously Wreford's visitor's guide ... Continued as The literary miscellany and visitor's guide ...
Torquay. Watts, George. 1878. - Printseller. 31-32, Torwood Street Street 1878. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Westley and Co. 1878. - Printer. 10, Strand 1878. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Westley, Arthur. 1889-1893. Printer. 10, Strand 1889 ; Strand 1893. Sources: Directories.
Torquay. Wreford and Matthews. 1840. - Print publishers. Imprints: single prints (Somers Cocks): c1840: 3283.
Torquay. Wreford, Robert Tucker. 1839-1855. Printer, bookseller, stationer, circulating library. 8, Braddon's Row 1850d; 4, Torwood Row 1852d; Torwood Row 1855h. Registered presses 6/3/1839 (DRO Q/S 68). Advert 11/4/1850 4e. Legends of Torquay published EFP 6/6/1850 4f, 8b. Advert for curculating library EFP 16/1/1851 5c.
Torquay. Wreford's Visitor's Guide For The Town and Neighbourhood Of Torquay. 1849. - Newspaper. Published 27/2/1849-3/4/1849. Continued as The visitor's guide ...
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