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Bridge Street, Bristol

I am interested in any details available about earlier occupation and use of 11 & 12 Bridge Street, Bristol, BS1 where my wife's great (x2) Grandfather lived in 1851 (Edward Withy, Woollen Draper & tailor).

Re: Bridge Street, Bristol

Andy,

The following from Mathews's Bristol Directory:

1893/94.
George Withy jun. woolen draper and salesman, Castle Street.

1806.
Withy & Howell, woolen drapers & mens' mercers, 68 Castle Street.

1816. 1820.
George Withy, woolen draper and mens' mercers, 68 Castle Street.

1823.
George Withy & Son, wholesale & retail woolen drapers, 68 Castle Street.
William and Charles Cussens, ribbon, silk, stuff, and shroud warehouse, 11 Bridge Street.

1828.
Withy & Little, wholesale & retail woolen drapers, 68 Castle Street.
William and Charles Cussens, ribbon, silk, stuff, and shroud warehouse, 11 Bridge Street.

1831.
George Withy, Claremont Cottage, Montpelier.
Withy, Little & Withy, woolen, manchester & fancy waistcoating warehouse, 11 Bridge Street.

1833. 1839.
Withy & Little, woolen, manchester & fancy waistcoating warehouse, 11 Bridge Street.

1844.
Withy & Woods, woolen, manchester, and fancy waiscoating warehouse, 11 Bridge Street.

1848.
Edward Withy, 3 Paul Street, Kingsdown.

Kevin.

Re: Bridge Street, Bristol

The first entry should read ... 1793/94 not 1893/94