WITHAM, COMMERCIAL AREAS IN 1989
Survey carried out by Janet Gyford in December 1989.
Other posts have similar surveys for 1969, 1979, 1984, 1995-6, and from 2000 onwards.
Some residential property is included as well if it is intermingled with commercial property
In many cases, where there is an address combining several numbers (e.g. 23-27), the individual addresses are written out afterwards in brackets. This is so that a search for one of the individual addresses might find it. This has not been done for long series of residential numbers.
For the same reason, addresses with a, b etc. in the number have the main number in brackets afterwards, e.g. 5a Newland Street (part of 5 Newland Street).
| Address | Description if any | Title | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree Road (west side south of no.1, at entrance to Thompson’s Yard) | Small cabin, video hire | Video Shak | Video hire |
| Braintree Road, Thompsons Yard (part) | Shop and show-rooms, several buildings | Ramsden Mills | Carpet showrooms and sales |
| Braintree Road, Thompsons Yard (part) | Coal yard | G.F.Thompson | Coal merchant |
| 13 Braintree Road | Shop | J.Fairs | Food shop |
| Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road* (opened as Templars Complex 1984) | Surgery | Brookend Veterinary Surgery | Veterinary surgery |
| Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road* (opened as Templars Complex 1984) | Office | P.and L.Business Systems | ‘Business systems’ |
| Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road* (opened as Templars Complex 1984) | Family centre | Bellfields Family Centre | Family centre |
| Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road* (opened as Templars Complex 1984) | Surgery | De Leuw Chadwick Oheocha | ‘Civil Engineers’ |
| Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road* (opened as Templars Complex 1984) | Office? | Trace Elliot | Amplifiers |
| Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road* (opened as Templars Complex 1984) | Training centre | Witham Technology Centre (oofficial opening April 1985) | Computer training |
| Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road* (opened as Templars Complex 1984) | Office | Essex Probation Service | Probation office |
| 2 Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road (part)* | Video hire | Kemart Video | Video hire |
| 8 Cullens Mill, 49 Braintree Road (part)* | Pool Club | Witham Pool Club | Pool club |
| Bus shelter corner of Braintree and Albert Road | Shop. Opened 1984 | --- | Flower shop |
| 10 Braintree Road | House, formerly shop | --- | Residential |
| Braintree Road | Factory | Crittall’s | Metal windows |
| 13 Bridge Street (site of 13-21) | Public house | Morning Star | Public house |
| 27a Bridge Street (part of 27 Bridge Street) | Shop | Jean’s Florists (Run by Jean Burt, opened 1st March 1986) | Flowers |
| 29 Bridge Street | Offices | St.George’s House Business Centre (including McLaughlin and Harvey plc) | Miscellaneous offices (M & H = builders and developers) |
| 31-57 Bridge Street | New houses (built c.1987 some on street some behind) | --- | --- |
| 69 onwards, Bridge Street | Club and bar | R.A.F.A. club | Club and bar |
| Bridge Street | Sports centre and pool | Bramston Sports Centre | Sports centre and pool |
| Bridge Street, Bridge Court (formerly no. 2) | Houses, newish | --- | --- |
| 30 Bridge Street (also including site of 32) | Motorcycle sales | Bridge Street Motorcyles | Motorcycles, Sales and MOT testing |
| 1-5 Chipping Hill (1 Chipping Hill, 3 Chipping Hill, 5 Chipping Hill) | Empty site; factory demolished summer 1988 | --- | --- |
| 7 Chipping Hill | Empty site, bungalow demolished | --- | --- |
| 55 Chipping Hill | Surgery | Doctor Michael Lee | Doctor’s surgery |
| 55a Chipping Hill (part of 55 Chipping Hill) | House (newish) | Bridge House (named by first occupants, the Baileys, after the game of bridge) | Residential |
| 2 Chipping Hill | Public house | The Albert | Public house |
| 18 Chipping Hill | Forge | Forge (Melvin Baker) | Blacksmith |
| Chipping Hill, Old Vicarage | House | --- | Residential |
| 7 Church Street | Public house | The Woolpack Closed by Trumans summer 1984 and reopened November 1984 | Public house |
| 9 Church Street (part) (number assumed) | Bungalow | --- | Residential |
| Church Street, (between 9 and 11) | Disused Quaker burial ground | --- | Disused Quaker burial ground |
| 41a Church Street (part of 41 Church Street) | Shop | Bibby[?] | Newsagent |
| Church Street (north of 53) | Church | Assemblies of God: Bethel chapel. | Church |
| Church Street (south of 71) | Entrance to Chipping Dell | --- | --- |
| 2 Church Street | Public house | White Horse | Public house |
| 4 Church Street, Oakville | House | --- | Residential |
| 6 Church Street | House | --- | Residential |
| 8 Church Street | Shop | Geoff King | Electrical goods |
| 10 Church Street | Takeaway | H.G.Stibbs and son (in fact not longer Stibbs but this is still on fascia) | Takeaway (fish and fried food) |
| 12 Church Street | Salon | Blades | Hairdressing (ladies) |
| 14 Church Street | Shop | A.W.Sutton and son | Video hire, confectionery |
| 16 Church Street | Shop | E.and J.Tackle | Fishing tackle, bike repair |
| 22 Church Street | House | --- | Residential |
| 24 Church Street | House | --- | Residential |
| 26 Church Street | House | --- | Residential |
| 28-40 Church Street | Terrace of houses | Known as ‘Charity Row’. Former workhouse. On plaque in plaster has date ‘1714’ and initials ‘TW FR SN WS’ (probably Thomas Woodgate, Francis Raven, churchwardens, Samuel Newton, William Skinner, overseers). | Residential |
| 40a, b and c Church Street (40a Church Street 40b Church Street, 40c Church Street (north of 40) (part of 40 Church Street) | Houses | --- | Residential |
| 48 Church Street | Empty shop (closed summer 1989) | --- (had been Bascombe previously for 18 months) | --- |
| 56 Church Street (behind) | Plumber’s yard and showroom | Witham Interiors (Keith Brown) | Plumber’s yard and showroom |
| Coach House Way (later name; was then 62a Newland Street, part of 62 Newland Street)) | Hire centre | Dale Hire | Equipment hire |
| Coach House Way (later name; was then probably 60a Newland Street, part of 60 Newland Street) | Shop | Kitchen and Tile Centre | Kitchen equipment and tiles |
| Coach House Way (later name; was then 58b Newland Street, part of 58 Newland Street) | Workshop | Witham Upholsterers | Upholstery workshop |
| 1 Collingwood Road | Shop | Maison furnishers | Soft furnishing |
| 1a Collingwood Road, Woodland House (above) (part of 1 Collingwood Road) | Office ? Door between 3 and 3A, to upstairs | Stentiford Close Registrars Ltd. | Registrars |
| 3 Collingwood Road | Betting office | Chase Racing | Betting office |
| 3a Collingwood Road (part of 3 Collingwood Road) | Estate agent | Connells Started as French Brand estate agent in August 1985, then in 1987 FB bought by Strutt Daughters who had recently become part of Connell) (Corals betting office closed 1985) | Estate agent |
| 5 Collingwood Road | Office | Tudor Employment Agency (SPL (Senior Personnel Ltd) set here in August 1989; same owner as Tudor but more specialised) | Recruitment |
| 7 Collingwood Road (part), Lockram Villas (part) | Office | Kittle and Co. | Accountants |
| 9 Collingwood Road, Lockram Villas (part) | House | --- | Residential |
| 11-13 Collingwood Road (11 Collingwood Road, 13 Collingwood Road) | Car park, (market on Saturday) | --- | --- |
| 15 Collingwood Road | Flats, sheltered accommodation | Collingwood Noel-Pelly House | Residential |
| 63 Collingwood Road | Clinic | Collingwood Osteopathic Clinic (Peter Jarvis) | Osteopath |
| 69 Collingwood Road | Office and meeting hall | Witham Labour Party Hall | Political party, constituency HQ |
| 2 Collingwood Road (south part) | Showroom and shop | Daman | Plumbing, kitchen and bathroom equipment and furnishings |
| 2 Collingwood Road (north part) | Waiting room and booking office | Beacon Cab Co. | Taxi hire |
| 4-10 Collingwood Road (4 Collingwood Road, 6 Collingwood Road, 8 Collingwood Road, 10 Collingwood Road) | Office | Mid-Essex Health Authority | Health authority office |
| 12 Collingwood Road (part of south part) | Office | Witham Town Council | Local authority office |
| 12 Collingwood Road (part of south part) | Office | Citizen’s Advice Bureau | Advice office |
| 14 Collingwood Road | Club and bar | Constitutional Club | Club and bar |
| 16 Collingwood Road | House | --- | Residential |
| Collingwood Road (esst side, north of no. 16) | Bowls Club, driveway from road | Witham Bowls Club | Bowling green and club |
| 18 Collingwood Road | House | --- | Residential |
| 48 Collingwood Road | Office | Selven Systems | ‘Computer systems and maintenance’ |
| Collingwood Road, Avenue Lodge (east side, corner of the Avenue) | Office | Braintree Constituency Conservative Association | Political office |
| Collins Lane | Gated entrance to rear of Newland Street buildings | --- | Residential? |
| Cressing Road | Public house | Cherry Tree | Public house |
| 1 Easton Road | Workshop and office | J.B.Slythe | ‘Monumental masons established for over a century’ |
| 1 Freebornes Court | Office | Witham Area Office Braintree District Council) | Local government office and meeting room. |
| 2 Freebornes Court | Office | Anne Castell | Solicitor |
| 3-5 Freebornes Court, Wilson House (3 Freebornes Court, 5 Freebornes Court) | Office | David Wilson Homes (Anglia) Ltd. | Property |
| 6 Freebornes Court | Office | Michael Jones | Solicitor |
| 7 Freebornes Court | Office | Kort Propulsion | Propellers |
| 8 Freebornes Court | Office | TSB District Office | Banking |
| 9 Freebornes Court | Office (empty) | --- | --- |
| 1 Grove Shopping Centre* | Super-market | Tesco (opened 1 December 1987) | Supermarket |
| 2 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 1)* | Shop | Auditions | Hi-fi, electrical |
| 3 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 1a)* | Shop | Shoe save | Shoes |
| 4 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 2)* | Shop | Kingston | Butcher |
| 5 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 3)* | Shop | Tweed | Baker |
| 6 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 4)* | Shop | High Fashion | Clothes |
| 7 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 5)* | Shop | Tandem | Shoes |
| 8 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 6)* | Shop | Uni-part | Car parts |
| 9 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 7)* | Shop | K.Bixby | Jeweller |
| 10 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 8)* | Shop | Richards | Ladies’ clothing |
| 11 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 8a)* | Shop | Adams (opened here 1988) | Children’s clothing |
| 12 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 9) (old maltings)* | Shop | Superdrug | Chemist |
| 13 Grove Shopping Centre (later no. 12a Grove Shopping Centre) (unit 9a)* | Shop | Clinton cards | Greetings cards |
| 14 Grove Shopping Centre (unit K1)* | Shop | Flower Box | Flowers |
| 15 Grove Shopping Centre (unit K2)* | Shop | The Shoe Company | Shoes |
| 16 Grove Shopping Centre (unit K3)* | Shop | Primetime | Clothes |
| 17 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 10)* | Travel agent | Intatravel | Travel agent |
| 17a Grove Shopping Centre* | Office (first floor, over 17) | Grove Shopping Centre, management office | Shopping centre management |
| 18 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 11)* | Shop | Surprise | Toys and stationery |
| 19 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 12)* | Opticians | Miller and Santhouse | Optician |
| 20 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 13)* | Shop | Clarks Shoes | Shoes |
| 21 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 14)* | Shop | Leaders | Clothes? |
| 22 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 15)* | Shop | Mackays | Clothing |
| 23 Grove Shopping Centre (unit 16)* | Salon | Command Performance | Hairdresser |
| 1 Guithavon Street (ground floor) | Takeaway | Mama Dells Pizzas | Takeaway, pizzas |
| 1 Guithavon Street (first floor) | Restaurant | Chatsbury | Restaurant |
| 1 Guithavon Street (part, leanto on back) | Waiting room and booking office | Knights Taxis | Taxi hire |
| Guithavon Street (west of no. 1) | New building under const-ruction | --- | --- |
| 3-5 Guithavon Street, Dickens House (3 Guithavon Street, 5 Guithavon Street) | Office | Baverstock, Pollock and Co | Accountants |
| 7 Guithavon Street | Empty | --- | --- |
| 9 Guithavon Street | ??? (possibly part of 11) | --- | ??? |
| 11 Guithavon Street | Office | Roger Hart and Co. | Solicitor |
| 13 Guithavon Street (part) | Office | Willett Salmon and Sealey | Quantity Surveyors |
| 13 Guithavon Street (part) | Office | William Clark and Vickers (Witham) | Quantity Surveyors |
| 13 Guithavon Street (part) | Office | James Rist Partnership | Building Surveyors |
| 13 Guithavon Street (part) | Office or workshop? | A.Gordon | Cabinet makers |
| 13 Guithavon Street (part) | Office | Sealey Vail parnership | Quantity Surveyors |
| 13 Guithavon Street (part) | Office | Remi Adelaide partnership | Engineers |
| 15 Guithavon Street (part) | Office | Gerald Herbert (Insurance Services) Ltd. | Insurance |
| 15 Guithavon Street (part) | Office | Prince Group: Prince Construction Ltd. | Building |
| 17 Guithavon Street | Office | Redland Surveys Ltd. | ‘Land surveyors’ |
| 19 Guithavon Street, Colne House | Office | Bland Fielden and Co. | Accountants |
| 21-37 Guithavon Street | Houses | --- | -- |
| 39-49 Guithavon Street | Church | Methodist Church | Methodist Church |
| Guithavon Street (south side, between 49 and 51) | Hall? (old church) | Methodist Church hall? | Meeting hall? |
| 51 Guithavon Street | House (set back) | --- | Residential |
| 53 Guithavon Street | Flats, sheltered accomm-odation (new built) | Mill Vale Lodge (demolition of old buildings began September 1986? flats first on sale 21 February 1986?) | Residential |
| Guithavon Street (south side, near corner of Mill Lane) | Public house | The Crown | Public house |
| Guithavon Street (south side, corner of Mill Lane (old fire station) | Storage? | --- | Storage? |
| 4 Guithavon Street (old building, behind 68 Newland Street, part) | Takeaway | Crumbs | ‘Sandwich bar’, takeaway |
| 4 Guithavon Street (old building, behind 68 Newland Street, part) | Salon | Colours Hair Salon Opened 1987 | Hairdressing |
| 4 Guithavon Street (old building, behind 68 Newland Street, part) | Health club (entrance behind 68) | Brandon’s Health Club | Health club |
| 4 Guithavon Street (old building, behind 68 Newland Street, above) | Empty | --- | --- |
| 8 Guithavon Street, (may not be 8; new building north side, west of no. 4) | Empty, (previously Jonathan’s estate agent) | --- | --- |
| Guithavon Street, Penhaligon Court (new, built in 1989) | Empty | --- | --- |
| Guithavon Street (north side, west of Newlands Drive, including 6-12) (6 Guithavon Street, 8 Guithavon Street, 10 Guithavon Street, 12 Guithavon Street) | Car park | --- | -Car park |
| Guithavon Street (north side, west of car park) | Church | Church of Holy Family and All Saints (rededicated as Catholic church 1 November 1989, after renovation and interior rebuilding) | Catholic Church |
| Guithavon Street (north side, west of church) | House | Presbytery (built 1989) | House of Catholic priest |
| 14-16 Guithavon Street, Old Parsonage Court (14 Guithavon Street, 16 Guithavon Street) | Houses, including two old buildings (formerly Parsonage and Woodhams) and several new bungalows. Conversion and new building started 1984 and cont to 1985. | --- | Residential |
| Guithavon Street, 1-9 Guithavon Court (north side, west of Old Parsonage Court) | Bungalows, newish | --- | Residential |
| Guithavon Street, Rex Mott Court (north side, up drive west of Podsbrook) | Flats, sheltered accommodation (Braintree District Council) | Rex Mott Court | Residential |
| Guithavon Street, Podsbrook House (north side, corner of Guithavon Valley) | Flats, sheltered accommodation (Witham Housing Assoc.) | Podsbrook House | Residential |
| 17 Guithavon Valley | Shop and repairs | John Trowles | Electrical goods |
| 29-35 Guithavon Valley (29 Guithavon Valley, 31 Guithavon Valley, 33 Guithavon Valley, 35 Guithavon Valley) | Houaes (site of old depot) | --- | Residential |
| 2 Guithavon Valley | Houses | --- | Residential |
| 4 Guithavon Valley | Surgery | R.J.Hossack | Dental surgery |
| 6-8 Guithavon Valley (6 Guithavon Valley, 8 Guithavon Valley) | Houses | --- | Residential |
| The Old Mill House, Guithavon Valley | House | --- | Residential |
| Hatfield Road, Bridge | Hospital | Bridge | Hospital, learning difficulties |
| Hatfield Road | Fire Station | Fire Station | Fire Station |
| Hatfield Road | Ambulance Station | Ambulance station | Ambulance Station |
| Hatfield Road, Ivy Chimneys | Accom-modation for staff at Bridge | --- | Residential |
| Hatfield Road, corner of Maltings Lane | Public house | Jack and Jenny | Public house |
| Hatfield Road, Lynfield | Garage and filling station (how long there?) | Lynfield | Garage and filling station |
| 1-3 Lawn Chase (former site of Lawn House) | Houses | --- | Residential |
| Lockram Lane (behind 40 Newland Street) (ground) | Salon | Trimmers | Hairdresser |
| Lockram Lane (behind 40 Newland Street), probably known as 40B Newland Street) (above?) | Office | Phillips Recruitment (had opened August 1989) | Recruitment |
| 3-5 Maldon Road (3 Maldon Road, 5 Maldon Road) | Site now part of Grove Centre | --- | --- |
| 7-19 Maldon Road | Shop and yard (shop faces Grove Centre; yard includes former site of Brown’s building) | Travis Perkins | ‘Timber and Building materials’ |
| 21-23 Maldon Road (21 Maldon Road, 23 Maldon Road) | Houses | --- | Residential |
| 25 Maldon Road | House and restaurant | Crofters Wine Bar | Restaurant |
| 27 Maldon Road | Shop | Penny Lane | Clothes |
| 31-35 Maldon Road (31 Maldon Road, 33 Maldon Road, 35 Maldon Road) | Houses | --- | Residential |
| 37 Maldon Road | Shop (new built) | ??? | Confectioner, tobacconist etc. |
| 39 Maldon Road | Meeting Hall | Masons’ hall | Meeting Hall |
| 41 Maldon Road | Optician | Harley opticians | Optician |
| Maldon Road (old school, south of 41) | Youth Centre | Parkside Youth Centre (name adopted 1982) | Youth Centre |
| 43-75 Maldon Road (formerly Trafalgar Square (43-73) and Nelson House (75) | ?Roundabout | ? | ? |
| Maldon Road (south of old school) | Named houses (three blocks of four, entrance to Elm Cottage between northern two) | --- | Residential |
| 77-83 Maldon Road (including former garage site north of 77) (part) | Garage | Groveside | Garage |
| 77-83 Maldon Road (including former garage site north of 77) (part, at back) | Car repair shed | P.McCulloch | Car repairs |
| 77-83 Maldon Road (including former garage site north of 77) (part) | Tyre and auto service | Albany Not noted in survey but paper said opened 1984 after extension | Tyres and repairs |
| Maldon Road, Central Buildings (behind 39 Newland Street) (ground) | Incorp into 39 Newland Street | --- | --- |
| Maldon Road, Central Buildings (behind 39 Newland Street) (above) | ??? | ??? | ??? |
| 2d Maldon Road (south of Central Buildings) (don’t use number) (part of 2 Maldon Road) | Shoe repairs | J.Hollick and Son | Shoe repairs |
| 2c Maldon Road (south of Hollick) (part of 2 Maldon Road) | Takeaway | Empire House | ‘Chinese food to take away’ |
| Maldon Road (south of 2c) (probably part of 2 Maldon Road) | Electricity substation | --- | Electricity substation |
| Maldon Road (south of sub-station) (probably 2b Maldon Road) | Shop | Sachs | Leather goods |
| Maldon Road (south of Sachs) (first floor) (probably 2a Maldon Road) | Takeaway | Simla Ross closed chip shop 1984 and Simla probably opened then | Takeaway, Indian |
| Maldon Road (south of Sachs) (first floor) (probably 2a Maldon Road) | Restaurant | Kashmir (opened above Simla in February or March 1986) | Restaurant, Indian |
| 2 Maldon Road (north of Chapel House) | Shop | Daymes | Clothes, ladies’ |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | Channel 5 Video | Video |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | CCI Systems | ??? |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | Essex Eagle Cars | ??? |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | Relin Valuers | ??? |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | Modern Creatives (UK) Ltd. | ??? |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | I.C.C.Telex Services | ??? |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | Moriarty and Co. | Solicitors |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | Ovalcrest (Witham) Ltd. | ??? |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | Pica Print | Printing |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | R.S.Waters | ‘Plumber’ |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | L.Waters | ‘Electrician’ |
| 2b Maldon Road, Chapel House (old Baptist chapel, south of 2) (part) | Offices | PDP | ‘Electrical wholesale distribution’ |
| 4 Maldon Road | Shop | Threebees | Bags etc. |
| 6-18 Maldon Road | Rear entrance to Spread Eagle | --- | --- |
| 20 Maldon Road, Freeland House (north) | Salon | Bernards | Hairdresser |
| 20 Maldon Road, Freeland House (south) | Office | John F.Bacon | Solicitor |
| 22-28 Maldon Road, Crispin House | Office | Key Personnel (this office opened May 1987) | Recruitment |
| 30 Maldon Road (ground) | Dental surgery | Miss J.E.McCahon | Dental surgery |
| 30 Maldon Road (part of first floor) | Office? | Key Personnel Recruitment Ltd. | Recruitment? |
| 30 Maldon Road (part of first floor) | Training centre | Wetherby Business Training Centre (on window) | Training centre |
| 36-38 Maldon Road | Houses | --- | Residential |
| 40-48 Maldon Road | Scout hut | First Witham Scouts | Scout hut |
| 50 Maldon Road | New building | P.Westwood and sons | ‘Building services’ |
| 52 Maldon Road | House | --- | Residential |
| 54 Maldon Road, Park Cottage (south of park entrance) | House | --- | Residential |
| Maltings Lane, Denholm Court (former maltings) | Flats and houses | --- | Residential |
| Mill Lane, north of 21 | Empty site (former tannery) | --- | --- |
| Mill Lane, (north of former tannery) | Bowling green (newish) | --- | Bowling green |
| Mill Lane (east side, south end, Street, next to 132 Newland Street) | Takeaway | (no name) | Takeaway, fried food |
| 2-8 Mill Lane (east side) | Showroom and sales | Mill Lane Stores (Simple Simon closed 1983) | Second hand furniture |
| 10-12 Mill Lane (site of) (10 Mill Lane, 12 Mill Lane) | Near empty site (Shelley’s sheds demol-ished, two houses remaining probably empty) | --- | --- |
| 52 Mill Lane | Part of Hollybank estate of bungalows (new) | --- | Residential |
| 54-70 Mill Lane | Flats | Bramston View | Residential |
| Moat Farm Chase (west side, site of old Moat farm) | Houses | Chase House and one unnamed | Residential |
| Moat Farm Chase (east side, site of old Moat farm outbuildings) | Houses | ‘Moat farm’ (not in fact) and Timbers | Residential |
| 1-2 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Dorothy Perkins (Boots the chemist till 1987 when it moved to 42 Newland Street) | Ladies’ clothes |
| 3 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Dewhurst (previously Baxter, butcher) | Butcher |
| 4 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Greetings | Greetings cards etc. |
| 5 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Aristocrat | Furnishing and lights |
| 6 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Garmento (Bata, shoes, till summer 1989) | Clothes |
| 7 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Victoria Wine | Off-licence |
| 8 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Musicrafts 2 (previously Childsplay, toys) | Crafts, cards etc. |
| 9-15 Newlands Precinct (then known as block 6) (ground)* | Shop | Iceland (took over Orchard Fresh Frozen foods, which closed down 29 March 1986, and reopened as Iceland 17 April 1986) | Frozen and other food |
| 9-15 Newlands Precinct Pantile House (first floor)* | Office | ??? | ??? |
| 16 Newlands Precinct* | Restaurant and takeaway | Ria | Restaurant and takeaway, Chinese |
| 17 Newlands Precinct* | Travel agent | Lunn Poly (opened October 1987; formerly Rigby’s freezer centre which closed c. November 1986 after 6 years) | Travel agent |
| 18 Newlands Precinct* | Shoe repairs etc. | Essex Shoe Repairs (and dry cleaners) (opened 1985) | Shoe repairs etc. |
| 19-20 Newlands Precinct* | Shop and restaurant | Tooks | Bakers and restaurant |
| 21 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Witham Cycles (previously Shelley, clothes) | Toys and cycles |
| 22-24 Newlands Precinct (ground floor)* | Super-market | Budgen | Supermarket |
| 22-24 Newlands Precinct (Broseley House, first floor)* | Office | Broseley | Property? |
| 27 Newlands Precinct** | Shop | Musicrafts (moved here from 3 Newland Street c. 1980) | Records and tapes |
| 28 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Oxfam | Charity shop |
| 29 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Cramphorn | Gardening and pet and supplies |
| 30-31 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Orford (moved to 29 in October 1991) | Kitchen supplies, ornaments etc. (cheap) |
| 32 Newlands Precinct* | Building society | Halifax | Building society |
| 33 Newlands Precinct* | Shop | Donald Freeston | Fruit and vegetables |
| 34 Newlands Precinct* | Television hire | Visionhire | Television hire |
| 35 Newlands Precinct* | Empty shop (Martin, books and records, just closed) | --- | --- |
| Newland Street, Newlands House (first floor, entrance behind 50 Newland Street) | Office | ??? | ??? |
| Newland Street (esst of no. 1) | Police Station | Police Station | Police Station |
| 1 Newland Street (part: Foster Court) | Sheltered housing (new) | Foster Court | Residential |
| 1 Newland Street (part; Grove House) | Offices | Sedgwick | Insurance |
| 3 Newland Street (east end, ground floor) | Shop (established 1981, refurb-ished 1989) | The Office Shop (Kempco) | Office supplies |
| 3 Newland Street (west end, ground floor) | Takeaway | (no name) | Takeaway, fried food |
| 3 Newland Street (first floor, entrance west end) | Salons | Jeanna’s Hair Design (opened 10 January 1984); Sweeny’s the Barbers Was Command Publicity (formerly of 39 Newland Street) in 1984 | Hairdressing |
| 5 Newland Street (east end) | Shop | P.and P. | ‘Home improvements’, DIY supplies |
| 5 Newland Street (upstairs, door at back) (part) | Office | Command Publicity Ltd. | Publicity |
| 5 Newland Street (upstairs, door at back) (part) | Office | Accent Typographers | Drawing office |
| 5 Newland Street (upstairs, door between P and P and Stoffer) | Salon | Cutz (opened November 1987) | Hairdressing |
| 5 Newland Street (between P and P and Post Office) | Shop | Savory and Moore (took over Stoffer July 1987) | Chemists and dispensary |
| 5 Newland Street, General Post Office | Post Office (with extension at east built c. 1987 or 1988 where previously a vehicle entrance; new vehicle entrance now at back) | General Post Office | Post Office |
| 5 Newland Street, High House | Restaurant | Lian (opened c. December 1985 by Kim Mann) | Restaurant, Chinese |
| 5a Newland Street (east of 5b) (part of 5 Newland Street) | Shop | Belson and Sons | Optometrists |
| 5b Newland Street (between 5a and Red Lion) (part of 5 Newland Street) | Office | Tudor Employment Agency | Recruitment |
| 7 Newland Street | Public house | Red Lion | Public house |
| 9 Newland Street | Building society | Woolwich Building Society | Building society |
| 11 Newland Street | Restaurant (temp. closed for refurbish-ment) | Witchy Poo [re-opened as Starburger, probably in 1990] | Restaurant |
| 13 Newland Street | Shop | Countryfresh (proprietor Paul Ryland, owner of 9-13) | Fruit, vegetables, flowers |
| 29 Newland Street | Shop (refurb-ishment finished December) | Altar Image | Bridal wear |
| 31 Newland Street | Shop (refurbishment finished December) | Healthy Living | Health food and remedies |
| 33 Newland Street | Empty shop (refurb-ishment finished December) | --- | --- |
| 35 Newland Street | Shop | Woolworth (now extended back to Grove Centre) | Miscellaneous |
| 37 Newland Street | Shop (and entrance to Grove Centre) | Greenwood | Menswear |
| Newland Street, White Hart (no number) | Public house and hotel | White Hart | Public house and hotel |
| 39-41 Newland Street (39 Newland Street, 41 Newland Street) | Shop | Gallant | Outdoor clothing, camping, etc. |
| 43 Newland Street | Betting office | Coral (since December 1985?) Paper said a new one opened 1984 in Newland ST but this may have been somewhere else | Betting office |
| 45 Newland Street | Shop | Fads (since 15 February 1986) | ‘Homestyle by Fads’; decorating goods etc. |
| 47-49 Newland Street (47 Newland Street, 49 Newland Street) | Public house and hotel | Spread Eagle | Public house and hotel |
| 51 Newland Street | Shop | Sue Ryder | Charity shop |
| 53 Newland Street (ground) | Estate agent (sign up but not occupied yet) | Douglas Allen Spiro | Estate agent |
| 53 Newland Street (upper floor) | Office | Roy Belsham | Architect |
| 55 Newland Street | Bank | Trustee Savings Bank | Bank |
| 57 Newland Street | Bank | Midland Bank | Bank |
| 59 Newland Street | Bank | Barclays | Bank |
| 61 Newland Street (front) | Building society | Town and Country Building Society | Building society |
| 61 Newland Street (back) (part) | Office | Town and Country Building Society Premises Department | Property management |
| 61 Newland Street (back) (part) | Office | Solid Fuel Advisory Service | Fuel advice |
| 63 Newland Street | Shop | Mondy | Ironmongers, hardware |
| 65 Newland Street | Office | Bawtree and Sons | Solicitors |
| 67a Newland Street (east of 67b) (part of 67 Newland Street) | Building society | Cheshunt Building Society | Building society |
| 67b Newland Street (west of 67a) (part of 67 Newland Street) | Estate agent | Prudential Property Services | Estate agent |
| 83 Newland Street | Empty shop | --- (vacated by Gilbert who closed 28 January 1989) | --- |
| 85 Newland Street | Shop | E.King and Sons | Jewellery, watches etc. |
| 87-89 Newland Street (87 Newland Street, 89 Newland Street) | Office | F.H.Bright and Sons | Solicitors |
| 91 Newland Street | Newspaper office | Braintree and Witham Times | Newspaper office |
| 93 Newland Street | Estate agent and Building society | Abbotts, with Abbey National Building Society (combined office) | Estate agent and building society |
| 95 Newland Street | Bank | National Westminster Bank | Bank |
| 97 Newland Street | Yard and building at back between 95 and 99 (part) | Jetstream Car Cleaning | Car cleaning |
| 97 Newland Street | Yard and building at back between 95 and 99 (part) | Pine Furniture Warehouse | Furniture |
| 99 Newland Street | Bank | Lloyds Bank | Bank |
| 101 Newland Street | Shop | Newland Carpets (opened 28 December 1987 when Spar closed) | Carpets |
| 103-105 Newland Street (103 Newland Street, 105 Newland Street) | Department Store (part of) | Co-op (the whole re-opened as ‘Homemaker’ with new office and bank on first floor, 21 February 1985) | Furniture and bank |
| 113-115 Newland Street (ground and part of first) (113 Newland Street, 115 Newland Street) | Department Store (part of) | Co-op | Electrical goods (east part), empty, formerly food (west part) (this part in Jan. 1990 opened as Co-op ‘Style and Home’, with ‘Travel’ on left) |
| 113-115 Newland Street (part of first floor) (113 Newland Street, 115 Newland Street) | Restaurant | Silver Fern (opened May 1987 by Roy and Yvonne Sobanja) | Restaurant |
| 117 Newland Street | Takeaway | Witham House (opened 1986) | Takeaway, Chinese |
| 119 Newland Street | Empty | --- | --- |
| 121 Newland Street (ground) | Office | Graystone Group | ??? |
| 121 Newland Street (first floor) | Office | Essex News Service | News service |
| 123 Newland Street (up alley) | Office | Paragraph Graphics 123 | Design etc. |
| 125 Newland Street | Empty | --- | --- |
| 127 Newland Street | House (127 is on front door, but entrance saying ‘The Gables’ is on left side of 125, near back) | --- | Residential |
| 129 Newland Street | Surgery | Doctor’s surgery (D.F.Davies, M.A.Baquai, R.Grew; B.R.Gough; E.Teverson; D.E.Beatty) | Doctors’ surgery |
| 131-135 Newland Street (in yard) (131 Newland Street, 133 Newland Street, 135 Newland Street) | Empty, derelict | --- | --- |
| 137 Newland Street | Betting office | Chase Racing | Betting office |
| 139 Newland Street | Shop | The 4 Vintners (‘O for a Drink’ obtained first licence here October 1985 and opened December 1985) | Off licence |
| 141 Newland Street | Surgery | Dental Surgery (J.P.E.Goold et al.) | Dental surgery |
| 143 Newland Street | Empty | --- Previously Poseurs, clothes shop which opened November 1984. Had theft in Feb 1989 and closed | --- |
| 145-147 Newland Street (145 Newland Street, 147 Newland Street) | Vacant site with corrugated iron in front | --- | --- |
| 149-151 Newland Street (149 Newland Street, 151 Newland Street) | Shop | Motormania (took over Autoparts c Feb 1984) | Car accessories |
| 153 Newland Street, The Swan | Public house | The Swan | Public house |
| 155-157 Newland Street (155 Newland Street, 147 Newland Street) | Empty (renovated 1990) | --- | --- |
| Newland Street (north side, east corner of Avenue Road) | Disused church and presbytery (sold 1987, church used until December 1988) | --- | --- |
| Newland Street (north side, west corner of Avenue Road) | Car sales and service | Drivercare, Grove Garage (formerly Hurrell and Beardwell for whom see Braintree and Witham Times article 16 Feb 1984 filed in people files under H. Hurrell and Beardwell bankrupt May 1986. Re-opened by David Beardwell same time. | Car sales and service |
| Newland Street (north side, east of Iceni House) | ??? (old building, possibly used by Inland Revenue? | ??? | ??? |
| Newland Street, Iceni House (north side, east of B.L. Hall) | Office | Inland Revenue | Tax office |
| Newland Street (north side, west of Iceni House) | Meeting hall | Royal British Legion Hall | Meeting hall |
| Newland Street (north side, east corner of The Avenue) | Car sales and service | Glovers Motors | Car sales and service |
| 2 Newland Street, Newbury House | House | --- | Residential |
| 4 Newland Street | House | --- | Residential |
| 6 Newland Street | Surgery | Dental Surgery; Roger Davies | Dental surgery |
| 8 Newland Street | House | --- | Residential |
| 10 Newland Street | House | --- | Residential |
| 12 Newland Street | Office | Malcolm G.Smith | ‘Insurance Consultants’ |
| 14 Newland Street (at rear) | House | --- | Residential |
| 16 Newland Street, Roslyn House | Empty, being refurbished | March 1984, Tarmac Homes moved into offices. In 1988 or 1989 was temporary recruiting office for new Tesco super-market in Grove Centre) | --- |
| 18 Newland Street | Library | Witham Library | Library |
| 18 Newland Street (first floor, part) | Office | Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Braintree sub-district | Registrar |
| 18 Newland Street (first floor, part) | Office | Careers Centre | Careers advice |
| 20 Newland Street, Tiptree Villa | House | --- | Residential |
| 22-26 Newland Street (22 Newland Street, 24 Newland Street, 26 Newland Street) | Houses | --- | Residential |
| 28 Newland Street | Shop | Ritz (opened Nov. or Dec. 1989) | Video hire |
| 30 Newland Street | Shop | Pollard | Clothes |
| 32 Newland Street | Travel agent | Witham Travel Ltd. | Travel agent |
| 34 Newland Street | Shop | GK’s | ‘Motor factor’, car accessories |
| 36 Newland Street | Public house | The George | Public house |
| 38 Newland Street | Shop | Eastern Electricity | Electrical goods and payment centre |
| 40 Newland Street | Shop | Lisa Marie | Ladies’ clothes |
| 42-44 Newland Street (42 Newland Street, 44 Newland Street) | Shop | Boots (opened 23 July 1987; formerly in Newlands precinct) | Chemist and pharmacy |
| 46 Newland Street | Shop | Matthews | Butcher |
| 48 Newland Street | Shop | Sketchley | Dry cleaning |
| 50 Newland Street | Shop | Martin McColl | Newsagents, confectionery etc. |
| 52 Newland Street | Shop | Fosters | Men’s clothing |
| 54 Newland Street | Optician | Boots Opticians (took over Edmund Wilkes here and elsewhere when EW retired; opened as Boots 25 August 1987) | Optician |
| 56 Newland Street | Shop | Olivers | Shoes |
| 58a Newland Street (i.e. east end of 58) (part of 58 Newland Street) | Estate agent | Bairstow Eves | Estate agent |
| 58b Newland Street (at rear of 58) (part of 58 Newland Street) | See Coach House Way | --- | --- |
| 58 Newland Street (i.e. west end of 58) | Shop | Xtras | Clothes |
| 60 Newland Street | Shop | (no name) | Clothes |
| 60a Newland Street (at rear of 60) (part of 60 Newland Street) | See Coach House Way | --- | --- |
| 62 Newland Street (east part) | Shop | ??? (part of 60?) | Clothes? |
| 62 Newland Street (west part) | Shop | Emmelle (re-named from Witham Sports in February 1989; named from new boss Mike Leary’s initials) | Sports goods |
| 62a Newland Street (at rear of 62) (part of 62 Newland Street) | See Coach House Way | --- | --- |
| 64 Newland Street | Shop | DER TV | Television sales and hire |
| 66b Newland Street (i.e. east end of 66) (part of 66 Newland Street) | Funeral service | Bakers (opened November 1987) | ‘Funeral Service’ |
| 66 Newland Street (i.e. west end of 66, ground floor) | Estate agent | Jonathans | Estate agent |
| 68 Newland Street | Travel and ticket agent | Keith Prowse | Travel and ticket agent |
| 70 Newland Street | Shop and post office | Martins | Newsagent, confectioner etc. |
| 72 Newland Street | Travel agent | John Hilary | Travel agent |
| 72a Newland Street (between 72 and 74) (part of 72 Newland Street) | Office, empty ? | Manning, Hilder and Girling | Accountants |
| 74-76 Newland Street (74 Newland Street, 76 Newland Street) | Shop | Rumbelow | Electrical goods |
| 78 Newland Street | Funeral service | Richards | Funeral service |
| 78c Newland Street (west of 78) (part of 78 Newland Street) | Shop | Michelle | Florist |
| 78d Newland Street (entry at side of 78c) (part of 78 Newland Street) | Office | Eaton House Consultants Ltd. | ??? |
| 80 Newland Street | Shop | Mellons | Wallpaper and decorating |
| 82a Newland Street (at rear, entrance between 80 and 82) (part of 82 Newland Street) | Office | March and Co. | ‘Property managers’ |
| 82-84 Newland Street (82 Newland Street, 84 Newland Street) | Shop | Coopers | Drapery, haberdashery etc. |
| 84a Newland Street (above 84) (part of 84 Newland Street) | Salon | Richmonds (opened December 1984) | ‘Hair and beauty salon’ |
| 84c Newland Street (rear of 84) (part of 84 Newland Street) | Picture framing | Artframers | Picture framing |
| 86 Newland Street | Shop | Eastern Gas | Gas equipment sales and payment centre |
| 88 Newland Street | Shop | L.Holt | Butcher |
| 88 Newland Street (above) | Office | Priest and Co.Ltd. | Insurance? |
| Newland Street (between 88 and 90) | Church | United Reformed Church | Church |
| 90-92 Newland Street (90 Newland Street, 92 Newland Street) | Shop | Byfords | Furniture, china, etc. |
| 94 Newland Street | Salon | Silhouette du Barry | Hairdressers |
| 96 Newland Street (ground) | Building society | Nationwide Anglia Building Society | Building society |
| 98 Newland Street (ground) | Estate agent | Balch | Estate agents |
| 98 Newland Street (first floor) | Office | David Williams Partnership | Solicitors |
| 98 Newland Street (second floor) | Office | Gerald Herbert Insurance Services | Insurance |
| 100 Newland Street | Batsford Court Hotel | --- | --- |
| 104 Newland Street | Video hire | Witham Video Centre | Video hire |
| 106 Newland Street | Office | R.Pipe | Insurance |
| 102-116 Newland Street, Newland Court (east of no. 118) | Flats, sheltered accomm-odation | Newland Court (opened 1988) | Residential |
| 118-120 Newland Street (118 Newland Street, 120 Newland Street) | Shop | Highway Bookshop (opened c.1988; proprietor Sylvia Saunders) | Books |
| 124 Newland Street | Shop | Borno | ‘Dispensing Chemist’ |
| 124 Newland Street (side entrance) | Office | Alison and Partners | Insurance brokers |
| 126-128 Newland Street (126 Newland Street, 128 Newland Street) | Shop | E.G.Coates | Electrical goods and cycles |
| 130 Newland Street (including former forge) | Public house | The Crotchet | Public house |
| 132 Newland Street | Shop | A.J.M.Glass, Witham Glass Centre | Glass |