No. 30: Former house/shop
No. 30 Broad Street was a tiny shop in St Peter-in-the-East parish, adjoining the north side of the octagonal chapel. The photograph on the left shows the building in about 1920, when it was occupied by George E. Williams, a wardrobe dealer.
It was occupied by Thomas Richardson in 1765 and William Dutton in 1771.
The 1772 Survey of Oxford shows a Mr Rawlins at this house, and gives its frontage as 8 yards 0 ft 7 in.
It was then occupied by John Collis in 1789 and 1808, and John Castell (a tailor) in 1822 and 1837.
On 6 June 1835 Joseph Knibbs, the boot & shoe maker here, announced in Jackson's Oxford Journal that he was retiring and that his brother-in-law Archibald Kerr was taking over the business. Knibbs died in 1838.
On 11 October 1845 Jackson's Oxford Journal advertised an auction of this property at the east end of Broad Street, which was held under the City for 40 years from Lady Day 1837.
At the time of the 1841 census 30 Broad Street was occupied by Charles Kemp and his wife Hannah and son Charles, and they appear to have had three lodgers and a servant.
The 1851 census lists Anne Newark, a widowed dressmaker of 50, her 11-year-old daughter, and three lodgers at this house.
On 10 July 1852 Samuel Wray announced that he had opened a boot & shoe-making shop at 30 Broad Street, but he did not stay here very long, as on 15 October 1853 William Bacon announced that he had commenced business as a tobacconist here. The 1861 and 1871 censuses shows him living here with his wife and children. By the time of the 1881 and 1891 censuses his eldest son, William T. Bacon, was also a tobacconist, and was still living here with his father.
In 1895 the city council exchanged Nos. 28, 29, and 30 Broad Street with Hertford College.
The 1901 census shows 30 Broad Street occupied by the carriage-builder George Williams and his wife Emmeline, who was a wardrobe dealer working, from home and their eight children. They were still here at the time of the 1911 and 1921 censuses. In 1921 Williams was listed as retired, and four of their children were still at home.
No. 30 was demolished in 1923 by Hertford College when they expanded northwards from their building on the corner of New College Lane right up to the Indian Institute. The new building that they built on the site (below) is much taller, matching the Indian Institute in height:
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Occupants of the original house at 30 Broad Street listed in directories |
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To 1835 |
J. Knibbs, Boot & shoe maker |
1839, 1839 |
Archibald Kerr, Boot & Shoe Maker etc. |
1846 |
Frances Holt, Stay maker |
1852 |
A. Quartermain, Breeches maker & glover |
1853–1893 |
William Bacon, Tobacconist & Cricketing & lawn tennis outfitters |
1894–1896 |
Turner Bros., Tobacconists & athletic outfitters |
1898 |
Mrs Williams, Fancy repository |
1899–1923 |
George E. Williams, Wardrobe dealer (E. A. Williams from 1912) |
Demolished in 1923 to make room for the expansion of Hertford College |
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