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Streets and Roads - Leatherhead - Kingston Road

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Vardey references are from History of Leatherhead, edited by Edwina Vardey (L&DLHS 1988)
For information about the 1950 edition of Kelly's referred to below please click the Kelly's link on the left of your screen,
also for LUDC 1950 and LUDC 1965/67.
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from Kelly's 1950 Directory - private addresses have mostly been omitted below

KINGSTON ROAD
From Bull hill.
East side.

-- here is Park rise

44 Kingston Rd
April 2018

Churchill Retirement Homes
Emmeline Lodge (Kingston Avenue)

A retirement development of 38 one and two bedroom apartments with a large Owners’ lounge and landscaped gardens.

previously on this site:
Leatherhead Police Station [closed 2011]

image: web

44 Kingston Rd
November 2015

Leatherhead Police Station [closed 2011]
Kelly's 1950:
44 Surrey County Constabulary (FH Armstrong, inspector)

The original Police Station in Leatherhead was in the Fairfield.

image: Frank Haslam


-- here is Kingston av

Leatherhead County Secondary School
68 Brooks & Turner, shopkprs
70 Guildford & District Co-operative Society Ltd. milk depot

--here is Woodvill rd

88 Edwards Rev Jonathan M.A, (priest in charge of All Saints)
94 Eales, JA photographer
All Saints’ Church
100 Chitty, BA shopkeeper
102 Downer, Andrew W. domestic stores

-- here are Bye Pass & Kingscroft roads

The Circus
Edser’s (E. Edser), butcher

The Circus, Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Anderson, Arthur S, grocer & post office

LUDC 1950
AS Anderson
Grocer and Provision Merchant


 

LUDC 1950

Weller, Cecil, tobacconst

The Circus, Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Voller, Mrs IR, draper


LUDC 1950
IR Voller
Ladies Dresses, Hosiery and Underwear
Haberdashery
Agents for Minimode Garments, Coats, dresses, skirts
for children of all ages


 

LUDC 1950


-- here is Barnett Wood la

128 South Eastern Gas Board (West Surrey Division) (works). Tel. No. 2050
County Primary (Church of England) School (junior mixed & infants)

-- here is Aperdale road

150 & 152 Jackson, Herbert John, greengrocer & post office
 
178 & 180 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

178 & 180 GODWIN & SHIEL LTD. building contractors & ironmongers.
Telephone, Leatherhead 2035

LUDC 1965/67
Godwin & Shiel Ltd
General Ironmongers, Hardware and Builders Merchants


 


LUDC 1965/67

234 Butt, Frank, grocer
236 Collins, Mrs. Annie, shopkeeper

-- here is the Fairway

268 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Luff Harry C. motor engineer

LUDC 1950
Luff's Luxury Coaches
Automobile Engineer
Repair Specialist
All Makes of Vehicles Supplied
Stockist for Young's Batteries

LUDC 1965/67
Luff's Motors
Automobile Engineers
Any make of car or commercial vehicle supplied
Stockists: Standard Triumph Light Commercial

LUDC 1950
LUDC 1965/67

-- here is Rye Brook rd

288 LAW E. E. motor cars for hire. Telephone, Leatherhead 2788

288 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

NUNN AG & CO. LTD. builders merchants. Telephone, Leatherhead 3772

LUDC 1950
AG Nunn & Co
Builders' Merchants


 

LUDC 1950

290 Hutton, Miss Gertrude, confectioner
328 Hughes, Thomas Edison Plant Ltd. contractors' plant hire (yard)

West side.

Peters, William & Son, nurserymen (Bradmere Nursery)

49 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Ashe Laboratories Ltd, manufacturing chemists

LUDC 1950
Ashe Laboratories Ltd
Ashtead Works, Kingston Road, Leatherhead
"from Leatherhead to every corner of the Kingdom
.. and indeed to every corner of the world,
supplier of the famous bandbox shampoo"


 

LUDC 1950

59 Phillips, Frank Ernest, newsagent
69 General Cable Manufacturing Co Ltd, cable manufacturer

-- here is Kingslea

73 Goodley, JA,  petrol station

The Parade
1 Arden & Co. tobacconists, confectioners, wool stores & stationers
2 Rathbone, Stanley W, hairdresser
3 Jessie's Café
4 Lovegrove, R Ltd. chemists

85 Railway Arms Public House, (BR Knowles)
87 Fuller, Frederick, butcher

89 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Gosney's (Leatherhead) Ltd. decrtrs

LUDC 1950
Gosney's (Leatherhead) Ltd.
Builders and Decorators

LUDC 1965/67
Leatherhead Tyre Service
New and Remould Tyres
Vulcanizing and Repairs
Wheel Balancing
Independently Owned
LUDC 1950
LUDC 1965/67

93 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

The Plough Public House (CGW Firman)

Kingston Road
LUDC 1965/67
Hot Snack House  Morning Coffee
Hot or Cold Buffet   Luncheons and Grills
Free for Wines and Spirits
Friary Meux Ales

 


LUDC 1965/67

105 Faldo Asphalte Co. Ltd
113 Wayside Engineering Co. general engineers

-- here is bridge crossing railway
 
139 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Wilson Rt. J

LUDC 1965/67
Irvine, Martin (Electrical) Ltd
Wholesale Specialists in all types of Lighting

 

LUDC 1965/67

All Saints' Parish Hall

-- here is Cleeve rd

177 & 179 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Griffin, Arthur & Son, boot manufacturers

LUDC 1950
A Griffin & Son
Experts in the repair of all footwear
Established 1902


LUDC 1950

-- here is Dilston rd

183 Jenkins, Thomas Clark, coal merchant
197 Hersey, Mrs L, shopkeeper
203 Berry, Thomas James, draper

205 Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Alcoe Mrs, confectioner

LUDC 1950
May's Tuck Shop
(Mrs VAM Alcoe, Proprietress)
High Class Confectionery and Tobacco


 

LUDC 1950

207/209 Mellors Stores, grocers & hardware merchants. Telephone, Leatherhead 2112

-- here is Fairs rd

243 Lee, Edward, confectioner
261 Lilliott, Mrs. F. poultry farmer
263 Willow Grange Café

-- here is Oak rd

Kelly's 1950
265 The Royal Oak Public House (Frank Freeman)  


image: original source unknown

The Royal Oak had had a rapid turnover of publicans in the previous 5 years to it being wrongly demolished in November 2017.

According to the Surrey Comet, 14 March 2018, after demolition work began, Mole Valley Council enforcement officers were sent to the site and could not persuade the contractor to stop. They decided they could not serve a Temporary Stop Notice, despite a change in the law in May last year [2017] that requires planning permission for the demolition of pubs. In January, a resident gave the council evidence an officer knew about the rule change – contrary to what officers had told the public. The council held a scrutiny meeting on Wednesday, March 13, 2018 to discuss the lessons learnt from the mistakes.




Kingston Road
Kelly's 1950

Godwin & Shiel Ltd. builders (yard)

271 Kingston Road
LUDC 1965/67
Godwin & Shiel Ltd.
Building and Decorating Contractors
Heating and Electrical Engineers


 

LUDC 1965/67

291 Buckland, Mrs. V, greengrocer

-- here is Oak rd

Nobles & Hoare Ltd. varnish manufacturers
Leatherhead Laundry Co. Ltd

[LUDC 1965/67 Brook Way, which did not appear in the 1950 Kelly's]

Brook Way, Kingston Road

LUDC 1965/67
Ashtead Joinery Works (Champion Bros)
now Ashtead and Leatherhead Joinery Works Ltd
Established 35 years
Experienced Craftsmen only employed
Builders' and Domestic Joinery in any timber
LUDC 1965/67


Brook Way, Kingston Road

LUDC 1965/67
Atherton Aircraft Ltd
ARB Approved
Capstan Work, Centre Lathes, Grinding, Milling, Planing
Horizontal Boring, Shot Blasting, Metal Spraying

ATHERTON AIRCRAFT LTD.
Atherton Aircraft Ltd., Brook Way, Kingston Road, Leatherhead are general machinists with emphasis on the supply of machined castings both in Ferrous and Non-Ferrous materials. Air Registration Board approval has recently been granted and the company are able to undertake a wide variety of work ranging from 3/4 inch dia Capstan Lathes up to 4 feet dia Centre Lathe with the usual facilities for Milling, Drilling, etc.
Facilities are also available for Horizontal Boring, Large Internal Grinding, Shot Blasting and Metal Spraying. A recent addition to their activities has been made by the installation of a medium size Hydraulic Planing Machine. A variety of Cast Steel Plummer Block Type Bearing Housings are also available.
 
LUDC 1965/67


Brook Way, Kingston Road

Stewart Automatic Boilers Limited
Stewart House, Brook Way, Kingston Road, Leatherhead, Surrey

Here's the Boiler to modernise any home - large or small
The Stewart 'Compact' Automatic Oil Fired Boiler with the amazing 'Wall Flame' Burner. Now in capacities 60 to 160 thousand BTU per hour.

The Compact takes oil heating out of the luxury class and brings it within the budget of every home owner.
Peak Performance - Low Cost ...
Fully Automatic Operation ...
Other Stewart models available include the CONVERTIBLE pressure jet oil fired boilers - with capacities 100,000 to 300,000 BTU and can be converted to solid fuel.

STEWART AUTOMATIC BOILERS LTD.
Stewart Automatic Oil Fired Boilers have been specifically designed for high efficiency oil firing and are complete packaged units fired with a specially matched pressure jet gun type burner thoroughly proved and tested.
Combustion Chamber
The Stewart Oil Fired Boiler has a large combustion chamber as well as a large access door which allows easy placing, inspection and maintenance of the refractory firebricks.
Heating Surface
The tubular heating surfaces directly surmount the combustion chamber and are equipped with patented turbulators which offer little resistance to the passage of the gases. The loss of power during normal running does not exceed 1/25" WG.
This boiler only requires a low depression in the chimney-03" to -04" WG.
This allows less importance to be attached to the chimney in relation to its draught manufacturing properties. In existing constructions a good result can in many cases be obtained with chimneys which would very often be considered unsuitable. The continuous upwards flow of the gases avoids to a considerable extent condensation which can be produced each time the burner is started and stopped.
Compactness
By virtue of the heating surfaces being so compact the size of the boiler is small in proportion to its output. This therefore allows reduction in size of the space required for the boiler room with a consequent reduction in capital cost.
Cleaning
All heating surfaces are easily accessible and easy to clean.
Automatic Oil and Solid Fuel
The Stewart Boiler, although specially designed for oil, can be converted for the use of solid fuel, either by means of a gravity feed pre-burner unit or underfeed stoker, or by using the opposite end to which the oil burner is fitted. Alternatively, the boilers can quickly be fitted with fire bars and grills for the use of large coal or or coke for hand firing by natural draught.
Flow and Return
These can be preset or provided wherever required, either at the front or back of the boiler to a desirable working diameter for gravity or forced circulation.
Chimney or Flue Connection
The return towards the main chimney stack is normally at the back of the boiler, but this can on request be placed at the front or side outlet.
LUDC 1965/67


-- here is Oxshott rd

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Where do the following fit in the list above?


LUDC 1965/67: Ashtead Timber, Station Yard, Kingston Road


LUDC 1965/67: Ashtead Tool & Gauge Co. Ltd, Bridge Works, Kingston Road



LUDC 1965/67: WE James & Sons (Precision Engineers) Ltd, Kingston Road

page last updated 25 Feb 20: 24 Jun 20