Entries from 1904 Kelly's Isle of Wight directories
for Civic, Ventnor
1904 list of towns
Total number of matches found: 116
To account for missing Numbers in Streets, it may be understood that either the house was empty at the time the revision was made, or let in weekly tenements, or that the information was refused.
| Postal: |
| Post, M. O., & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, Charles Henry Lloyd, Head Postmaster; G. H. Corney,Chief Clerk |
| Town Sub-office, Lowther, Upper Ventnor, Levi Morris, sub-postmaster |
| Town Sub-office, M. O. O. & S. B. Medeira road, T. H. Loosemore, sub-postmaster |
| Town Sub-office, Bonchurch, M. O. & T. O. & S. B. Miss B. Medley, sub-postmistress |
| Sub-Office, St. Lawrence, George H. White, sub-postmaster |
| Urban District Council. |
| Offices, Town hall, Albert street. |
| Council days, 2nd monday in the month |
| Council Members |
| Baker Frederick |
| Blake James Henry |
| Blake Victor John M.B., B.S.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. |
| Cater John Newton |
| Dear Henry |
| Gibbs Thomas (chairman |
| Hart William Allen |
| Ingram Geore Francis |
| Isherwood Harry Thornton |
| Jolliffe Henry Way |
| Leitch Richard |
| Paris Edgar Gibson |
| Robertson Robt |
| Roff William |
| Sams Joseph |
| Vincent Edward Wilson |
| Vincent Edwin Arthur |
| Wetherick Ernest George Henry |
| Officers of the Council |
| Town Clerk John Dufton, Town hall, Albert street |
| Treasurer, Alfred Archibald, Capital & Counties Bank Lim., Church street, Ventnor |
| Medical Officer of Health, Edward Russell Woodford M.D., M.R.C.S., St. Davids,1 Prospect terrace, Grove road |
| Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, Edger James Harvey, Town hall, Albert street |
| Collector of Rates & Tolls, James Childs, Town hall, Albert street & 2 Ashley terrace, Beaconsfield road |
| Captain of Volunteer Fire Brigade, William Pearson, 20 Pier street. |
| Public Establishments &c.: |
| Albert Hill, Victoria street; Henry Edward Rayner, proprietor |
| Board of Trade Rocket Life Saving Apparatus (363), West street |
| Bonchurch Convalescent Home of the Royal Hants Hospital, Madeira road, Mrs. B. Thompon, matron |
| Cemetery, Newport road, Hugh Jeffery, supt. |
| Chess Club, High street |
| Church Hill House Nursing Home (Miss Mary Moyse-Hopkins, matron), Trinity road |
| Coast Guard Station, Commander G. E. Bairnsfather R.N., inspecting commander for the division ; Ventnor station, West street, Isaac Bow R.N. chief officer, & 11 men |
| County & Castle Club, Belgrave road, J. C. Llewelyn, hon. sec. |
| Friendly Societies' Hall, High street |
| Hants (2nd) Royal Garrison Artillery Volunteers (No.12 Co.), Drill hall, Belle Vue road |
| Isle of Wight Electric Light & Power Co. Limited ; registered & head office, Electricity works, Newport road ; showrooms, 93 High street ; A. E. Mayes, engineer & manager |
| Isle of Wight (5th) (Princess, Beatrice's) Volunteer Battalion the Hampshire Regiment, F & G Companies, South street; Capt. W, B, Judd & Capt. J. V. Blake, commandants ; Lieut. J. C. Llewelyn & Lieut. A. E. Mayes |
| Isle of Wight Constabulary, Ventnor division, West street, William Cass, divisional sergeants, & 5 constables |
| Isle of Wight Nursing Institution, Hygeia, Bello Vue road, Miss Armstrong, supt. |
| Jubilee Free Library & Reading Rooms, High street, Alfred Small, curator & librarian |
| London City Mission Seaside Home, Newport road, Mrs. Hahnemann, hon. sec. ; Miss Coates & Miss Green, matrons |
| Market hail, Market street |
| Masonic Hall, Belgrave chambers, Belgrave road, John Dufton, sec. |
| Medical & Surgical Home, Hygeia, Belle Vue road |
| National Telephone Co, Limited, public call office, 2 Clarence buildings, High street |
| Pavilion, Esplanade |
| Pavilion Club, Esplanade, H. S. Marsden, hon. sec. |
| Royal Victoria Pier, Esplanade; William Corney, pier master |
| St. Catherine's Home for Advanced Consumption, Grove road, Sister Benardine, In charge |
| St. John Ambulance Brigade (Ventnor corps), G. H. Corney, supt. |
| Town Hall, Albert street |
| Ventnor & Bonchurch Literary & Scientific Institution, High street, Grosvenor Woods esq. K.C. president ; John Dufton, hon. sec. ; Alfred Small, curator |
| Ventnor Bowling Green, Madeira road, James Martin, hon. sec. |
| Ventnor Gas & Water Co., Offices, Victoria street, J. S. Ineson, sec. & manager ; water works, Newport road ; collector of rates, W. R. Maybee ; showroom, 39 High street |
| Ventnor Golf Club; the links are situated off the Newport road, neat the Cemetery |
| Ventnor Public Park, Walter Butt, superintendent, Park avenue |
| Ventnor Volunteer Fire Brigade Station, Market street, William Pearson, captain |
| Young Women' Christian Association, Miss Cotton, hon. sec., Prospect house, Grove road |
| Public Officers : |
| Assistant Overseer, W. Groves, Town hall, Albert street |
| Distributor of Stamps, Charles Henry Lloyd, head postmaster, Church street |
| Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Godshill district, Isle of Wight union, Horace Lowther M.A., L.R.C.P., L.F.P.S., Berkshire villa, Grove road |
| Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, Harry Castell Damant, solicitor, 19 Quay street, Newport |
| Registrar of Births & Deaths & Relieving Officer, Thomas York; offices, Town hall |
| Registrar of Marriages, Frederick H. Sheppard, 95 High street; deputy-registrar, James Henry Westmore, 5 Dudley terrace |
| Supt. of Cemetery, Hugh Jeffery, Newport road |
| Town Crier, John Jenkins, Dudley road |
| Places of Worship: |
| St. Catherine's Parish Church, Church street, Rev. G. P. Bassett Kerry M.A. vicar; Rev. Richard Talbot M.A. curate, The Vicarage, Esplanade |
| Verger, St. Catherine's, A. J. Sharpe |
| Holy Trinity Church, Trinity road, Rev. Arthur Prestwood Clayton M.A. vicar, Kilnhurst, 3 & 4 St. Boniface terrace, St. Boniface road |
| Verger, Holy Trinity, James Henry Boosey, 7 North street |
| St. Alban the Martyr Iron Church, St. Alban's road, Rev. William Mabbott Woodward, Fitzroy villa, priest in charge |
| Our Lady & St. Wilfrid (Catholic), Trinity road, Rev. Stephen. Mongan D.D. priest; St. Wilfrid's, Trinity road |
| Baptist Pier street, Rev. John Norris Rootham, minister, The Manse, Pier Street |
| Bible Christian, Victoria street |
| Congregational, High street, Rev. Richard Allen Davies, minister, Rydal mount, Trinity road |
| Primitive Methodist, Albert street |
| Wesleyan Methodist, Upper Ventnor |
| Wesleyan Methodist, High street, Rev. E. R. Gibbons, minister, Richmond house, Dudley road |
| Holy Trinity Church Parish Room, South street |
| Mission Hall, St. Catherine street, Charles T. Stevens, missionary |
| Salvation Army, Albert hill, Victoria street |
| Schools |
| National (boys, girls & infants) , Albert street, with residences attached for master & mistresses, were erected on a site given by the late John Hambrough esq. the expensesbeing defrayed by public subscription, aided by a liberal grant from the Committee of Council on Education: they were erected on 1859, at a cost of 2,200GBP, for 500 children; average attendance, 336; boys, Frederick Macey, master; girls, Miss Lilla Pridham, mistress; infants, Miss Caroline Wilcox Ponton, mistress |
| St. Margaret's National (infants) Lowther road, built for 97 children ; Mrs. Agnes Jane Austin, mistress; average attendance, 77 |
| St. Wilfrid's Catholic School, Trinity road, built in 1896 for 95 children, average attendance, 50 ; Miss Ellen Pardo, mistress |
| Wesleyan Methodist (mixed) built in 1860, for 180 children; average attendance, 110 ; George H. Tory, master |
| Benedictine Priory Ladies' School, Steephill view, Castle road |
| Holy Trinity, Longdown, South street (mixed), built 1901, for 178 children ; average attendance, 128 ; Miss M. E. White, head mistress |
| School of Art, High street ; H. J. Martin, master; J. Dufton, hon. sec. |
| Newspapers : |
| County Press, sat. 1d. ; agent & correspondent, W. E. Briddon, 33 Pier street, chief office, Newport |
| Isle of Wight Advertiser, Ryde & Ventnor Times & County Paper (estab. 1857), published fri. for sat. 1d; Isle of Wight Advertiser Limited, proprietors, Church street |
| Isle of Wight Mercury & Ventnor Gazette, every fri. fors; Archibald Prentice proprietor, 33 Pier street |
| Railway Station, William Wetherick, station master; Chaplin .& Co. carriers to the company, from the station |
| Railway Station (Isle of Wight Central Railway), Castle road; Town booking office, 1 Pier street |
| Conveyances |
| Coach from Commercial hotel to Niton & Blackgang, daily, at 11.45 a.m. & 4.30 p.m. returning 3 p.m. ; from Brown's & Jackman's posting establishments, to Freshwater, Alum Bay & the Needles, 10.15 a.m. daily; Blackgang & Carisbooke, 11 a.m. daily ; Blackgang (only), 10.30 a.m. daily; returning at 1.30 p.m. ; & at 3 p.m. returning at 6 p.m. ; Shanklin 10.30 a.m., & 3 p.m., returning at 1.30 & 6 p.m. ; Cowes, 10.45 a.m. |
| Omnibus from Jackman's, Pier street to Ventnor Town Railway Station in connection with all trains |
| Carriers to: |
| LONDON & all parts, via Ryde, in connection with the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company; Pickford's Limited, 55 High street |
| LONDON via London & South Western Railway Company; Chaplin & Co. 47 & 49 High street, daily (sundays excepted) |
| NEWPORT - William Cooper, Marlborough road & Charles Lowe, 4 Wargrave villas, Albert street. daily (sundays excepted), at 9 a.m. returning from Newport at 4 p.m. |
| NITON - Jocobs daily from The Kent hotel |