Cowes - Kelly 1911 - Commercial and Private entries- Page 15

Wilkins Lancelot T., manager for Southampton, Isle of Wight. & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd. & agent to the London & South Western Railway Co. Fountain quay, High street

Williams Frank, station master, Mill hill, Newport road

Williams George Isaac, shopkeeper, 37 York street

Williams Samuel, New inn, 7 High street

Willis Herbert John, hair dresser, Carvel lane

Wilson Henry, insurance agent, Fleet cottage, Granville road

Winther & Co. merchants, 63a High street

Wood J. R. & Co. Limited, coal merchants, Terminus road

Woodford Edward Samuel, shopkeeper, Arctic road

Woods Frederick James, insurance agent, Dulwich, West Hill road

Woods James George, baker, Fellowes road

Woodyear E. & Sons, drapers, 92 High street

World's Stores Limited, grocers, 16 High street

Wright Albert, Prince Regent P.H., Market hill

Wyatt George Adolphus & Son, upholsterers, 8 & 9 Shooter's hill

Yacht Masters' Provident & Benevolent Society (William Halliday, sec.), 40 High street

Yelf Brothers, printers, Vectis hall, Denmark road

Yezek Emil, Crown hotel, 53 & 54 High street

Young Albert A., cab proprietor, 23 High street & Carvel lane

Young Mary (Mrs.), fancy goods dealer, 23 High street

Formerly known as West Cowes, was constituted a parish out of Northwood, under the provisions of the 'Local Government Act, 1894.'

Terminal of the Newport to Cowes railway, opened 1862

St. Mary's church, built in 1655 and rebuilt in 1867, at a cost of 6,000GBP.

Holy Trinity church, erected in 1832 by the late Mrs. S. Goodwin at a cost of 6,687GBP and enlarged in 1862.

The Mission church of St. Faith, in Newport road, was erected in 1909 at a cost of 1,000GBP, with sittings for 200.

The Catholic church, in Terminus road, built in 1796 by Mrs. Heneage, and dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury.

The Congregational chapel, in Union road, erected in 1804, with 400 sittings.

The Baptist chapel, in Victoria road, erected in 1877 with 300 sittngs.

The Primitive Methodist chapel, in Beckford road, erected in 1889, will hold 400.

The Wesleyan chapel, in Birmingham road, erected in 1831, seats 550 persons. WRONG - by 1911, the 1831 chapel (today's Alexandra House) had been replaced by the new Methodist chapel, built 1900

The United Methodist chapel, in Mill Hil road, erected in 1889, has seatings for 500 persons.

The public Cemetery, on Newport road, was opened in 1855, has an area of about 11 acres; a portion being set aside for Catholics, and there are two mortuary chapels ; the cemetery is under the control of a joint burial board of 6 members of the Cowes Urban Council and 3 of Northwood Parish Council

The Capital and Counties Bank Ltd. and the London County and Westminster Bank Limited have branches here.

The Foresters' Hall, Sun hill, is used for public entertainments, and will seat 600 persons.The 'Isle of Wight Herald' is published here on Friday.

A recreation ground of 0 acres was given to the town by W. G. Ward esq. in 1859.

A fine piece of graound, called 'Prince's Green', close to the sea was presented to the town in 1864 by George Robert Stephenson esq. and has been converted into a delightful promenade upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and provided with seats, a band stand, and a handsome drinkng fountain.

Six almshouses were erected in 1881, on Market hill, for 12 poor and aged persons, and endowed with 72GBP yearly by the trustees of the late Rev. Thomas Binstead Macnamara M.A.

Clerk and Sexton (St. Mary's), C. J. Richardson, Bars hill

Verger (Holy Trinity), Albert Smythers, Bangalore, Denmark road

Official Establishments

Post, M. O. and T. O. and Telephone Express Delivery Office - E. Chapman, postmaster, 73 High Street

Sub-Post and M. O. Office - Medina road - Herbert Sach, sub-postmaster

Sub-Post and M. O. Office - Artic road - E. Froud, sub-postmaster

Sub-Post and M. O. Office - Victoria road, John Froud, sub-postmaster

URBAN SISTRICT COUNCIL

Offices, 67 High atreet, Meeting day, every alternate Tuesday, at 7.30 p.m.

COWES PORT SANITARY AUTHORITY

Meets at the Town hall, on 1st Tuesday in March, June, Sept, and Dec. at 11.45 a.m.

COWES HAROUR COMMISSIONERS

Formed under the 'Cowes Harbour Act, 1897.'