Thanks for the various responses to my "Tallow chandler" enquiry. It seems this was more or less what I had imagined, viz. a general sort of dealer. However [ big "however"? ] when described thus on his 1845 marriage certificate, both this young chap and his bride were living in Regent Street, central London which presumably then as now was very upmarket. I suppose there may have been small shops in the backstreets. SANDRA LOVEGROVE Researching LOVEGROVEs in all places and at all times. Please do visit the LOVEGROVE Information Centre on http://www.lovegrove.org.uk

In message <01c101c49bdc$9d1f4880$cfd6ae51@lovegrove>, Sandra Lovegrove <lovegrove@one-name.org> writes >Thanks for the various responses to my "Tallow chandler" enquiry. It >seems this was more or less what I had imagined, viz. a general sort >of dealer. > >However [ big "however"? ] when described thus on his 1845 marriage >certificate, both this young chap and his bride were living in Regent >Street, central London which presumably then as now was very upmarket. Not as upmarket as now, with tiny shops mixed in with big ones and residential property among them - and a whole warren of back street off them. As the principal business was selling candles, lighting and firing materials, maybe he would have had enough trade to limit what other lines he carried. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society