Dear Dave, In the 1913 Kellys there is a William Wilson butchers at 59 Nunnery Lane and in Kellys 1889 this is also listed at 93 Nunnery Lane In 1923 John Cox baker and flour dealer is listed also in 1851 there is the same listing at Blossom Street. If you have further information I would love to get it. Regards pauline alden 13 swann street York YO23 1AF -----Original Message----- From: Dave Cox [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 18 October 2014 08:18 To: 'pauline alden'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [YORKSGEN] Help with shops in York requested Hi Pauline, I have two of my ancestors who had shops in the area. In Nunnery Lane, about half way down Colin Wilson operated a butcher's shop. I think it was originally owned by my g.g.f William Wilson who also had a butcher's shop in the Shambles and I think another butcher's shop also. William also lived at Red Hill farm in Huby. On my father's side the Cox family lived in and around Micklegate for generations. John started off a bakers business in the early 1800's, possibly because his father and grandfather were Millers. His son Thomas continued on with the business until the 1860's whereby the business seems to have faded away. Probably a result of his son (my ggf) taking up the plumbing business. Now the address of Thomas was 1 Blossom Street, and is on his Freedom certificate, which maybe, when viewing old York photo's, be his residential address. Certainly his shop would have been in the proximity of the area you are interested. I can get further information if you require, but if you do discover my family name in your research I would love to hear. Regards Dave Cox -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pauline alden via Sent: Saturday, 18 October 2014 1:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [YORKSGEN] Help with shops in York requested My local history group is researching the history of shops in the area bounded by Nunnery Lane, Bishopsthorpe Road, Scarcroft Road and Blossom Street. If you have any information about shops and shopkeepers in this area in your family trees or through local knowledge please could you let me know. If you are willing to share pictures could you please send them offlist. I can send a full list of streets on request. Many thanks pauline alden 13 swann street York YO23 1AF [email protected] --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links to more useful websites - www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk www.yorkshireparishregisters.com www.yorkshireroots.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com