Clementhorpe Industry and Trades Index

Industry	Names	Modern Location (approx..)	Dates (approx.)
Baking	Co-operative Society; York Equitable Industrial Society Robert Long’s public bakehouse	Car park of Duke’s Wharf apartments Cherry Street	Established 1903 Closed 1968 1895 Directory
Boat building	Boat Building Yard; Slip; Patent Slip	Terry Avenue, Postern Close	Established in Medieval times Drawing of 1718 Slip built 1836 Gone by 1937
Boat and sloop building	Thomas Birch Joseph Turpin John Nicholson Messrs. Wray Richard Wray Robert Green & Sons Thomas Green Mary Wray J. M. Horner T. Cooke & Sons Charles Verity Henry Connell (barges) Edward Higham (pleasure boats) Hirst & Escreet	Skeldergate Postern Clementhorpe Skeldergate Postern Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Cementhorpe Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Terry Avenue	1823 Directory 1823 and 1829 Directories 1823 and 1829 Directories 1838, 1839, 1885 Shipping Reports 1840 Directory 1845 Shipping Report 1851 Directory 1851 Directory 1857 Shipping Report 1877 and 1879 Shipping Reports 1884, 1889, 1893 Shipping Reports 1895 Directory 1895 Directory 1913 Directory
Boot and shoe making	George Collyer	Bishopgate Street	1840 Directory
Brewing	Clementhorpe Brewery; Tadcaster Tower Brewery	Lower Ebor Street	Established before 1825 On 1849 and 1851 maps Closed after 1884
Brewing and malting	John Fryer Kilby Christopher Scarr & Co.	Clementhorpe Clementhorpe	1823 Directory 1840 Directory
Building	Thomas Nicholson	Clementhorpe	1851 Directory
Carriage building (railway carriages and wagons)	Thomas Smith	Bishopgate Street	1895 Directory
Chemicals manufacture	Henry Richardson Hargreave’s Fertilisers	Terry Avenue, Postern Close	Established 1821 1895 Directory Closed 1974 and demolished
Coal storage and distribution	Co-operative Society, York Equitable Industrial Society	Terry Avenue; site of Duke’s Wharf apartments	Established 1899 On 1931 map
Confectionery manufacture	Joseph Terry & Sons (Terry’s)	Terry Avenue, Postern Close	Established 1862/4 1895 Directory Closed after 1978 and demolished
Confectionery manufacture (chocolate)	H. Backhouse & Company Limited	River Street	Established 1899 Became a PLC in 1911
Confectionery manufacture using fruit peel	Yorkshire Confectionery Co.	Fenwick Street	Established 1870 Closed 1880 On 1892 map as a warehouse
Corn milling	2 windmills	Bishopthorpe Road	Medieval C16th Last one removed 1885
Corn milling and flour merchant	Thomas Hodgson William Fisher	Clementhorpe Clementhorpe	1823 Directory 1840 Directory
Dye manufacture	Clementhorpe Dye Works	Site of Roomzzz Hotel	Established before 1846 Possibly closed by 1860
Engineering (flour machinery)	William Richardson	Ske;dergate Postern	1840 Directory
Engineering	Crowder Engineering Ltd	Terry Avenue, Waterside House	Temporary occupant of the Co-op building
Engineering	Shepherd Engineering Services	Parkside Commercial Centre	Occupant of the Centre until recent times
Fertiliser making	Lime kilns (x2)	Clementhorpe/Cherry Street	Mid C16th
Fertiliser making	Bone Mill William Richardson	Terry Avenue, Postern Close	On maps in 1849 and 1851 1840 Directory
Flax spinning	William Richardson R. H. Nodding & Co	Skeldergate Postern Clementhorpe	1823 Directory 1851 Directory
Flax dressing and spinning	John Scarr & Co. Ltd.	Clementhorpe	1829 Directory
Food and drink suppliers	Navigation Tavern; Swan Inn; 2 Bishopgate Street; St Clement’s Place; Slip Inn	Various	Various Swan and Slip still exist in 2018
Glass making	St Clement’s Glass Works (medicine bottles)	South of Clementhorpe	Established 1875 On map in 1892 Closed 1899
Iron working	Calvert’s Iron Foundry; Calvert & Locking	Approach to Lendal Bridge	Established 1854 Closed 1862
Leisure	Caravan Club	Terry Avenue	Exists in 2019
Malting	Clementhorpe Maltings	Lower Ebor Street	Established late C19th On 1892 map Closed 1963
Meat processing (bacon)	Co-operative Society, York Equitable Industrial Society	Terry Avenue; site of Waterside apartments	Established 1901 On 1931 map
Printing	DeLittle; Eboracum Letter Factory	Vine Street	Established 1888 Closed 1998
Rope making	Rope Walk William David Lund	Clementhorpe	On maps in 1892 and 1907 1895 Directory
Nail manufacture	James Rawling John Wilkinson	Clementhorpe White Swan Yard	1840 Directory 1840 Directory
Shoe thread making	John Scarr & Co. Ltd. Robert Henry Nodding	Clementhorpe Clementhorpe	1829,1840 and 1851 Directories 1840 and 1851 Directories
Tanning	William Richardson	Cherry Hill	1823 Directory
Tanning	John Scarr & Co. Ltd.	Clementhorpe	1829 Directory
Tea dealing	William Hayes	Clementhorpe	1851 Directory
Thread making	Clementhorpe Thread Mill		On 1851 map
Thread making	William Richardson	Skeldergate Postern	1823 Directory
Timber processing	Timber Yard; Saw pit Thomas Birch Thomas Vinor Richard Wray	Clementhorpe Clementhorpe Clementhorpe	Om maps in 1851, 1892 and 1907 1840 Directory 1840 Directory 1840 Directory
Vehicle Repair	Clive Hartley Motors	Darnborough Street	Exists in 2018

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Clementhorpe Industry and Trades Index

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