Bakers, Flour Dealers & Confectioners
by SLHS on
Monday 18 July 2016
There are no references to bakers prior to the trade directories published in 1857, although it is likely that the baker listed that year had been established several years before. Prior to this time many people in Somercotes would have had their own bread ovens, built into part of the kitchen range, or would have shared a communal oven for a nominal fee. Flour would have been in plentiful supply, and was one of main staple foods, as it had been for many centuries.
Although not many flour dealers are listed, most grocers and general stores would have sold flour and yeast for baking. Local independent bakers still trade, but they are now much fewer in number.
A confectioner may sell just sweets and other similar items, but the term also refers to baker’s confectionery, which is principally the baking of cakes and sweet pastries. The trade directories do not generally distinguish between the two definitions, other than sometimes listing the term “confectioner and pastry cooks”, therefore this listing will include both “sweet shops” and “cake shops”.
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1849: | |
| BARLOW, Benjamin | Confectioner - Somercotes with Birchwood |
| Smith, George | Flour Dealer - Birchwood Lane. |
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1857: | |
| BAGULEY, John | Baker - Somercotes. (John is also listed as a Beer House Keeper) |
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1876: | |
| BETTISON, Samuel | Confectioner - Birchwood Lane (Samuel is also listed as a tobacconist) |
| CARLIN, Henry | Baker - Somercotes (Henry was also listed as a grocer) |
| CARLIN, Joseph | Baker & Flour Dealer - Leabrooks (Joseph was also listed as a supplier of linseed cake, Indian and Horse Corn and "all kinds of pig". |
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1895: | |
| BAKEWELL, Alfred | Baker - High Street, Somercotes (Alfred was also listed as a confectioner) |
| BOWN, Joseph Snr | Baker - Somercotes |
| JAQUES, Daniel | Baker - Market Place, Somercotes (Daniel was also listed as a grocer and beer retailer) |
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1908: | |
| BAKEWELL, Alfred | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Leabrooks |
| BALL, Frederick | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Leabrooks (Frederick was also the sub-postmaster) |
| BOWER, Charles & Sons | Baker - Nottingham Road, Somercotes (Charles was also listed as a corn dealer, with premises at Leabrooks, Somercotes and Riddings) |
| BOWN, Joseph Jnr | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes Hill (Joseph's business was also listed in a 1912 directory, which stated that the bakery had been awarded nine medals, silver cups, special prixes and diplomas for their products). |
| BRADLEY, George | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Leabrooks |
| CROSON, William John | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes |
| FARNSWORTH, Mary Ann | Confectioner - Somercotes |
| HARDWICK, Stephen | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes |
| PARSONS, Richard | Confectionery & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes |
| TAYLOR, James A | Baker - Victoria Street, Somercotes |
| TOMLINSON, Henry | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes |
| TOWNSEND, Emma | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes |
| WALTER, Andrew | Confectioner - Pye Bridge (listed in 1912) |
| WILLIAMS, George Henry | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Quarry Road, Somercotes |
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1916: | |
| BAKEWELL, Albert & Son | Baker - Leabrooks Road, Somercotes |
| BOWER, Charles & Son | Corn dealer - Nottingham Road, Somercotes (Charles was only listed as a corn dealer in 1916) |
| BOWN, Joseph Jnr | Baker, Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes Hill |
| CROSON, William john | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes |
| MEADOWS, Charles William | Confectioner - Somercotes |
| SHIPMAN, Joseph | Confectioner - Leabooks |
| TAYLOR, James A | Baker - Victoira Street, Somercotes (James was also listed as a corn merchant) |
| TAYLOR, John Henry | Baker - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| WILLIAMS, George Henry | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Quarry Road, Somercotes |
PHOTO: John Henry Taylor's delivery van outside their bakery on Nottingham Road, Somercotes, taken around 1920
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1925: | |
| BAKEWELL, Alfred & Son | Baker - Leabrooks Road, Somercotes |
| BEACH, William | Baker & Confectioner - 48 Leabrooks Raod, Somercotes (This firm was established in 1920 and is known as "Beach's Bakery". It is still trading today at the same premises) |
| BOWN, Joseph | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes Hill |
| CROSON, John William | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Somercotes |
| HOLMES, John | Confectioner - Somercotes |
| MANNERING, Seth | Baker - Pye Bridge |
| MARTIN, Albert Edward | Confectioner - Sleetmoor Lane, Somercotes |
| MEADOWS, Charles William | Confectioner - Somercotes |
| PITCHFORD, Frederick | Confectioner - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| ROBINSON, James H. | Confectioner - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| TAYLOR, Frank & Sons | Baker - Victoria Street, Somercotes |
| TAYLOR, J. A. | Corn & Flour Merchants - Nottingham Road and High Street, Somercotes. (The Taylor's were also listed as millers, and had a mill at South Wingfield) |
| TAYLOR, John Henry | Baker - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| WILLIAMS, George Henry | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Quarry Road, Somercotes |
| WRIGHT, Harry | Confectioner - Leabrooks |
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1932: | |
| BAKEWELL, Alfred & Son | Baker - Leabrooks Road, Somercotes |
| BEACH, William | Baker & Confectioner - 48 Leabrooks Raod, Somercotes (This firm was established in 1920 and is known as "Beach's Bakery". It is still trading today at the same premises) |
| COPE, Ada | Confectioner - Leabrooks |
| CROSON, Margaret | Confectioner - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| GODBER & Sons | Baker - 97, Somercotes Hill (This firm was also listed as pastry cooks) |
| MIZEN, Annie | Confectioner - Swanwick Road, Leabrooks |
| PRINCE, Margaret | Confectioner - 61, Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| SMITH, Ethel | Confectioner - Cemetery Road, Leabrooks |
| TAYLOR, Frank & Sons | Baker - Victoria Street, Somercotes |
| TAYLOR, J. A. | Corn & Flour Merchants - Nottingham Road and High Street, Somercotes. (The Taylor's were also listed as millers, and had a mill at South Wingfield) |
| TAYLOR, John Henry | Baker - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| Williams, George Henry | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Quarry Road, Somercotes |
ADVERTISEMENT: An advert for W,. Beach & Son, Leabrooks Road, Somercotes, dating from around the 1970s.
| BAKERS, FLOUR DEALERS & CONFECTIONERS IN 1941: | |
| BAKEWELL, Alfred & Son | Baker - Leabrooks Road, Somercotes |
| BEACH, William | Baker & Confectioner - 48 Leabrooks Raod, Somercotes (This firm was established in 1920 and is known as "Beach's Bakery". It is still trading today at the same premises) |
| CROSON, Margaret | Confectioner - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| HOPKINS, Harriett | Confectioner - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| TAYLOR, Frank & Sons | Baker - Victoria Street, Somercotes |
| TAYLOR, J. A. | Corn & Flour Merchants - Nottingham Road and High Street, Somercotes. (The Taylor's were also listed as millers, and had a mill at South Wingfield) |
| TAYLOR, John Henry | Baker - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| WILLIAMS, George Henry | Confectioner & Pastry Cooks - Quarry Road, Somercotes |