Insurance Agents in the Parish
by SLHS on
Monday 3 October 2016
Insuring against accidents or taking out life insurance dates back many centuries. In Somercotes, insurance agents traded from around 1895 and many were also agents for the various savings schemes that some insurance companies ran. Life assurance was particularly popular.
| INSURANCE AGENTS LISTED IN 1895: | |
| BARLOW, William | Assurance Agent & Grocer - Somercotes |
| PARKIN, James | Insurance Agent - Somercotes |
| PARKIN, John | Insurance Agent - Somercotes |
| WRIGHT, Henry & Co. | Assurance Agents & Boot Dealers - Somercotes |
| INSURANCE AGENTS LISTED IN 1908: | |
| BARLOW, William | Insurance Agent - Quarry Road, Somercotes |
| DAKIN, James | Insurance Agent & Shopkeeper - Somercotes |
| WHITE, John Henry | Insurance Agent for Prodential Assurance - Somercotes |
| WRIGHT, John | Insurance Agent - Somercotes |
| INSURANCE AGENTS LISTED IN 1916: | |
| DAYKIN, James | Insurance Agent & Shopkeeper - Somercotes |
| HODGES, William George | Insurance Agent - Somercotes |
| RICHMOND, Tom | Insurance Agent - Somercotes Hill |
| WEIGHTMAN, Leonard | Insurance Agent - 6 Langley Avenue, Somercotes |
| WOOD, Edward | Insurance Agent - Leabrooks Road, Somercotes |
| INSURANCE AGENTS LISTED IN 1925: | |
| DAYKIN, James | Insurance Agent & Shopkeeper - Somercotes |
| HODGES, William George | Insurance Agent - Somercotes |
| RICHMOND, Tom | Insurance Agent - Somercotes Hill |
| SPOUGE, Charles Albert | Assistant Insurance Superindendent - Leabrooks Road, Somercotes |
| INSURANCE AGENTS LISTED IN 1932: | |
| DAWES, Joseph | Insurance Agent - Main Road, Leabrooks |
| FROST, William T. | Insurance Agent - 6, Victoria Street, Somercotes |
| HODGES, William George | Insurance Agent - Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| MARSHALL, John F. | Insurance Agent - Somercotes Hill |
| PARR, James | Insurance Agent - 49, Leamoor Avenue, Somercotes |
| RICHMOND, Tom | Insurance Agent - Charles Street, Leabrooks |
| INSURANCE AGENTS LISTED IN 1941: | |
| GREAVES, Sidney | Insurance Agent - 69, Leamoor Avenue, Somercotes |
| HODGES, George William | Insurance Agent - 59, Nottingham Road, Somercotes |
| WALL, Ernest | Insurance Agent - The Laurels, Leamoor Avenue, Somercotes |