A TOUR OF OLNEY MARKET PLACE - NUMBER 15

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No 15 Market Place,
2005
Number 15 Market Place was occupied by Thomas Berrill and recorded in the levies of 1801 and 1810/11. It was probably this man or his relatives at the nearby King's Head who gave their name to Berrill's Court, the passage which leads to East Street , as seen in the photograph. William Styles lived in the property in 1833, but by 1841 Henry Flood had established his hairdressing business there. Three years later Samuel Flood is listed as the hairdresser together with his wife, Elizabeth, who made straw hats.

In 1883 a Henry Flood was working as a hairdresser at Number 15, but this Henry probably shared the shop with F Cottman, a family Dispensing Chemist, as they both advertised from the same address, but in different almanacs. The following year Mr Cottman also advertised beekeeping supplies. By 1892 Charles Dimmock had taken over the premises as a house furnisher, calling himself a cabinet maker and he also sold lamps and oil. He still advertised in 1900, but by 1920 a tailor, George Albert Clayson, occupied the premises. E J Pope & Son continued as tailors into the 1930's, then in 1935, William Dix advertised himself as a Wireless Dealer.