In the 1890s 3 houses at the end of Friar St were demolished to introduce Charles Street. In the 1890s 3 houses at the end of Friar St were demolished to introduce Charles St. We can locate no pictures of these despite best endeavours. This photo, courtesy of Worcester Life Stories, is about 50 years later (and another within the article from 1916 shows people queuing for potatoes during rationing).
Monthly Archives: November 2020
A look at some of the history of number 7 Friar Street Worcester, between Greyfriars House and the former C.A.Wall’s bakery. Currently it is a hair salon and has Thompson Trust above one of its oriel windows. We explain who Thompson was and why his name appears there.
C. A. Wall’s bakery stood at the northern end of Friar Street Worcester for over 50 years. We look at the shop, the owner Charles Alfred and some of its history as it served Worcester residents with bread, cake and confectionary.
What exactly did the Canadian Stores sell at number 12 Friar Street circa 1896? We get a good view of the frontage in this photograph of Poytress’s shop (the northerly quarter of today’s Greyfriars, using “old” style street). Are those onions and potatoes on display?
Robert Old’s shop at number 14 Friar Street (the southerly quarter of today’s Greyfriars, using the “old” style street numbering – pun unintentional here).Mr Old was a “leather cutter” by trade during the late 1800s.
A look behind the National Trust’s Greyfriars House on Friar Street, Worcester during the early 1800s describing Georges Yard, a block of 10 tenements.
A look at the National Trust’s Greyfriars House on Friar Street, Worcester during the early 1800s describing George Harrison’s umbrella shop at no.11½.
Tudor House Museum sits roughly half-way along one of Worcester’s most historic streets – Friar Street. The history of some the buildings that grace Friar Street is fascinating and the stories behind them are retold in our #FriarSreetFocus social media threads. Here we take look at the National Trust’s Greyfriars House on Friar Street, Worcester during the early 1800s describing how it was converted for use into retail units.
The Cottryl family are inextricably linked to the Tudor history of Friar Street in general and Tudor House in particular. We have definitive records of several generations of Cottryls being present dating back as far as the reign of Henry VIII and extending to beyond the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. John Cottryl lived at around the time that the current half-timbered building was erected. This makes him a very strong candidate for having had a hand in its construction and maybe even living in it too.