The Town Centre in the 1840s
Based on information from the 1841 tithe map. Market Place was then part of Wolverhampton Street.
Market Place - western side:
No.   Owner Occupier Details
1.   Samuel Smith William Fletcher House & Yard
2.   Samuel Smith James Walters House, Shop & Yard
3.   Samuel Smith unoccupied House & Yard
4.   Joseph Walker William Fletcher House & Yard
5.   George Grove unoccupied House & Yard
6.   George Grove Jabez Shorter House, Warehouse & Garden
7.   Devisees of James
Whitehouse
George Robinson House, Warehouse & Yard
8.   Devisees of James
Whitehouse
William Hill & John Peters House & Vaults
9.   Devisees of James
Whitehouse
Bilston Union Mill Company House
10.   Devisees of James
Whitehouse
Elizabeth Marston House & Shop
11.   Devisees of James
Whitehouse
Thomas Williams House & Shop
12.   Devisees of James
Whitehouse
Devisees of James
Whitehouse
House, Offices, Yards, Garden
13.   Thomas Hincks, Senior Charles Berry House, Stationery Shop, Yard & Garden
14.   John Clemson     - Stable
15.   John Clemson     - Stable
16.   John Clemson unoccupied House, Bakehouse & Garden
17.   John Clemson Thomas Whitehouse House, Shop & Garden
18.   John Clemson James Large House
19.   John Clemson John Harper House, Glass, China Shop & Garden
20.   Mary Hincks Richard Pedley House & Garden
21.   Mary Hincks Alexander Parrott House, Shop - Druggist, Tea Dealer
22.   Mary Hincks Samuel Wright House, Shop, Stable & Yard
23.   Mary Hincks unoccupied House & Shop
24.   Mary Hincks Richard Cooper House & Shop
25.   Mary Hincks Josiah Coleman House
26.   John Clemson John Holland Garden
27.   John Clemson Devisees of James
Whitehouse
Old House Croft
28.   Henry Wakelam William Perry Bell Public House, Stable & Yard
29.   John Clemson unoccupied House & Offices
30.   Benjamin Smith Benjamin Smith Public House & Shopping
31.   Benjamin Neville William Pitt House, Shop & Garden
32.   Lucy Knowles Lucy Knowles House
33.   Lucy Knowles Benjamin Somerfield House & Shop
34.   Lucy Knowles Edward Davis House
35.   Joseph Ash Thomas Davis House, Slaughter House, Yard, Butchers
36.   Violetta Tildesley William Mason House
37.   Violetta Tildesley Frederick Hopkins House
38.   Violetta Tildesley Edward Cooper House
39.   William Brown Benjamin Smith Swan Public House, Stable, Shopping, Yard
40.   John Clemson Robert Beckett House, Shop & Yard
41.   Catherine Read Josiah Tildesley House & Yard
42.   Sarah Barnes Sarah Barnes House & Yard
 
Market Place - eastern side:
No.   Owner Occupier Details
1.   Devisees of James
Whitehouse
Devisees of James
Whitehouse
House, Offices, Yards, Garden
2.   John Clemson unoccupied House, Bakehouse & Garden
3.   John Clemson Thomas Whitehouse House, Shop & Garden
4.   John Clemson James Large House
5.   John Clemson John Harper House, Shop & Garden
6.   Mary Hincks Richard Pedley House & Garden
7.   Mary Hincks Alexander Parrott House
8.   Mary Hincks Samuel Wright House, Shop, Stable & Yard
9.   Mary Hincks unoccupied House & Shop
10.   Mary Hincks Richard Cooper House & Shop
11.   Mary Hincks Josiah Coleman House
12.   John Clemson. Joseph Burroughs House, Shop & Garden
13.   John Clemson. Samuel Wolverson House, Shop & Garden
14.   John Clemson. Thomas Wootton House, Shop & Garden
15.   John Clemson. Abraham Ash House, Shop & Garden
16.   John Clemson. Joseph Page House
17.   Mary Hincks Thomas Humphreys House, Warehouse & Yard
18.   Anne Turner John Putman Angel Inn, Buildings & Yard
19.   Anne Turner Richard Shutt House, Warehouse & Yard
20.   Henry Wakelam William Walters House
21.   Henry Wakelam Henry Alsop House
22.   Henry Wakelam James Pinsom House
23.   Henry Wakelam William Perry Bell Public House, Stable & Yard
24.   John Clemson unoccupied House & Offices
25.   Benjamin Smith Benjamin Smith Public House & Shopping
26.   Benjamin Neville Edward Dudley House & Yard
27.   Benjamin Neville William Pitt House, Shop & Garden
28.   Lucy Knowles Lucy Knowles House
29.   Lucy Knowles Benjamin Somerfield House & Shop
30.   Lucy Knowles Edward Davis House
31.   Joseph Ash Thomas Davis House, Slaughter House, Yard, Butchers
32.   Violetta Tildesley William Mason House
33.   Violetta Tildesley Frederick Hopkins House
34.   Benjamin Neville Benjamin Neville Shopping & Yard
35.   Devisees of George Clemson Roberts unoccupied Malthouse & Yard
36.   Devisees of George Clemson Roberts Devisees of Geo Clemson Roberts House & Garden
37.   Anne Turner Joseph Farmer House
38.   Anne Turner John Ferguson House
39.   Anne Turner William Alt House
40.   Anne Turner Joseph Farmer House
41.   Anne Turner Robert Taylor House, Shop & Yard
42.   Anne Turner Thomas Arnott House, Shop & Yard
43.   Anne Turner Mary Bramhall House, Shop & Yard
44.   Anne Turner Henry Walters House, Shop & Yard
45.   Thomas Taylor Lees Sydney Smith House, Shop & Yard
46.   Thomas Taylor Lees Thomas Bant House
47.   Anne Turner Thomas Dugmore House & Yard
48.   Mary Hincks Enoch Read House, Shop & Yard
49.   Mary Hincks John Harper House, Shop & Yard
50.   John Fisher, Senior Joseph Parkes House, Shop & Garden
51.   John Fisher, Senior Isaac Pitt House, Shop & Garden
52.   John Neve Elton Shop & Yard
53.   George Benjamin
Thorneycroft
Pitt House & Shop
54.   John Neve Read House & Shop
55.   John Austen John Austen House, Warehouse, Stable & Yard
56.   Devisees of James Hateley Francis Anne Oakley House
57.   Devisees of James Hateley Francis Daniel Jones House
58.   John Hartill John Grant House & Yard
59.   John Hartill Thomas Palmer House & Yard
60.   John Hartill Edward Sheppard House & Yard
61.   John Hartill William Brown House & Yard
62.   William Wolverson William Wolverson House, Warehouse & Garden
63.   John Clemson John Clemson Barn & Rickyard
64.   Devisees of George Clemson Roberts Richard Johns House & Shop
65.   Anne Hartill John Bolus House & Yard
66.   Devisees of George Clemson Roberts Joseph Pedley Woodman Public House, Shops & Garden
67.   Devisees of George Clemson Roberts Joseph Picken House
68.   Anne Turner Thomas Taylor Shop & Yard
69.   Anne Hartill Joseph Yates House & Yard
70.   Anne Hartill Joseph Taylor House & Yard
71.   Anne Hartill William Harper House, Shop & Yard
 

John Clemson's fine Georgian house in the Market Place, from an engraving produced in the 1850s. The building on the right had been his malthouse. He died in 1850 and the building became a school and a shop.


A recent view of what was once the Clemson family's home and malthouse.


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