The following table is an attempt to chronicle the changing face of shopping in Addingham. Seeing the small number
of shops in the village now,it may come as a surprise to see how many there were in years gone by but, of course,
in the days before motor transport was readily available even a trip to Ilkley was a major event.
There are still lots of question marks, and this list will never be complete and accurate, but I would like to thank all
those that have given information, including Len Hudson, Andrew Watson, David Harrison, Gloria Stitt and, particularly,
Phyllis Robinson with her remarkable memory. If you can fill in any of the gaps or answer any of the questions
please contact the webmaster .
Because of the length of this list I have had to divide it over three pages –
this page starts at the top of the village (Silsden Rd) and down to 103 Main Street
Page 2 goes from there down to High Mill Lane
Page 3 goes from High Mill Lane down to Low Mill
Revised November 2014
| Address | Business Name | Type of business | Dates | Notes | Photos | ||
| Silsden Road – Cringles | Drum & Monkey | Sweets & Cigarettes | Mrs Scott (Jane’s mother in law) (roadside stall) | ||||
| Silsden Road lower | Band ‘Oile | Addingham Brass Band | 1800 – 1930 | Used as band meeting place & store. Now a smallholding. | |||
| 1 Moor Lane | Todds Coal | Coal Merchant | 1930s | Yard at Burnside Mill, Moved to Town Gate | |||
| 1, Skipton Rd | Lister’s Farm | Milkman | 1930s to 1960s | The Listers farmed land now Moor Park Estate. Barn at 2, Skipton Rd opposite q.v. | 1920s | ||
| Listers | Timber/Firewood | to present | |||||
| 2, Skipton Rd (Barn) | Listers Farm barn | Milking parlour | to 1960s at least. | Alfie Lister milked here until 1960s at least. Now housing. | |||
| Haghead (now Highfield Fm.) Skipton Rd. | Timothy Brear | Chairmaker | In 1851 census to 1860 | Before his son William moved business to the Sawmill site. | |||
| The Green | Timothy Roe | Besom maker | In 1851 census | ||||
| 40, Moor Park Drive | David S Croft | Roofing contractors | In 1972 | ||||
| 5 Main St – Townhead Mill | Ambrose Dean | Cotton spinning, Calico manfr. | 1802 to 1820 | ||||
| John Cockroft | in 1838 | ||||||
| Thos. Beck | in 1845 | Shown as a sawmill in 1850 (1st Ed. OS map) | |||||
| W M Watson & Co Ltd | Textile Mill | 1927 to 1971 | Run by W M Watson 1927 till his death in 1932. Then run by W.Lambert. Burnt down 1971 | 1950s | |||
| Townhead Trading Estate | Palladium Home Furnishing | Carpets and flooring | to 2000? | ||||
| Ash Furniture Hire | Event furniture hire | in 1997 | |||||
| Steve Mann | Caravan servicing | to 2008? | Moved to Ilkley | ||||
| Premier Car Valeting | Car valeting | ||||||
| Planet Earth | Tiles & flooring | 2000? to present | 2003 | ||||
| Andrew Green | Car servicing | 1990s to present | |||||
| Limekiln Furniture | Wooden furniture makers | 2009 to present | |||||
| 6 Main St | The Craven Heifer | Public House | Early 1800s | William Bramley | |||
| In 1851 census | John Stirk | 1900s | |||||
| In 1909 | J J Walker | ||||||
| 1940s | Walker family | ||||||
| ? | Harold Johnson | 1950s | |||||
| In 1972 | Sandy & Kathleen Gunn | ||||||
| 2012 to present | Craig Minto (also runs The Fleece) | 2010 | |||||
| 8 Main Street | Top Smithy | Blacksmith | |||||
| 18? Main St | Shackleton’s | Grocery & General Store | 1930s to 1950s | End of row of cottages | |||
| Alan Thompson | ditto | Late 1950s to 1960s | |||||
| M Roe | Greengrocer | 1960s | For a short while before demolished (site now grass in front of bungalows) | ||||
| 23 Main St | Henry Gill | Draper | In 1909 | Craven Household Almanac 1909 | |||
| 30 or 32 Main St | Residence of John Beck | Master Builder | In 1851 census | Location of business unknown. Employed 20 men & 3 apprentices – probably biggest builder in Addingham at time. | |||
| 36 Main St | Sidney ‘Cloggy’ Steel | Clog Maker, Shoe Repairs | 1920s? | Moved to 71 Main St | 1910s | ||
| Peter Barton Guitars | Instrument maker | 2000? to present | Moved from 2, Bolton Rd | ||||
| Salt Pie (behind 38 Main St) | Henry Prior | Clock & watch repaireer | In 1851 census | Relative of George Prior, clockmaker of Nesfield & Leeds | |||
| 40 – 42 Main St | James Cockshott | Master Draper | In 1851 census | No.40 was his residence but it connected internally with workrooms in No.42 | |||
| Caravan Houses (in front of 43 Main St) | Mary Demain | Bread Baker | In 1851 census | Bread Baker’ distinguishes her from oatcake bakers. | |||
| 43 Main St – Ivy Farm | Ivy Farm | Farm | To 1950s | Farmed by Freddie Blaythorne, who at one time worked at the Sawmill. | |||
| 45 Main St | The (Jolly) Sailor | Public House | In 1851 census | Sarah Hartley | |||
| Before 1838 to 2013 | Eddie Baker 1940s? | 1960s | |||||
| The Fuggle | Public House | 2014 to present | |||||
| 44 Main St (High Bank House) | Dr Wynn | Doctor’s Surgery | 1950? to 1978 | ||||
| Dr Raubitschek | Doctor’s Surgery | 1978 to c.1980 | |||||
| 46 Main St (High Bank Barn) | Arthur (?) Flint | Joinery | in 1956 | Mrs. Sue Preston’s father (lived top of Moor Lane) | |||
| Parry Adhesives Ltd | Adhesives | 1990s? to 2007? | 2005 | ||||
| Around 47 – 51 Main St | John & Joseph Gill | Cloggers | In 1851 census | ||||
| John Boyd | Chimney Sweep | ||||||
| Robert Watkinson | Coal Dealer | ||||||
| 48a Main St | Miss Bye | Sweets & Tobacco | Closed 1930s | Bottom of row. | |||
| 48 Main St | David Laxton & Alan Wright | Dental Surgeons | 1990? to 1996? | ||||
| S R Hick | Dental Surgeon | 1996? to present | 2006 | ||||
| 54 Main St (Daisy Hill) Barn | Bye’s | Basket & Mat Maker | to 1960s | ||||
| 61 Main St | Steels Farmhouse | Farm | From 1800s to 1950s | Farmed land which is now Green Lane, Burns Hill | |||
| Joseph Steel | Public Telephone call office | In 1909 | Craven Household Almanac 1909 | ||||
| Steels Coaches (Jack Steel) | Coaches & Travel | 1940s to present | Had garage on School Lane in front of Wharfedale View in mid 1950s. Garage now at Steeton. | 2008 | |||
| 69 Main St | Harry Stirk | Wireless relay, accumulator charging | Charging in barn behind shop. Or was he at 61? | ||||
| 70/72 Main St | ‘Tinny’ Whittaker | Ironmonger – parafin, gas mantles, screws, nails, black lead,possers & scrubbing boards for washing. | 1930s to 1950s/60s | Workshop behind Sailor (Well House). Owned by Mr Dewhirst | |||
| Teddy Lawson | Plumber | 1960s? | |||||
| Cebar Lace | |||||||
| Addingham Antiques | Antiques shop | Before 1971 to 1996 | 1971 | ||||
| The Precision Plastic Ball Co. | Plastic balls for engineering & technical applications. | 1996? to present | |||||
| 71 Main St | Sidney ‘Cloggy’ Steel | Clog maker, Shoe repairs | 1930s to 1960s | Moved from 36 Main St. (his home) | |||
| The Corner Cuboard | Prints , paintings, antique furniture, Brass, Copper, Oil lamps,Silver & plate, Old & new fittings etc. | 1960s to 1970s | |||||
| Gallery Imprint | Prints | 1970s? | Then housing. | 1960s | |||
| TP Books | Children’s books | 2004 to present | 2003 | ||||
| 74 Main St | Holmes | 1920s | |||||
| Bayliss | Bakers & Confectioners, Taxi, bookmaker | 1940s | Lived above & behind shop | ||||
| Addingham Antiques | Antique shop | Before 1971 to 1996? | With 70 & 72 Main St. | 1971 | |||
| Clayfield Pharmacy | Pharmacy | To 2010 | Moved to 151b Main St (beside Medical Centre) | 2004 | |||
| Locks of Love | Hair extensions etc. | Oct. 2014 to Present | |||||
| Wolsley Shed, Main St | Bolton, Emmot & Cockroft Mill | Textile mill | 1802 to 1953 | Later owned by Walton. Demolished 1980s | 1970s | ||
| Cisterns Ltd. | Plastic Baths | 1968 | Part of Cisterns Ltd at Barcroft Shed. See below. | ||||
| Todds Coal | Coal Merchant | 1930s | Sailor end’ – access from Sailor Pub.Office at 1 Moor Lane, moved yard to Townend | ||||
| Cockshott Fold (at entrance to Burnside Mill) | Elizabeth Whitaker | Dressmaker | In 1851 census | ||||
| James Dean | Master Tailor | ||||||
| Burnside Mill, Main St | Listers Burnside Mill | Textiles, Silk mill | 1802 to 1950s | Machinery moved to other mill at Barrow in Furness. Mill transport driver J Robinson (D Robinson from 1956) | 1960s | ||
| Manor Barn Pine | Pine furniture | 1950s to 2000 | Moved to Skipton – now housing. | 1990s | |||
| 76 Main St | Stapleton’s | Fish & Chips | Up to 1960s | ||||
| The Bakery | Bakery | From 1979 | Anne & Ciaran Wyer (short period only). Converted to house. | ||||
| Sir George Martin Trust | Charity Office | 1960s to 2012 | Converted to housing 2013 | 2003 | |||
| 76 or 78 Main St | Thomas Wharton & Robert Towson | Butchers | In 1851 census | ||||
| 77 Main St | H(Arthur?) Holmes | Painter & Decorator | Mrs Donald Smith’s parents. Demolished 1960s? | ||||
| 78 Main St | Lizzy Roe | Greengrocer | to late1930s | In front of house.Elephant got stuck in doorway (ref. Kate Mason) . | 1910 | ||
| Gertie Rowe (Roe?) | Greengrocer | 1940s | Now demolished | ||||
| 78 or 82 Main St | James Lister | Carrier | In 1851 census | ||||
| 82 Main St | W Lister | Grocers & Provender Merchants | 1910 | ||||
| C G Whitham | Grocer | In 1909 | Craven Household Almanac 1909 | ||||
| W Whitham & Sons (Herbert) | Grocers & Provender Merchants | 1930s to 1960s (early to mid) | See also 113 Main St | ||||
| The Fabric Shop | Fabric sales | 1960s to 2006 | Phillip H Crabtree (mother was Mrs Whitham) Formally at Upper Gatecroft Farm. | 2003 | |||
| Tank Boutique | Boutique clothes | 2007 to 2008 (Closed) | Business moved from 150 Main St. | 2008 | |||
| Main Boutique | Boutique clothes | 2009 to 2012 | Moved to 146 Main St | ||||
| Bo & Birdy | Lifestyle | 2013 to 2014 | Closed down | ||||
| Main Womenswear | Clothing, Jewelery, Bags, Scarves | 2014 to present | Moved from 146 Main St (see above) | ||||
| 2 Chapel St | News Office? | Newspaper office (Addingham Iris??) | Faint wording over doorway | 2002 | |||
| W Whitham & Sons | Greengrocer | 1950s | Brother of 82 Main St business. Moved to 113 Main St | ||||
| The Fabric Shop | Fabric sales | 1960s to 2006 | Part of 82 Main St business | 2003 | |||
| Geraldine Thompson Studio | Art studio | 2012 to present | |||||
| Chapel St Loomshop | Loomshop | ||||||
| Clogger | Called ‘Cloggers’ steps’ (Kate Mason) | ||||||
| Fabric Shop | Storeroom | to 2006 | See 82 Main St. Converted to housing. | 2002 | |||
| Top of Chapel St on left | Cockshotts | Slaughterhouse | See 97 Main St. | ||||
| 10 Chapel St (corner of Riddings Lane) | Isabella Breare (widow of Samuel Breare, carrying on his business) | Brick & Tile manufacturer employing 7 labourers | In 1851 census | Residence only; Brickyard probably in fields on road to Silsden. | |||
| Riddings Farm | David F Wilkinson | Dairyman | In 1972 | Farm bottled milk, Cream, Eggs etc. | |||
| Ghyll-Rise, 25 School Lane | Rodney Doyle | Dairyman | In 1972 | Fresh double cream, farm bottled milk from Brucellosis free herd, fresh farm eggs. | |||
| School Lane | Brown & Blight | Builders & Plumbers | In 1972 | ||||
| Burns Hill | Duncan K Hall | Dairyman | 1990s to present | Also semi professional singer. | |||
| 84, Main St | Mrs.England & son Sam | General Store & off licence | 1800 to 1950s | Sam delivered with home-made box cart. Sweets e.g.Kaylie/sherbert & Spanish Licorice. | |||
| J S & J Grayson | Grocer & Off License, Findus Frozen foods, Ice cream | In 1972 | Orders delivered | ||||
| The Corner Shop | General Store & off licence | In 1979 | C & L D Bass | ||||
| The Corner Shop | General Store & off licence | to 1996? | Converted to housing | 1991 | |||
| 86 Main St (before present building erected) | John Cockshott | Textile warehouse | In 1820 | ||||
| 86 Main St | Halifax Joint Stock Banking | Bank | In 1909 | Craven Household Almanac 1909 | |||
| Lloyds Bank | Bank | 1930s to 1971 | Converted to housing | 1971 | |||
| 87 Main St | Thomas Benson & family | Grocers | In 1891 census | Thomas, son Abraham & his wife Martha, Benson plus at least one daughter. Martha was William Brear’s eldest child (see Sawmill). By 1901 census family had moved to Blackpool. | |||
| 88 Main St | Pearce Bros. | Electrical engineers & contractors | 1960s to 1970s | Front room of house – few years only. | 1971 | ||
| 93 Main St | Alexica | Translation services | 1990s to present | ||||
| 94 Main St | Chrissy Horsman | Ladies hairdresser | 1930s to 1940s | Front room of house. Moved to 105 Main St | |||
| 96 Main St | ? | Grocer & Laundry Receiving off. | From 1900s | In 1917 (photo) | c.1910 | ||
| Hall | Grocer | 1940s? | |||||
| Mr & Mrs Mills | Grocer & General Store | 1930s | |||||
| Bert (Ted?) & MrsTaylor | Grocer & General Store | 1940s to 1970s | Son Ernest was burnt in air crash (only survivor) | ||||
| Dean’s? | Grocery & general store | ||||||
| Carr | 1970s | ||||||
| Gill Anthony Interiors | Soft furnishings & art gallery | 1995? to 2000 | Converted to housing | 1997 | |||
| Lovebirds Bridal | Bridal wear | Oct. 2014 to present | |||||
| 97 Main St | Piece Hall (Cockshot) | Textile & Wool sales (after Fleece) | 1820s to 1838? | Doubt expressed by Arnold Pacey. Might have been grocer’s from start. | 1971 | ||
| James Hudson | Grocer & corn dealer | 1838? to after 1851 | |||||
| John Cockshott & Son (Eric & Tom) | Butcher | 1930s to late 1950s | The ‘poor man’s butcher’! Slaughter house in Chapel St. | 1950s | |||
| Terry Smith | High Class Beef & Pork Butcher | 1960s to 1980s | |||||
| A C Burns | Family Butcher | in 1996 | Converted to housing | 1996 | |||
| 98 Main St | Lily Harrison (followed her father) | Haberdashery/Draper | 1930s to 1960 | Materials (gents worsted & tailoring materials etc) Sold rolls of lino (1940s), Hair ribbons (red white & blue for victory. | |||
| La Donna/Cutting Line | Ladies hairdresser | 1960s to present | Re-named c.2007 | P | |||
| 99 Main St (below steps) | Miss Curwin | Sweets, crisps, pop, biscuits etc. | 1930s to late ’40s/early ’50s | Miss Curwin lived there 1930 to 1950s. | |||
| Pearce Electrics | Lock up store | 1950s to ? | Now house with large window | ||||
| 100 Main St | Arthur Roe’s Papershop | Newsagents, sweets & toys | 1930s to late 1950s | Sunny Stories, School Friend, Girl, Eagle & Children’s Newspaper in 1940s | 1910s? | ||
| Beans | Newsagents | 1960 to 1970 | |||||
| Harry Roe | Newsagents | 1970 to 1979 | Arthur Roe’s son | ||||
| Rawsthorne Newsagents | Newsagents etc. | in 1979 | |||||
| Addingham Newsagency | Newsagents | to 1997 | Sue & Bill Preston | 1996 | |||
| Addingham Newsagency | Newsagents | Colin & Simon Wilson | 2004 | ||||
| Addingham Newsagency | Newsagents | to 2006 | Burnt out 2006 | 2006 | |||
| Addingham Newsagents | Newsagents | 2009 – present | Mark Preston | 2009 | |||
| 101 Main St | Mrs Ivy Musson | Milliner | 1930s to early ’40s | Now house | |||
| 102 Main St | G Whittaker | Boots & Shoes | to late 1950 | Mr Whitaker had hens & gave children eggs for tea. Combined with 104 Main St. c.1950 | |||
| 104 Main St | Harry Stirk | Household , Kitchen goods, Wirelesses, TVs, Bicycles (all sizes), Toys (inc. Dinky Toys) | from late 1930s – 1950s | Combined with 102 Main St c.1950 | |||
| 102/4 Main St | P Street | Chemist | 1950s to 1970 | ||||
| D Spinks | Chemist & Vet. Supplis | in 1970s | 1970s | ||||
| Staffords Antiques | General antiques & used furniture | In 1977-9 | And at Haworth | ||||
| Village Antiques | Antique Shop | in March 1983 | |||||
| Andrew Hird | Insurance Broker | to present | 2009 | ||||
| 103 Main St – School Bridge House | William Lister | Registrar (postmaster?). Farmed 400 acres. | In 1851 census | ||||
| Thomas Lister | Retired tallow chandler | In 1851 census | |||||
| Miss S M Lister | Post Office & Telegraph Office | In 1909 | Craven Household Almanac 1909 | ||||
| Lister | Tallow chandler, Post Office, Registrar, Carrier. | Pre 1914 to 1930s | Wife was schoolteacher in Old School (Girls) | c.1914 | |||
| Miss Alice Dinsdale | Bakers & Confectioner large jam pastries & cakes in window) | If your face didn’t fit she wouldn’t serve you!’ Married Jack Dixon’s father. Lived to 101 (in 2000) | |||||
| G F Riley | Baker & Confectioner | in 1950s to 1973+ | Wedding & Birthday cakes | 1973 | |||
| The Bakery | Baker | To 1979 | Moved to 76, Main St. qv | ||||
| Dr Raubitschek | Doctor’s Surgery | c.1980 to 2006 | 2004 | ||||
| Dr Suleman | Doctor’s Surgery | 2006 to 2009 | Moved to Medical Centre, Memorial Close | ||||