Chemists - Payne & Starbuck

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 Payne & Starbuck Chemists 13 Queen Street - The partnership of Henry Payne & Cyril Sidney Starbuck began in January 1913 (although Henry Payne had been a Chemist in the town for much longer than this) and was still going into the late 1960s.  

 A tiny bottle "Payne's pneumonic cough demulcent Market Rasen" and it's slightly larger counterpart. A strong possibility it is from before partnering with Mr Starbuck in 1913.  

 An advert from the Market Rasen Mail 1935

 Edward Enos Jevons was born in Lincoln in 1830. He was first seen as a Chemist in Market Rasen, in 1856 (White's Directory) in the Market Place. By the time of the 1861 Census, he moved premises to 14 King Street carrying on his profession. Edward Jevons died in 1877, and in the 1881 Census we see that 21 year old son Wallis Byron Jevons was running the family business. Wallis Jevons carried on until his death in 1912 His widow Grace Jevons sold the shop to Frederick Charles Burrell in 1920. 

 An advert for W.B. Jevons' Ginger Beer (the bottle for this can be seen in the photo on the left) from the Market Rasen Mail 1905

 A toothbrush from W.B. Jevons found and kindly donated by Truan Randle

  Bottles from Burrells the Chemist of King Street. Frederick Charles Burrell took over the business in 1913 following the death of W.B Jevons and bought it outright in 1920. F.C. Burrell died in 1938  and his widow Edith carried on the business as it was until 1943. In 1943 the company "F.C. Burrell" was re-registered as "Burrells (Chemist)" with partners being Edith Burrell and Harold Burrell (their son) Harold married Edith Kathleen Sharp just after and she was the Kath Burrell that most people that now remember Burrells remember   

Many thanks to Pete Spilman for the latest additions.

Also a selection of bottle labels used by Burrell on his various products.

  Got my dad on the hunt now and came up with the latest addition.. slightly taller than it's counterpart with a wider neck.  

  Something a little different, a small tin about 2 1/2 inches across that contained menthol crystals  

  Finally got hold of one of these! Notice the spelling mistake beneath the handle. 

  Photos of the Burrell's shop courtesy of Market Rasen Memories  

 the earliest mention I have found to date, of a member of the Casterton family to be a Chemist in Rasen is 1806 (although she was not yet a Casterton!). This was Sarah Fox. Although she married William Casterton in 1799, she still appeared to be using her maiden name until around 1810 when she is seen in the Stamford Mercury as S. Casterton. 1799 is also the year their son John was born. John was the first Casterton to move to 4 Queen Street and was the first of three members of the Casterton chemists to reside there.  The earliest reference I have found to date of John is in 1819 when he was seen as a partner to Wardale in the Stamford Mercury dated 5th Feb 1819. In early 1828 he was seen to be in partnership with Slater until the Stamford Mercury dated May 9th told us that Casterton took on a premises in Rasen, and became an established Chemist. This business was to be carried on by his son James (who I believe this bottle is from), and then James’ brother Walter who sold the business to Boots the Chemist in 1946 and is still there today.  

 This advert from the Market Rasen Mail in 1946 comes just after Boots the Chemists replaced the Castertons at 4 Queen Street.

Thank you to Peter Spilman for the latest addition showing "Casterton Dispensing Chymist Market Rasen"

 Joseph Lockwood and William Holgate were partners of a Chemist situated until this partnership dissolved in 1871. William Holgate continued as a Chemist. Unsure at the time of writing this as to when he moved to Waterloo St and started the Aerated Water Company, but on 31st Dec 1883, John Peatfield bought the Aerated Water Company in Waterloo Street from William Holgate for £950. One day perhaps I will get a complete example of this blue bullet stopper bottle! 

Since writing the above I have got very close! Examples here of a flat bottom 10oz Codd bottle, blue Bullet Stopper bottle, 6oz Codd bottle, damaged blue Bullet Stopper bottle and a 10oz Codd bottle.

Many thanks to Jeremy Kemp for the latest additions.

 After William Holgate had sold to John Peatfield, he moved down to London and bought another Aerated Water Company in an area of London NW known as "Chalk Farm". This bottle above is an example from the London business.

Marratt mineral water maker Market Rasen. 

John Moses Marratt Born in 1876 in Maltby le Marsh. Mr Marratt lived at 7 Willingham Rd according to the 1911 Census and worked as a Chemist (was seen as a "worker" so possibly for one of our known rasen chemists). By 1926 (Kelly's Directory) he was a General Dealer at 49 Willingham Rd - retired before 1939.

Many thanks to Jeremy Kemp.

 Here is an exmple of a Victorian toothbrush! In case you can not make it out, it has stamped on it "Ranson Chemist" "Market Rasen"

This belonged to William Ranson. He was born in North Willingham in 1841 and took over the Chemists business of J.S. Wright in 1864 as seen in the other picture. The shop was at 14 Queen Street.

Many thanks to Truan Randle for this. There is a similar example also from Truan seen for Chemist W.B. Jevons

 Notice in Market Rasen Mail from August 1864 of William Ranson establishing his business. This continued until sometime after 1892 as this is the last reference found in a Kelly's Directory. William Ranson died in 1898