Aerated Water Company - Peatfield

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The name Nettleship & Lucas began in January 1930, when James H. Nettleship and his son in law Victor J. Lucas created the partnership to become "Auctioneers, Valuers & Estate Agents" (as seen in the Market Rasen Mail of the time) in their office at 23 Market Place.

J.H. Nettleship died in 1946 and V.J. Lucas continued running the business until 1953 when the decision was made to amalgamate the company with George Mawer, Cooper & Burkitt to form George Mawer & Co (documented in the Stamford Mercury Jun 1953)

V.J. Lucas remained on the board of the company until 1967

While doing some building work at 23 Market Place, Nima Staniewick came across this ledger book belonging to Nettleship & Lucas from 1931/32 along with a pile of other old documents from the property so thank you so much to Nima for allowing me to take them off his hands

Here are some of the names listed from one entry in the ledger that you may recognise

The bank book shown to the left is from the London City & Midland Bank Ltd. This was a national bank which arrived in Market Rasen in 1913, to end up being HSBC at 10 Market Place. This bank started it's journey in Rasen long before this.

The earliest mention found was in 1835 when H. Lucas, an agent of the Lincoln & Lindsey Bank (formed in Lincoln in 1833) visited the White Hart every Tuesday. This became more of a permanent fixture in town when in 1838 William Rawson of Queen Street became he agent of the bank. 

The first mention of the bank moving to the Market Place was in the Morris Gazette of 1863. Here we see that Henry Bird, Draper and Grocer residing in the Market Place, was also agent of the Lincoln & Lindsey Bank. This means his shop would also have doubled up as a bank.

The Lincoln & Lindsey Bank remained in Rasen up until 1913 when it was merged into the London City & Midland Bank Ltd., with Bertram Armishaw Lowe as Manager over the transition. Only 10 years later this was to become the Midland Bank Ltd on 27 Nov 1923 (as seen on photo).

The Midland Bank then became HSBC in 1992, which then finally closed it's doors in 2015 ending a long history of at least 178 years of the variations of this bank in the town. Also ending a journey of 152 years of it being in the Market Place.

The owner of this bank book was John Wagstaff of Queen Street. At this time John was a Cattle Dealer and was a close acquaintance of Philip Cox, Butcher.

In 1932 they started business together as Cox & Wagstaff butchers

follow the link to read about Cox & Wagstaff Butchers

This is a fabulous example of the many decorative clay pipes created at the Watkinson clay pipe factory. This factory was located in Serpentine Street in Mkt Rasen and was founded by George Spencer Watkinson who came from Grimsby over to Mkt Rasen to start the business c1843. Many thanks to Fee Berry for this particular clay pipe, something I have been wanting in my collection for a while! Fee has also done a blog on her research on the Watkinsons showing other examples of the clay pipes they created. It can be seen here - Lincolnshire Days - Watkinson Clay Pipe Factory in Market Rasen

Although it was George Spencer Watkinson that founded the factory, it was his eldest son George Spencer Jr. that made their business much more interesting than most other pipe manufacturers. Little had been documented on the processes involved around pipe making, until George Spencer Jr. created his journal. The famous Watkinson Journal is a description written by George of the processes from start to finish, from starting to create the shape from clay, to selling and distributing the finished pipes. This also included illustrations. More information on this can be seen here -

 The Watkinson Journal

Thanks to Truan Randle for the additional clay pipes made at the Watkinson factory  found in Market Rasen

This is George Spencer Watkinson who left Grimsby at the age of 19 to start the clay pipe factory in Market Rasen. Many thanks to Vanessa Cooper 3x great granddaughter of George for allowing me to share this photo

This is George Spencer Watkinson Jr., the eldest son of the gentleman to the left who wrote the journal and continued the business until 1882 when he closed the factory down and moved back to Grimsby with his brothers where he set up a holiday home for needy and sick children in Cleethorpes called "The Birdsnest". Anyone who knows the area might know this as a Chinese restaurant by the boating lake called "The Orient Express". Again many thanks to Vanessa Cooper for allowing me to share the photo.

This item is the wheel centre hub used on the wooden spoked wheel of  a wagon, cart, or carriage. This would have been seen in the centre of the wheel and screwed on to the axle to stop the wheel falling off. This one is inscribed "King Builder Market Rasen"

William King was born in Barnetby in 1860. the 1901 Census shows him as a Wheelwright & Carpenter in Snitterby, but the 1905 Kelly's Directory shows us that he has moved to Mkt Rasen and is a Coach Builder, a Cart, Wagon & Van Builder, and a Painter & Decorator at the Foundry off Jameson Bridge Street, where in the 1911 Census we see him living at Foundry House, nothing seen of him to date after 1913.

A great and rare find by Nikki Albans and thank you for letting me add it to the site.

This is Foundry House where William King once lived, next to Waterloo House on the corner of Victoria Road (named after the old "Victoria Foundry), and Jameson Bridge Street.

The more observant of you, (those who have had a good look round the site already that is) may recognise this photo from another page, where I have found some history of the property itself.

https://marketrasenmuseum.com/properties#7baceecb-db16-4229-b37b-facd00ac8a8c

The company was started by 4 brothers John, George, Reginald and Walter Parsons and a private limited company formed in 1909 with J. Snape being one of the directors. Between 1911 and 1936 the company branched out (information from Lincolnshire Echo 1930), with the earliest mention found of them being in Market Rasen 1930 in Kelly's Directory addressed in Station Yard. The next mention I have is in 1948 at no. 6 Market Place, and then a jump to 1961 they had moved to 40 Queen Street, last seen advertised in a 1982 Market Rasen Mail. The invoice seen in the photo above was from 1910 (the following year after they started) from their Lincoln office

This advert for the company was seen in the Market Rasen Mail in 1960

R. Stamp & Son Market Rasen Haulage Contractors of Caistor Road

Robert Stamp founder of the business was born in Nettleton, he started out farming with his father William Stamp in Middle Rasen, but early in the 20th century (before 1909 as first seen in the Kelly's Directory from that year) Robert saw a business opportunity, bought a few early lorries and developed one of the earliest Haulage companies and it continued until 1997 when the business closed its gates for the last time.

Robert Stamp founder of the business died in 1941 aged 71 and the company was continued by sons Fred and Edgar

Many local Rasen people either worked for Stamps, or knew family or friends who did. Stamp's Yard was almost a Rasen landmark!

This card probably from the 1960's kindly came from Linda Picksley, a member of the Stamp family.

This advert for the company was seen in the Market Rasen Mail in 1920

The first reference I have found is of Charles Sanderson, cabinet maker in King Street from the 1876 Kelly's directory. By the time of the publication of the 1882 White's Directory, he had moved to Jameson Bridge Street. The invoice above is from the firm of Charles H. Sanderson, Joiner, Builder and Undertaker of Jameson Bridge Street in 1911. However, Charles. H. Sanderson died in 1910 but the company continued under the management of W. Sanderson.

From this time, the business ran under the name of C.H. Sanderson until between 1913 and 1918 when the name of W. Sanderson was first seen.

W. Sanderson also opened up a furniture shop in Albion House on Queen Street until 1946 when he disposed of this but kept the family joinery business in Jameson Bridge Street going. 

Advert from a Choral Society magazine in 1913

 Plastic Boxes manufactured by Progressive Inventions Ltd. kindly donated by Freda Proudley. Progressive Inventions Ltd. was established in 1948 by Rasen hairdresser Gordon Trill and his wife Olive in buildings behind their Hairdressers Salon at 16 King Street. Mr Trill's interest in the Plastics industry began with looking for solutions within his hairdressing business. One of his held patents was for a plastic face protector when washing or treating hair (1949). Another later design was a plastic shampoo dispensing brush which then led to the Plastic Box Ltd to be established in the early 1950s with the factory being close to his shop in the yard at the back of the old White Hart. 

 George Tennyson and Robert Daubney were both "Attourneys" in Rasen.
Robert Daubney however was not certified for his profession until 1821. He started practicing in Grimsby and he didn't appear in Mkt Rasen until around 1828. His father Joseph Daubney however was also a Lawyer and appeared to split his time between Grimsby and Mkt Rasen, and it will be him addressed here.
George Tennyson appeared in Mkt Rasen in around 1774 until his death in 1787. He was a wealthy man who owned several areas of Rasen, also buying Beacons Manor, Tealby, the Manor House that preceded Bayons Manor