Biographies of Oxford shopkeepers buried in St Sepulchre’s Cemetery
The following people had long-established shops in Oxford, some of which (e.g. Gee’s Nursery, Gillmann’s shoes, and Parker’s and Thornton’s bookshops) survived until the end of the twentieth century; while Elliston & Cavell’s is now Debenham’s:
- Henry BOSWELL (1835–1897)
Owner of Boswell’s original store - Jonathan Samuel BROWNING (1799–1880)
Ironmonger at 57 Cornmarket Street
- John Caldecott CAVELL (1813–1887),
Owner of Elliston & Cavell’s in Magdalen Street
- John CHAUNDY (1834–1890)
Printseller at 49 Broad Street - Mrs Mary CRIPPS, née Rowell (c.1779–1862)
Confectioner at 18 Broad Street - John EDWARDS (c.1777–1858)
Ironmonger in the High - Edwin Litchfield ELLIOTT (1825–1896)
Boot-maker at 30 Cornmarket Street - Charles FOSTER (1779–1853)
Linen draper in the High - John GEE (1842–1898)
Founder of Gee’s Nursery on the Banbury Road - George GILLMAN (1842–1898),
Shoemaker originally at 39 Holywell Street - William HERMAN (1837/8–1908)
Fancy goods store at 14 Broad Street - Francis William LAMBERT (1868/9–1899)
Son of a family of shoemakers
at 70 & 73 St Giles’s Street - George MARGETTS (1812–1866)
Hatter/woollen draper at 12 Cornmarket Street - Alfred MAYCOCK (1852–1947)
Grocer at 106 Walton Street - John Henry PARKER, C.B. (1806–1884)
Bookseller at 26/27 Broad Street - John PARSONS (1814/15–1863)
Mercer at 123 High Street
and wine merchant at 134 High Street - Webber PATTERSON (1834–1886)
Draper at 44 Broad Street - Ephraim POTTAGE (1827–1878)
Tailor’s shop at 3 Cornmarket
- Samuel POTTAGE (1829–1873)
Tailor’s shop at 62 Cornmarket - Mrs Susanna SECKHAM née Mallett (c.1793–1852)
China dealer at 48 Broad Street - Thomas SHRIMPTON (1806–1885)
Bookseller at 23 & 24 Broad Street - James Robert SIMMS (1831–1877)
Bootmaker at 37 Broad Street - Richard James SPIERS (1806–1877)
Fancy-goods shop at 102 High Street - Charles TAPHOUSE (1815–1886),
Founder of Taphouse’s music shop at 3 Magdalen Street - Joseph THORNTON (1808–1891)
Bookseller at 11 Broad Street - Charles UNDERHILL (1820–1903)
Grocer at 7 High Street
(with other Oxford branches) - James WALDIE (1824–1876)
Draper and funeral director at 44 Broad Street - George WARD (1822–1887)
Ironmonger at Gill & Ward at 4/5 High Street - Henry Saunders WARLAND (1820–1909)
Grocer at 13 Woodstock Road
