Postal shop listing for The New Cut 1840.

1840: the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert happens in this year, also the Penny Post and the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black is brought in. Bearing in mind it was only twenty years or so beforehand that there was a windmill standing just off the New Cut (and the name for the famous pub in the area). The thing that strikes me about this street is the sheer number of dealers of furniture of various sorts. There must have been a market for them all but I'm curious as to why there are so many of them in one place for?

First Name	Surname	street number	Profession
			Royal Victoria Theatre.
James	Lawrence	1	General Dealer
Samuel	Seal	2	Glass & china dlr
Thomas	Lawrence	3	General Dlr
Goldsmid	& Solomon	4	Furniture brokers
John	Page	5	General dlr
Alfred	Long	6	Glass cutter
John	Stringer	7	Furniture broker
David	Solomon	8	Furniture broker
Richrd	Lawrence	8	General dlr
Richrd	Lawrence	9	General dlr
John	Thomas	10	Furniture broker
James	Lawrence	12	General dlr
Hny	Hayward	13	Furniture broker
Hny	Hayward	14	Furniture broker
Henry	Fisk	16	Fixture broker
Henry	Tubb	17	General dlr
Wisedill	Cockett & Co	18	Ironmongers & stove & range manfctrs
Jno.	Allison	19	Furniture broker
Jno.	Allison	20	Furniture broker
Wm	Church	21	Furniture broker
Richd	Clifton	22	Furniture broker
Edward	Dyer	23	General dealer
James	Munting	24	General dealer
Abraham	Crawcour	25	Furniture broker
Timothy	Maher	27	Crown
Christopher	Adcock	28	Surgeon
John	Savidge	29	Window blind mnfctr
Lambert	& Son	30	Brass founder
Robt.	Stephens	32	Glass & c. dealer
Thomas	Lawrence	34	General dlr
Wm	Johnson	35	Furniture broker
John	Court	37	Cooper
Jeremiah Thos	Crawley	38	Wheelwright
Richd	Grayden	39	Brush manufcturer
James	Ball	40	Hair dresser
William	Sutton	41	Butcher
David	Barwell	42	Green grocer
Stephen	Bland	43	Butcher
William	Waters	44	Baker
Geo	Judd	45	Oil & colourman
Geo	Judd	56	Oil & colourman
Issac	Levy	46	Clothes salesman
John	Stephens	47	Ironmonger
William	Edwards	48	Corn dealer
Benjamin	Fleet	49	Fishmonger
Wm	Hickinbotham	50	Pawnbroker
Charlotte	Rae	52	Straw hat manfctr
George	Jones	53	Grocer & c.
John Hes	Jaques	54	Tobacconist & c
John	Stretton	55	Pork butcher
Charles	Paddon	57	Clothes dealer
Philip	Sargent	59	Cheesemonger
Daniel	Cornwell	60	Baker
Robert	Jones	61	Linen draper
John	Young	62	Windmill
Stephen	Windebank	63	Grocer & c
Rice	Davies	65	Greengrocer
James	Whiley	66	Cheesemonger
JOhn	Knighton	67	Baker
Geo.	Umpelby	68	Boot & shoe maker
Wm	Coles	69	Glass & china dlr
Ricd	Van Scolina	70	Watch & c. mkr
John	Legg	71	Butcher
Thomas A.	King	72	Cheesemonger
William	Bayfield	73	Pawnbroker
John William	Peel	74	Engraver & c.
William	Chandler	74	Linen draper
Robert	Sawyer	75	General dealer
Wm	Warboys	76	chymist & druggist
Elisha	Knight	77	Oil & colourman
Thomas	Allen	78	Hair dresser
Joseph	Poole	79	Coffee rooms
Harriett	Cummins	80	Stationer & c
John	Cooper	82	Eating house