26/43 Coney Street
Number 26 seems to be the middle building of Boots.
From 1898 it was Lipton Tea and joined with number 27, however earlier in the century 26 was linked to 25, in the building bought by James Barber The building is listed in the deed records
Prior to the modern building there were 3 shops on the plot. This building became the picture house and then Woolworths, who then modernised it, before it became Boots
the site of one of the James Barber shops had a house which was the residence and place of business of the Mathew Family, Frances Mathew wife of the archbishop died in 1629 in The Darley house. Unsure which of the buildings it was
1851 James Barber
Thomas Gladin Silver Turner 25&26
1861 Cooke Thomas & Sons, watch & clock makers & opticians
1870 Holden William Henry, surgeon dentist
1872 Holden William Henry, surgeon dentist
1876 Grayston Elton, dentist
1885 Grayston & Osborn, surgeon-dentists
1886 Grayston & Osborn, surgeon-dentists
1889 Grayston and Osborn, dentists
1893 Osborn George Hy. dentist
1893 26 & 27 Wragge & Co. drapers &c
1895 Lipton J. T. tea & provision merchant
Osburn Geo. Henry, dental surgeon
1898 Osborn, G. H., dental surgeon
1900 Osborn, George Henry, dental surgeon
1902 Osborn, George Henry, dental surgeon
1905 Osborn George Hy. Dentist
1913 Osborn George Hy. dentist cleaners
1921 York Picture House (The) (Henry J. Smith, mngr)
1929 York Picture House (The)(E. D. Hainge, mngr)
