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    Default Timber merchants/saw mills Bradford on Avon

    I am researching the history of a site in Frome Road Bradford on Avon Wilts. The site is shown on the 1884 OS 1/2500 sheet Wilts xxxviii.2 (revised 1899) as a timber yard. How can I find the name of the owner or occupier. I have a copy of an extract from kelly's 1899 of occupations/addresses but no timber merchant is shown in this area of the town.
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    What about RG11 Piece 2050 Folio 10 Page 13.

    Joseph Cabell b,1836 Road, Somerset. Timber Merchant, Frome Road.

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    Is it the timber yard just south of the railway station? If so there's an interesting selection of old maps here:

    http://www.
    freshford.com/st_margaret_hospital.htm

    and details from the tithe map here:

    http://www.
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    Cabells were certainly in the town at that time , shown as confectioners and bakers in Silver St on the north side of the river. Could be a family link with an unusual name like that.

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