Board of Trade: Companies Registration Office: Files of Dissolved Companies ... BT 41 / 694 / 3782 No. of Company: 12567; Tring Coffee House Company Ltd. Board of Trade: Companies Registration Office: Files of Dissolved Companies Date: 1878.		Sample Document from the National Archives BT 41/694/3782 This document bundle contains the original form setting up the company in 1878, several lists of shareholders, and the final voluntary winding up of the company on 25th February, 1882.
Company records are indexed under the company name - but can contain a wealth of useful information on named shareholders. The Tring Coffee House Company Limited was established in 1878 and all 200 shares were taken up by 1881.The company was dissolved in 1882. It would seem likely that most, if not all, subscribers supported the temperance movement.

This Company was established with a capital of £100 divided into 10/- shares on 10th March 1878 with the object

The supply of accommodation and refreshment on the temperance principle to persons of small means at such place or places in the town of Tring or elsewhere as the Company may from time to time determine.

The initial subscribers were

• Arthur Frederick Pope, clerical orders, The Vicarage (10 shares)
• Henry Edgeworth Bicknell Arnold, clerical orders, 45 Frogmore Street (5 shares)
• Charles Pearce, Baptist Minister, 34 Western Road (2 shares)
• Henry Carey Pope, bankers clerk, 24 Park Road (2 shares)
• George Parkins, coach maker, 36 Charles Street (1 share)
• Henry Stevens, shoe manufacturer, 15 High Street (4 shares)
• George Parrott, coach builder, 50 Western Road (5 shares)

The signatures of the subscribers was were witnessed by E R Deas Thomson, Dunsley, Tring, Gentleman, on 10th October 1878.

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The following is a list of shareholders on 17th March 1881
Surname	Christian Name	Address	Occupation	Shares
Pope	Arthur F	The Furlong, Tring	Clerk in Orders	10
Arnold	Henry E B	Tring	Clerk in Orders	5
Arnold	Edward ?	Trinity College, Cambridge	Gentleman	5
Parrott	George	Tring	Coach Builder	5
Wilkins	George	Tring	Weaver	1
Pope	Henry C	Tring	Bankers Ckerk	2
Stevens	Henry	Tring	Bootmaker	4
Knight	Edward C	Tring	Plumber	4
Mitchell	D E	Oxford Street, Wellingboro	Shoemaker	1
Woods	Walter	15 Liverpool Street, ??	Shoemaker	2
Batchelor	Joseph	Lee, Tring	Plait Buyer	2
Lipscomb	Richard R	Tring	Surgeon	5
Elliott	Daniel	Cheddington	Butcher	1
Hillsdon	John	Tring	Coach Builder	1
Horn	Christopher	Tring	Grocer	2
Hedges?	John	Sprattor, Northampton	Baptist Minister	6
Walter	Helen	Tring	Spinster	1
Vaisey	Arthur W	Tring	Solicitor	5
Evans	David	Tring	Silk Throwster	10
Akers	John	Tring	Silk Throwster	10
Crauford	Henry R G	Tring	Gentleman	5
Sherriff	Thomas	Aylesbury	Pastry Cook	5
Andrews	Deriah E	Tring	Widow	1
Knight	Emma	Tring	Spinster	1
Kittle	Thomas	Tring	Postman	1
Johnson	William	Tring	Butcher	1
Perkins	George	Tring	Coach Builder	1
Chappell	Charles	Dunsley Farm, Tring	Farmer	1
Rodwell	William	Tring	Postmaster	1
Wright	Jesse	Tring	Butcher	1
Wright	Albert	Tring	Butcher	1
Clark	James	Tring	Tailor	2
Pearce	Charles	Tring	Baptist Minister	2
Maynor?	Edwin	Tring	Shoemaker	1
Amsden	John	Tring	Coal Merchant	2
Timmes	Cyrus	Tring	Fishmonger	1
White	Joseph	Tring	Engineer	2
Rolfe	Frederick	Tring	Shoemaker	1
Sears	Frederick	Tring	Builder	2
Sears	Thomas	Tring	Builder	2
Sears	George	Tring	Builder	2
Cook	Albert	Tring	Shoemaker	1
Cook	Arthur	Tring	Shoemaker	1
Cosier	James	Tring	Taylor	1
Gower	William	Tring	Bootmaker	1
Hawkins	Albert	Pitstone, Tring	Farmer	4
Howlett	William	Tring	Shopkeeper	2
Williams	Joseph G	Pendley, Tring	Gentleman	10
Hefer	Elizabeth	Tring	Spinster	1
Wright	John	Aston Clinton, Tring	Butcher	2
Goodchild	Henry	Waterworks, Tring	Engineer	2
Chambers	Harriett M	Tring	Spinster	4
Garner	Joseph	Aylesbury	Confectioner	4
Perkins	William	Marsworth, Tring	Canal Inspector	2
Haines	Sarah Ann	Tring	Dressmaker	1
Perkins	Clare Ann	Tring	Dressmaker	1
Fulks?	Elizabeth	Hemel Hempstead		2
Gower	John	Tring	Glass Dealer	2
Putnam	Emma	Tring	Spinster	1
Stevens	Julia E	Tring	Spinster	1
Parrott	William	Coate, Farringdon		5
Parrott	Sarah	Coate, Farringdon		5
Hillsden	George	Tring	Engineer	2
Putnam	John	Tring	Grocer	5
Glover	Thomas	Tring	Grocer	4
Gower	John	Tring	Coal Merchant	2
Brittain	Philip	Tring	Dealer	2
Fincher	Alfred	Tring	Coal Merchant	4
Prouse	Mary	Tring	Harness Maker	1
Mallett	Mary Ann	Tring	Harness Maker	1
Butcher	Francis J	Tring	Banker	5
Griffin	Charles	Tring	Grocer	1
Holson?	Henry	Tring	Schoolmaster	2
Cosier	James	Tring	Tailor	1

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Background Information from Kelly's Directory

In 1882 George Adams is listed as running the Tring Coffee House, 22 High Street. Four years later George was a beer retailer in Akeman Street and William Edwards was running the Tring Coffee House, which is not listed in 1890.

There was undoubtedly competition from the British Workman Cocoa Rooms in Frogmore Street. They were open by 1878, managed by Alf Minall. In 1882 and 1886 they were managed by Thomas Bryant. while William Emery was manager in 1890.

See also Coffee Houses and Taverns in Hertfordshire

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