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Professionals in Broad Street, Newtown
Broad Street was considered prestigious enough for various professionals to set up practice (and home) there.
There were three doctors in 1891, and they demonstrated quite different households.
Harold Palmer had recently taken on a partner in young, newly qualified George Silver from Scotland. Harold and his wife had 2 female servants.
Charles Gowan was a surgeon who lived next door. In addition to his wife and three daughters, he retained three servants and was clearly prosperous. He had been resident in the town at least since the birth of his daughter Mabel eight years before.
Finally, the Irish doctor Humphrey Worthington had only a housekeeper but also took in a lodger.
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| 21 Broad Street | ||||||
| Name | Position
in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Harold L Palmer | Head | M | 39 | Medical Practitioner | Haverfordwest Pembroke | English |
| Susannah Palmer | Wife | M | 40 | Havant Middlesex | English | |
| George S Silver | Partner | S | 25 | Medical practitioner | Scotland | English |
| Elizabeth Jones | Serv | S | 25 | Domestic servant | Llanerfyl Mont | Both |
| Annie Morcroft | Serv | S | 20 | Domestic servant | Staffordshire Stafford | English |
| 22 Broad Street | ||||||
| Charles Gowan | Head | M | 41 | Physician & Surgeon (duly registered) | Scotland | English |
| Frances M A Gowan | Wife | M | 35 | Ireland | English | |
| Edith M Gowan | Dau | 18 | Scholar | ? Yorks | English | |
| Mabel C M Gowan | Dau | 8 | Scholar | Newtown Mont | English | |
| Frances W Gowan | Dau | 3 | Scholar | Newtown Mont | English | |
| Mary Francis | Serv | S | 26 | Cook | Salop | English |
| Mary J Jones | Serv | S | 19 | Nurse | London | English |
| Matthew Jones | Serv | S | 17 | Groom | Bishops Castle Salop | English |
| 30 Broad Street | ||||||
| Humphrey Worthington | Head | M | 27 | Physician | Dublin Ireland | English |
| Sarah Lucas | Serv | Wid | 50 | Housekeeper | Mont Llanmerewig | English |
| Sarah A James | Boarder | S | 20 | Seamstress | Birmingham | English |
There was also a solicitor's office at no. 44 although the proprietor did not live there.
This was not the case for the bank manager, however, who did live over the shop. The widower Richard Jones was the manager of the National and Provincial Bank of England and lived with his 2 daughters and 2 servants.
| 1891 Census | ||||||
| 9 Broad Street | ||||||
| Name | Position in household |
Marital status |
Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | English/Welsh speaker |
| Richard Jones | Head | Wid | 55 | Bank Manager | Anglesey | Both |
| Phoebe J Jones | Dau | S | 29 | Holyhead Anglesey | English | |
| Mary J Jones | Dau | S | 27 | Holyhead Anglesey | English | |
| Annie Roberts | Serv | S | 23 | Housemaid | Llandyssil Mont | English |
| Margaret Pritchard | Serv | S | 20 | Cook | Llandyssil Mont | English |
