Victoria Sugar Refinery
History of Commerce in Stoke-on-Trent
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Victoria Sugar Refinery, London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Operated by Leonard James Abington
Taken from the 1881 census:
| Leonard J. ABINGTON | 56 | Sugar Refiner | 25 Lower Tean Rd, Checkley, Staffordshire |
| Edward FUGE | 47 | Commercial Traveller Sugar Trade | 18 Bagnall St, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Charles PATRICK | 17 | Lab At Sugar Refinery | 24 Bow St, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Thomas BARNES | 47 | Sugar Boiler | 46 Hassells Street, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Thomas LAWTON | 33 | Time Keeper Sugar Works | 11 Legge St, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| George KENNERLEY | 35 | Packer Sugar Refinery | 7 Harrison St, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Henry BLOOR | 27 | Labourer Sugar Wks | 20 Harrison St, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Augustus ROWLANDS | 47 | Labourer Sugar Wks | 20 Harrison St, Newcastle Under Lyme (Lodger) |
| Luige GERKEN | 29 | Sugar Boiler | 5 London Rd Beer House George Inn, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| George BANKS | 46 | Labourer At Sugar Refinery | 22 Shaw Street, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| George W. MARTIN | 25 | Commercial Traveller To Sugar Refiners | 21 West Brampton, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Robert E. ILLIDGE | 56 | Sugar Refiner | 11 John St, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| John Wm. ROBERTS | 29 | Laborer At Sugar Refinery | 30 Castle St, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Thomas GUMBLEY | 59 | Labourer At Sugar Refinery | 30 London Road, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| Firege GERKEN | 28 | Sugar Boiler | 11 Goose Street, Newcastle Under Lyme |
| John BOYLE | 46 | Sugar Boiler | Newcastle St., Chesterton |
| John DAVIES | 13 | Sugar Refiner | Yew Tree Cottages, Wolstanton |
| Arthur CHERRY | 24 | Sugar Boiler Confectioner | 7 Pitt Street, Burslem |
| James SMITH | 17 | Sugar Boiler | 51 Bold St, Stoke-upon-Trent |
| Joseph DEAN | 23 | Sugar Boiler | 44 Lower Pall Mall, Stoke-upon-Trent |
| James DEAN | 46 | Sugar Boiler | 44 Lower Pall Mall, Stoke-upon-Trent |
| Hannah MATTHEWS | 66 | Sugar Boiler | 41 Gregory St, Stoke-upon-Trent |
08/11/2001