This was the south end of Poland Street, from Broad Street up to Portland Street on the east side and to the entrance to St James Infirmary on the west side. The corners of Poland and Broad Street were 13 Broad Street on the east sde and 14 Broad Street on the west side. 1 Poland Street was some way north of 13 Broad Street. Horwood's map 1813 edition showed the garden of 13 Broad St, then a shaded building (stabling, warehouses, &c) and then an open space, all to the north of 13 Broad Street so that 1 Poland Street was opposite 57 & 58 Poland Street. On the west side 62 Poland Street adjoined 14 Broad Street but I have found no data for 60 to 62 before 1788 and these houses were probably built as infill about that year. All in St James' parish
All the addresses in Poland Street in Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies 1788, 1789, 1790 & 1793 were on the east side of Poland Street and all were south of Great Marlborough Street. Four of them, 1, 2, 8 & 9 were in this section. (QV*) means there is an entry for that person in Greater Soho dataset
No 1 SunFire 1776 Charlotte Villettes widow (QV*) / 1780 Thomas Harris (QV*) COAL MERCHANT / 1791 Jerouard le Girardy (QV*) PAINTER // Ratebooks 1777 Mrs Villette 1781-2 Thomas Harris (see above) / 1784-7 Charles Angier (QV*) DOCTOR / 1788-90 Eliza Walpole (QV*) / empty two quarters Xmas 1790 Edwd Girardy / 1800 James Duguesny, and Hudson & Corney for shop // 1783 Old Bailey John & Mary Hibbett let room to Margaret Duvall (QV*) otherwise Henshaw MANTUA MAKER // Harris's List 1788 Miss R-ss & Miss D-gl-ss (QV* Douglas) at Mrs Walpole's / 1789 Miss M-k-y (QV* Mackay), & "Mademoiselle" at Mrs W-lp-ls / 1790 Miss Br-ml-y. Mrs Walpole was clearly running a brothel and it appears that Girardy also let rooms to "ladies of the town"
No 2 SunFire 1773 & 1777 George Ritso (QV*) EXCHEQUER PAYMASTER / 1786 Lucy Lappan (QV*) MANTUA MAKER / 1792 insurer Walter Mitchell mariner of Gracechurch Street, occupier James Hunt PERFUMER // Ratebooks 1777 Thomas Harris (see above) 1781 Urania Devins (QV*) / 1782-5 Edmund Hayes (QV*) / 1787-1800 Lucy Lappan (see above) // Bailey's Directory 1785 John Bonomi (QV*) ARCHITECT // Harris's List 1788 Mrs W-tp-l // ad 1781 Mr Noferi (QV*) MUSICIAN
No 3 Sun Fire 1777 Cheret Jones (QV*) YEOMAN OF GUARD / 1784 Thomas Harris (see above) // Ratebooks 1777-81 Cheret Jones (see above) / 1782 William Stone (QV*) TAILOR / 1786 Thomas Harris (see above) / 1787-8 Elizabeth Croft (QV*) / 1789 empty / 1790 John Delavelli / 1792 David Galliard (QV*) CRAYON MAKER / 1795 Ann Galliard / 1800 Christopher Franck
No 4 SunFire 1777 Edward Augustus Murray (QV*) GENT / 1784 Mackie / 1791 Fredreick Sutter, tailor // Ratebooks 1780 Agnes Murray aka 1777 & 1781-2 Mrs Mackie (QV* Mackie, Agnes) / 1786-7 James (or John) Marsh (QV*) / 1788-1800 Frederick Sutter (QV*) TAILOR
No 5 Ratebooks 1777 Frances Hanrott (QV*) 1780-1 Elizabeth Payne (QV*) / 1782-95 Ann Bryer (QV*) PRINTSELLER / 1800 John George Newport // SunFire 1800 Sarah Langton spinster
Nos 1 to 5 above leaseholder c.1780 Alexander Scott Esq (QV*) / by 1788 and in 1798 (freeholds) John Taylor Esq (QV*)
No 6 Ratebooks 1774 John Abbott (QV*) MONEY SCRIVENER / 1777 Capt James Miller / 1780-90 Mary Wright (QV*) (poor) / 1790-2 Ann Bond (QV* Ride, Ann) / 1795-1800 Andrew Staley (QV*) // SunFire 1791 Ann Ride spinster (see Ann Bond above) / 1798 Andrew Staley (see above) // Old Bailey 1779 Mr Holmes (QV*) // Sept 1784 Lunardi (QV*) BALLOONIST // 1797 Capt David Collins (QV*) ROYAL MARINES // Boyle's Court Guide 1798-9 Andrew Staley (see above) // leaseholder.1788 execs of William Ride (QV* Ride, Ann) / 1798,1804 Andrew Staley (see above)
No 7 bankrupt 1776 cert 1780 Samuel Gribble (QV*) WINE MERCHANT // Ratebooks 1777 empty 1780-6 Mrs Alfrey (QV*) / 1787 empty / 1788 Capt Henry Wray (QV*) / 1789 John William Ideson (see 50 Poland St) SOLICITOR / 1790-2 Jacob Schnebbelie (QV*) ENGRAVER / 1793-7 Richard Simison (QV*) ATTORNEY / 1800 Bernard Charlton // 1777 Thomas Singer (see 28 Poland St) 1778-1786 Frederica Weichsel (QV*) SINGER // SunFire 1797 Charles Newby (see 46 Poland St) APOTHECARY / 1799 Bernard Charlton (QV*) COAL MERCHANT // leaseholder 1788 James Hedges 1798 James Hedger
No 8 Ratebooks 1777 Aaron Lambe (QV*) Esq 1778-81 Capt Arabin (QV*) / 1782-95 John Church(QV*) SACQUE STAY & HABIT MAKER / 1797-1800 George Willingham (QV*) ATTORNEY // SunFire 1781 John Church (see above) / 1783 1793 William Hunneman (QV*) LIMNER // ad 1777 gent retiring to country pictures for sale / ad 1788 Wenceslas Duchatz (QV*) HARP TEACHER // Harris's List 1790 Miss P-t-n // leaseholder 1788 Ancock 1798 Mrs Satchell
No 9 Ratebooks 1774 Mrs Gambarini (QV*) / 1777 Joseph Michelli / 1780 Richard Picksee / 1781 Robert Hamilton (QV*) / 1782 John Armitage (QV*) UPHOLDER / 1786 James Angier (QV*) / 1787-90 Stephen Garibaldi (QV*) MUSICIAN / 1790-5 William Palmore (QV*) & John Shakespeare (QV*) GLAZIERS / 1797-1800 John White (QV*) CABINET MAKER // SunFire 1783 John Saunders UPHOLDER / 1798 John White (see above) // Harris's List 1790 Miss C-mb-l & Miss B-nf-ld // ad 1.6.1793 miss Poole (QV*) SINGER temp address here when burnt out by fire (probably at 15 & 16 Poland St) // leaseholder.1788 Ancock / 1798,1804 Mrs Hacock. (note Cabinet Maker, Upholder, Upholsterer and Auctioneer were pretty much the same trade)
The numbers below 49 to 61 refer to 1788-1798. In 1785 they were all one number earlier and from about July 1799 (and in British History Online) they were one number later, .
No 49 Ratebooks 1780-5 John Perkins (QV*) TEA DEALER / 1786 Robert Davis / 1787 empty / from 1788 omitted from ratebooks when on lease to parish // SunFire 1790 Luke Ideson (QV*) PARISH CLERK & HOSIER // Boyles Court Guide 1793-4 Luke Ideson (see above) & at Grove, Bath 1800 John W Ideson (QV* Ideson, Luke) // leaseholder till 1788 probably Keene Fitzgerald 1791 St James Parish
No 50 Ratebooks 1774-7 John Prendergast (QV*) DOCTOR / 1781 empty / 1782-3 Thomas Gilbert Esq (QV*) / 1784 John Purcill / 1785-6 George Carter (QV*) HOOP WAREHOUSE / 1787-90 Thomas Rawlinson (QV* Rowlandson, Thomas) ARTIST / 1790-1 William Eldridge / 1792-5 Richard Lane / 1796 Thomas Rixom / 1797 empty / 1801 Thomas West // Middlesex Sessions 1779 Thomas Breese POULTERER & SALESMAN stood bail (no 49) // directory 1785 George Carter hoop warehouse (no 49) // leaseholder 1788 (Pelling?) Rose 1798 Mr Lane
No 51 Ratebooks 1777-84 John Rishman GOLDEN CROSS / 1784 John Joseph Glassatree 1785-6 James Glassatree (QV*.De la Setree) MERCHANT / 1787-8 Stephen Cerani/ Ceram / 1789-95 Thomas Freeman (QV*) SURVEYOR / 1796-7 Hannah Radcliffe // ad 1777 Mr Lidderdal at Mr Rishman's sells advowsons // SunFire 1789 Major John Torrane (QV*) // ad 1793 Mr Giornivichi (QV*) // directory 1786 J G De La Cetree merchant / leaseholder 1788 (Pelling?) Rose 1798 Mr Rose
No 52 Ratebooks 1782-4 John Martin (QV* Martin, Joseph) / / 1787-97 Bernard (or Lewis his son) Legoux (QV*) SURGEON // SunFire 1781 Joseph Francis Martin GENT, wife a MANTUA MAKER Poland St / 1789 1790 1791 Lewis Legoux (QV* Legoux, Bernard) ENGRAVER & PRINTSELLER // ad 23.6.1781 James Asser (QV*) LAND SURVEYOR (no 51) / ad 178? "invention" by W.D. / / 1791 & Doane's 1794 D'Auberval (QV*) MUSICIAN // leaseholder 1788 Benjamin Cashier 1798 Mrs Stephens
No 53 Ratebooks 1777-83 Ann O'Hara (QV*) / 1784-7 William Hickford (QV*) / 1788-92 James Billington husband of Mrs Billington (QV*) SINGER according to British History Online should be 54 Poland St / 1793-5 Ann Allwood (QV*) / 1796-1800 John Cuthbertson // directory 1785 Heckford & Furnivall apothecaries (no 52) // leaseholder 1788 Benjamin Cashier 1798 Mrs Stephens
No 54 Ratebooks 1773-7 Mrs Daniel / 1778-1800 Alexander Carmichael (QV*) GROCER & TEA DEALER // SunFire 1781 (no 53) Rebecca Krudener widow (QV*) // directories Alexr Carmichael 1785 tea dealer (no 53) 1790 grocer (no 54) // leaseholder 1788, 1798 Ann Daniel
No 55 Ratebooks 1773-91 Thomas Burosse (QV*) SURGEON / 1793-4 Elizabeth Masters (QV*) / 1795-1800 Elizabeth Cotton // SunFire 1792 Elizabeth Louisa Masters spinster // ad 1778 Mr M WRITING MASTER no 54) // leaseholder 1788 Benjamin Cashier 1798 Mrs Stephens
No 56 Ratebooks 1773-4 William Hill (QV*) MUSICIAN1777 Baker 1780-3 Andrew Wood (QV*) / 1784-6 Ledger Sampson / 1790-1800 Mary Haines (QV*) // SunFire 1779 Andrew Wood (QV*) MANTUA MAKER (no 55) / SunFire 1789 Mary, Catherine & Eliz Haines MILLINERS // leaseholder 1788, 1798 Rev J Griffiths // SunFire1810 John Spinks BREECHES MAKER 14 Broad St Carnaby Mkt insured 57 Poland St
No 57 Ratebooks 1772 Paul Sandsby / 1773-7 Thomas Molton / 1780-3 Elizabeth Hutchinson / 1784 Elizabeth Emer / 1785-92 Mary Hayes / 1793-4 Ann Cotton (see 58 Poland St) / 1795 Richard Lane (see 50 Poland St) / 1796-1800 Martin Haberer // Boyle's 1793 & 1794 Thomas Clarke (QV*) GENERAL // SunFire1781 Eliz Hutchinson widow (no 56) / 1785 Mary Hayes widow (no 56) / 1798 Martin Haberer (QV*) // Gazeteer 22.1.1783 sale of effects of Mrs Elizabeth Hutchinson (no 56) going abroad / ad 1790 Count D'Arnoux (QV*) OCULIST // British History Online (no 58) 1772-80 Thomas Malton (QV*) ARTIST & MATHEMATICIAN (Royal Academy had 3 Poland St 1774-7 & 56 Poland St 1779) // Royal Academy 1799-1808 Pierre Violet (QV*) MINIATURE PAINTER (no 58) // leaseholder 1788, 1798 Sir William Chambers
No 58 Ratebooks 1773-7 Mrs James / 1780-92 Ann Cotton (QV*) / 1793-1800 Samuel Christie (QV*) TAILOR & FACTOR // SunFire 1791 Ann Cotton widow (also 51 Charlotte St Portland Place) // leaseholder 1788, 1798 Elizabeth James
No 59 Ratebooks 1773-7 John Moore (QV*) SPURMAKER /1784-8 Major Miller / 1789-1805 Samuel Raphael (QV*) TAILOR // Royal Academy 1789 William Lane (QV*) GEM ENGRAVER // Law List 1798 John Henry Holland ATTORNEY // leaseholder 1788 Benjamin Cashier 1798 Mrs Stephens
No 60 Ratebooks 1773-7 John Moore (QV*) SPURMAKER / 1782-3 Gregory McCannon (QV*) ATTORNEY / 1784-8 John Moreland (QV*) UPHOLDER / 1789-92 Edward Snape (QV*) FARRIER / 1793-4 Richard Hannam (QV*) ATTORNEY / 1796-1800 William Stacey (QV*) ATTORNEY // Morning Herald 1782 ads Mrs McCannon ROBE COAT HABIT STAY & MANTUA MAKER (no 59) // Law List 1793 William Leake & James Snowden ATTORNEYS / 1794-1800 Richard Hannam & William Stacey attornies / Charles Richardson 1799-1800 ATTORNEY // leaseholder 1788 Benjamin Cashier 1798 S Evans
No 61 Ratebooks 1792 James (Gennaro) Domizio (QV*) PICTURE DEALER / 1793-4 John Bretuile / 1796-1800 Robert Johnson for tenants // Doane's 1794 William Jackson (QV*) MUSICIAN // leaseholder 1798 Mr Ludbey (QV*)
No 62 Ratebooks 1796-1800 auction room // World 25.6.1791 Domizio moved to 14 Broad St, erecting new room / World 23.12.1791 Domizio's new room picture gallery entrance 62 Poland St