Although almanac listings show the propert occupied by J C Bisson, tailor, it is clear from this photograph that a fruit and veg business operated here, probably run by Mrs Chevalier [1]
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No 3 is on the right of the picture
Property name
3 Charing Cross
Location
Charing Cross, St Helier
Type of property
Town house and shop
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families associated with the property
Ahier: In 1830 the property was owned by Philippe Ahier and was home to a school run by Mr Poirier
Larbalestier: On 23 April 1940 an application for postponement of military service was made by Bernard Hugh Larbalestier (1916- )
Poncon: Stanley Philip Poncon was living at No 3 when his will was drawn up in 1949
1851 - James Tranchard (31), his wife Sarah (33), and children Frederick (10), Phoebe (6), Olivia (4)
1861 - William Landick (22), master tin plate worker, his wife Frances (22), and one month old son William Henry
1871 - Francis Boomer (53) innkeeper, and his wife Anne (56) [3]
1881 - Frederick Waldren (41), soap factor, and his wife Mary (30)
1901 - John Chevalier Bisson (42) tailor, Julia (43), Helier (15) grocer’s assistant (see footnote)
Historic Environment Record entry
Not included in HER website and not listed. This appears strange because this three-storey, three-bay building appears to be of similar vintage to its neighbours, which are listed, and at least externally, not to have been significantly altered.
Notes and references
↑These were the great-grandparents of Jerripedia editor Mike Bisson, who writes: This is one of the mysteries of my family. I had always understood that John Chevalier and his wife Julia Ann, nee Twynam, ran a fruit and veg business at Charing Cross, initially at No 16, then across the road here at No 3. It was only relatively recently in my research into my own family that I discovered that John Chevalier was a tailor, working from home. It explains the very well-dressed man in obviously expensively tailored clothes, who appears in family photographs.
↑The premises have been taken over by the perfumers next door
↑From this entry and the 1874 almanac entry above it seems likely that the premises were a public house in the 1870s
1907. No 3 is the building in the centre
No 3 during the German Occupation, still advertising Oxo
1953, Coronation Year. The advertisement is for Yardley and the building is occupied by estate agents Rumsey and Rumsey
1940s, an extension of Larbalestier's perfumery at No 2
Mr Poirier's school advertised in Chronique de Jersey in 1830
1907. No 3 is the building in the centre
No 3 during the German Occupation, still advertising Oxo
1953, Coronation Year. The advertisement is for Yardley and the building is occupied by estate agents Rumsey and Rumsey
1940s, an extension of Larbalestier's perfumery at No 2
Mr Poirier's school advertised in Chronique de Jersey in 1830
