EHL256. Nicholson & Ade c1900. Location: Junction of Watts Lane & Selwyn Road, Eastbourne. what3words: mime.stray.whites

Cast iron inspection cover marked ‘NICHOLSON & ADE - EASTBOURNE.’

I have taken just a selection of directory entries from 1920 back to 1896 to give an idea of the different trades the firm was involved in spanning that period, but I have started with the 1934 Kelly’s Sussex Directory as I suspect ‘Nicholade’ was the later name for the firm - page 791 (Electricians), page 860 (Ironmongers – Retail), & page 910 (Plumbers & Glaziers): Nicholade, 9 Meads St & South Street.

1920 Gowland’s page 367 Electrical Engineers, page 368 Engineers, page 372 Gas Fitters & Hot Water Fitters, page 378 Ironmongers, and page 395 Plumbers & Sanitary Engineers: Nicholson and Ade, 31, 33, and 35 South Street.

1914 as per 1920.

1909-10 Pike’s Blue Book page 422 Ironmongers & Hardware Dealers: Nicholson and Ade, 31-35 South Street.

1907 Gowland’s page 318 Electrical Engineers, and page 347 Plumbers & Sanitary Engineers: Nicholson and Ade, 31, 33, and 35 South Street.

1905 Gowland’s page 341 Plumbers & Sanitary Engineers: Nicholson and Ade, 31, 33 South Street.

1903 Gowland’s page 311 Gas Fitters & Hot Water Fitters, and page 337 Plumbers & Sanitary Engineers: Nicholson and Ade, 31, 33 South Street.

1896 & 1901 Gowland’s - Gas Fitters & Hot Water Fitters: Nicholson and Ade, 31 South Street.

Prior to 1896 there are listed the following, which could be earlier firms created by Nicholson: -

1884 & 1886 Gowland’s - Ironmongers: Nicholson and Niblett, 4 Cornfield Place.

1884 Gowland’s page 185 Engineers: Nicholson, Alexander M. (sanitary) Cornfield Place.