Burton Latimer : A Sense of Place - Retail & Local Businesses

Retail & Local Businesses in
Burton Latimer


Shopping in the High Street in the early part of the last century Left - Ada Mason's shop in 1923. It was situated where the High Street now enters Latimer Close Centre - The middle part of the High Street c.1926 Right - The Co-op in its pristine glory, shortly after it was built in 1914

A huge amount of research has gone on into locating every shop and local business which ever existed in Burton Latimer. We are pleased to publish the first results below. The second two areas will be published in the next site update.

Retail
Introduction to Shops in Burton	The Business Community - 1920s
Section A - North of the Cross	Shops - 1930s-40s
Section B - The Cross to Churchill Way	The Burton Latimer Co-operative Society (includes a picture gallery section)
Section C - Churchill Way and The Poplars area	Working at the Co-op 1950 - 1964
Section D - High Street South of Churchill Way
Section E - Duke Street and The South High Street
Section F - Alexandra Street, Finedon Street, Finedon Road, Rosebery Street & Queensway