LEATHERHEAD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Streets and Roads - Leatherhead - The Crescent
(formerly London Road)

For information about the 1950 edition of Kelly's referred to below please click the Kelly's link on the left of your screen,
also for LUDC 1950 and LUDC 1965/67
The Crescent can be viewed in Street View in Google Maps by clicking here

from Kelly's 1950 Directory - private addresses have mostly been omitted below

CRESCENT (THE).
From The Grange, Church street to High street.
North side.

-- here is Elm rd

11 Ministry of National Insurance

23 The Crescent
Oct 2018

Currently the home of the Mary Frances Trust
"MFT, the mental health and emotional wellbeing charity for adults in Surrey. We support people for as long as they need, inspiring them
to find ways to restore and maintain their mental wellbeing.
We work hard to challenge mental health stigma and promote emotional self-care." 

The MFT website charts the development of this Leatherhead charity to serve many other parts of Surrey and the evolution of The Clubhouse in this building into the Butterfly café.

from Kelly's 1950:
23 Ayling, WR, ARPS, photographer
23 Box, Cordon Newbury MRCS, LRCP physician & surgeon (surgery)
23 Phillips Arnold M, MB, ChB physician & surgeon (surgery)


image: Haslam

As can be seen - you'll have to look very hard -  in this close-up of the Elm Road side - 23 The Crescent has also been the premises of
Parrett
Photographer


The same can faintly be seen at the front. 

image: Haslam


-- here is Elm rd

South side.

-- Russell Court [post 1950]

2 The Crescent
Apr 2018

Crescent Dental Practice
established in 1997

image Haslam


-- here is Church walk

4 The Crescent - note the date 1878 on the building
April 2018

from Kelly's 1950
4  Hutton, Mrs. EA shopkeeper
 
Donner Optometrists

Donner's website 260220:
"At the helm of our ship is David Donner, a third generation of Donners in Optics. 
The Leatherhead practice was originally owned by his father." *
"We have now closed our Leatherhead practice.
All records have been transferred to Bookham." [9 Church Rd, Bookham KT23 3PD]

* [In the 1965/67 Official Guide to Leatherhead and District, B Donner was listed as an Ophthalmist at 15 Bridge Street, Leatherhead.]

image Haslam

4 The Crescent has now been converted to a private dwelling.




12 (rear of) Toc H (RH Falck, sec)
20 Hide, Walter James LDSRCS dental surgeon. (surgery)
20 Wright Kenneth LDSRFPS dental surgeon (surgery)
22  RICHARDS MAURICE LTD. radio, television & electrical engineers. Tel. 2214
24  Winteridge, H General builder [see also Others: Barnett Close]
24a Miles, Mrs E, florist

26 The Crescent

Kelly's 1950

Jacobs, Charles hairdresser

LUDC 1950
Charles
Hairdresser
Hours of Business: 8am till 1pm: 2pm till 6pm
Wednesday: 8am till 1pm




LUDC 1950

28 The Crescent

Kelly's 1950

Thompson, Talmey grocer

LUDC 1950
For Quality  Civility  Service 
try the Modern Grocer
Talmey Thompson (Proprietor JA Wright)
of The Crescent, Leatherhead

LUDC 1950

30 The Crescent

Kelly's 1950
Christmas, Miss MA, wool store
 
LUDC 1965/67
30 The Crescent
The Crescent Wool Shop
Wools for Knitting   Embroidery  Rug Making
Hand Knitted Garments a Speciality
Linen and Transfers for Embroidery

LUDC 1965/67

32 The Crescent

Kelly's 1950

32 Virgo, Miss H bookseller
 
LUDC 1965/67

Leatherhead Book Shop
32 The Crescent
Books of every description
If we have not the book in stock, we can get it for you
Book Tokens Sold And Exchanged
LUDC 1965/67

34 Wild, CM watch maker
36 Touell, Austin, tobacconist

page last updated 23 Mar 20: 28 Jun 20