Staines

Staines is an urban area in the Borough (Hundreds) of Spelthorne (Spelethorne). The main towns in Spelthorne are Staines (Stanes), Ashford (Exeford), Stanwell (Stanwelle), Shepperton (Scepertone), Sunbury (Sunbarie). Staines is the administrative centre of the Borough and has the largest shopping area. Spelthorne is a district of London, that has a population of approximately 90,000, and covers 21 square miles.

(words in brackets are from the Doomsday Book. c.1086.)

 

Clarence Street, from the bridge to the Market Square, and back to the Bridge!
(pictures from Google Earth)



This is the Staines Bridge end, the junction of Clarence Street and Bridge Street.
The white corner House, (1835,) was at first the Literary and Scientific Institute, and then the Library, and Middlesex Chronicle Newspaper, before becoming the Headquarters Of The Showmen's Guild in 2004. Ardent is next, A printers Kall Kwik, is next door to it, and then Dale & Newberry (Solicitors).
Dale and Newberry on the left, next to a the Clarence Street Tattoo and Piercing Parlour.
The Bridge over the Colne looking towards Church Street. The building to the left has homes in it but no shop.
An unused shop is next to the Colne River Bridge, (many years ago that shop was a florists.) then on the other side of the bridge is Van Elken Hairdressers and Vegan Pind (NEW 2022) Plant Based Restaurant & Bar.
Mail Boxes Etc, is next to the Cypress Grill a takeaway, X Press Newsagents and then Rowberry Morris (Solicitors) and Moda Cut, a men's hairdressers.
The hairdressers is next to a MWA Cafe, and then comes the Missing Geek; a game shop, a couple of closed shops, (due to Covid,) Tam's Barbers, and Momo's Japanese Cafe at the end. That end building was the first to get electricity in Staines!

And back down to the Bridge

This is the new part of the road, Mallard Court, a whole group of shops in the same building with apartments upstairs, it goes all the way around into Market Square to where the old Jewellers, Edwards was. The one who only used old currency. I will list the shops separately below.
This is the rounded window building of old in front of the Town Hall. It is now an Estate Agents, Chancellors.
This is the Oasis Estate Agents, it goes all the way back. Right at the back and around the corner is the Reed Employment Agency I will try to get a photo of this. I was just informed about it.
Kims Nail Shop
Warhammer Games and Jericho Hairdressers
S.J. Smith, Estate Agent, Colne Lodge, (apartments) and a new takeaway, The Greek Souvlaki. and where Pizza Express was, 7BONE (NEW 2022) Burger Restaurant.
The bridge over the Colne looking towards the Thames. The building to the left was Pizza Express which closed down during the Covid shut downs.


And then we are back to the Bridge again, where Bridge House Hotel stood and then the Regal Cinema. Now it is a luxury apartment block called
'Thames Edge Court', plus a few restaurants underneath, including Roshni's Indian Restaurant, Legit Burgers (a takeaway),
2022 - NEW location: Thames Side Brewery & Tap Room Beer and Pies, and the Slug & Lettuce cocktail bar.

Clarence Street was made when the Bridge was built, along with Bridge Street.

Various Staines information, historic or otherwise, are listed on the page Links below.

Art Works in Staines
Ashby's
Banks
Books
Church Street
Churches
Cinema's
Clarence Street
Common Land
Companies
Destruction
Digs
Dragonfly Dezignz
Extras 1
Floods
Golden Boy
High Street
Iron Bridge
Links
The Lino
Maps
Museum Talks 2023
Oast House
Photos plus
Premier Inn
Pubs
Research info
Restaurants
Roman Medical Instruments
Shops Alphabetically
Part 1 A - K
Shops Alphabetically
Part 2 L - Z
Shops - Now
Shops thru the years -
High Street
Shops thru the years -
Other Streets
Smiths to Banks
Stations
Thames Street
Town Hall
White Lion

Extras (not mine)

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All information on this site was researched using the following sources:
Borough of Spelthorne Council, The Spelthorne Museum, 'The Spelthorne Book 11' by Friends of Spelthorne Museum, 'Up Pontes' by Christine Lake, 'Staines an Illustrated Record' by M.M. Smithers, 'Snapshots of Staines' by J.L. & D.M. Barker, 'Middlesex within Living Memory' by the Middlesex Federation of Women's Institutes, 'Staines A History and Celebration' by Russell Thompson,
'The Commons of Staines, The Facts' by the Assn for the Preservation of Staines Moor, 'Staines Almanack and Directory for 1930' Herbert & Herbert Pharmacy, ' Staines, Ashford and District. Middlesex - The Official Guide' Staines Urban District Council 1946, 'History of Staines High St' Thomason 1976, 'Staines in Old Picture Postcards' by Barry Dix, 'Staines Past and Present'
by B. K Dix. 'Staines In The Records Part 2' Dr J.A. (Tony) Mansfield, 'Staines A History' by Pamela Maryfield, 'Walk Around Historic Staines' by Joan Gardam, 'Staines a Photographic History of Your Town' WH Smiths, 'Staines on Thames' Staines Town Centre Guide 2005, published by the Staines Partnership, 'Doomsday Book - (Midelsexe) Middlesex' translated by John Morris and Sara Wood. The photographs of Maureen Rendell (Thanks to her son Malc Rendell). Information from Jenny Scripps. Various postcards I got via EBay, Google, Memories and experiences of Gloria Hazell.

 

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