46 Castle Street
44 Castle Street
10th November 2025
48-50 Castle Street
10th November 202546 Castle Street
Address: 46 Castle Street
Listing: Not listed
Construction date: 1840-1859 (Historic Buildings Record HB05/13/016)
| Year | Owner/lessee | Business name | Building use |
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By the late 19th century, the archway to the right-hand side of no.46 led to a lane known as Castle Place which housed 11 dwellings. SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers lists leases 1864-1930. |
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| 1861 | Rob Wilson | Leather cutter and spirits |
Parish of Ramoan 1861 Valuation of Tenements. |
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| 1864 | Robert Wilson then Andrew McLarnon |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1865-1868 | Andrew McLarnon |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1869-1871? | John Scally |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1872?-1883 | George Sims |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1884-1887 | W. B. Black |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1888-1890 | Vacant |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1891-1893 | W. B. Black |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1894-1896 | Isabella G. McIlroy? |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1897 | Thomas Gilmore |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1898-1901 | Sarah Jane Stewart |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1901 | Sarah Stewart |
Census – building no, 68 Sarah Stewart, 62, head of family, Presbyterian, supported by family, widow Margt. J. Stewart, 38, daughter, Presbyterian, music teacher, not married Sara Henrietta Stewart, 37, daughter, Presbyterian, principal of N School, not married |
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| 1902-1905 | Sarah Jane Stewart |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1906-1911 | Sarah H. Stewart |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1911 | Sara Henrietta Stewart |
Census – building no. 73 Sara Henrietta Stewart, 47, head of family Presbyterian, National School teacher, single Margaret J. Stewart, 48, sister, Presbyterian, single |
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| 1912-1915 | Sarah H. Stewart |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1916-1918 | John Boyd |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| 1919-1930 | John Carter |
SMcM research based on Griffith’s Valuation registers. |
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| Before 1940-c.1965 | Emily Starrs |
Boarding house |
According to Robert Starrs (oral history 18/08/24 and conversation 24/10/24), his aunt, Emily Starrs, ran a boarding house. Costs in 1948 were £4 4 shillings per week. It was one of the places that served plain teas and meat teas during the Lammas Fair. |
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| c.1965-1981 | Emily Starrs | B&B and hairdressers |
Joan Lynn (18/11/24) is the daughter of Joseph (jnr) and Emily Starrs. She was born in no.46 and lived there until 1967. Her mother changed from running a boarding house to a bed and breakfast around 1965. At that time, Joan opened a hairdressing salon in one of the upstairs front rooms which she ran for 16 years. |
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| Briege Scullion |
Hairdressers |
According to Joan Lynn (18/11/24), Briege Scullion moved the hairdressing salon downstairs to the front of the building. |
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| c.1988-2005 | Arthur and Pauline McShane | McShane’s Florists | Florist and garden centre |
HB05/13/016. Joan Lynn (18/11/24). McShane’s also sold fresh vegetable (Working Group review 20/02/24). |
| 2022-2025 | Kinney’s Upper Cuts | Barbers | ||
| 2025 | Vacant |
