Robert Paul's Addresses
This incomplete list is compiled from various sources, including the UK Census, Kelly's Directories, telephone directories and mentions in trade journals. It is entirely possible that Paul's several addresses in the vicinity of the Newton Avenue Works were mere 'pieds-à-terre', and that Mr and Mrs Paul maintained their permanent residence in High Holborn (where they are listed as resident in the 1901 census). In 1911, however, they are both registered as living at the Works.
This incomplete list is compiled from various sources, including the UK Census, Kelly's Directories, telephone directories and mentions in trade journals. It is entirely possible that Paul's several addresses in the vicinity of the Newton Avenue Works were mere 'pieds-à-terre', and that Mr and Mrs Paul maintained their permanent residence in High Holborn (where they are listed as resident in the 1901 census). In 1911, however, they are both registered as living at the Works.
1871 (residence): 6 Belgrave Villas, Ilford Road, West Ham (with his parents).
1881 (residence): Ravensdale Road, Hackney (with his parents).
1891 (residence): Frith Knowl, Allum Lane, Elstree, Herts (with his parents).
1891 (business): workshops and office at 44 Hatton Garden. E.C.1. (until November 1899)
1894-1902 (business): 114-115 Great Saffron Hill, E.C.1: 'Mr Robt W. Paul informs us that he has secured additional factory accommodation at 114 and 115, Great Saffron Hill, EC, a few doors from Farringdon Street Station. The premises have been fitted with new machinery and engine, and Mr. Paul has accordingly increased his staff. The Hatton Garden premises are retained for office purposes' (The Electrical Engineer, 1894).
1896-98 (residence): Haslemere, Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey (with his parents).
1898 (business): 'Newton Avenue Works', bordering Newton Avenue and Sydney Road, N.10. These were substantially expanded in the following years, see this notice in The Electrical Journal (1902): 'Mr. Robert W. Paul, manufacturer of electrical instruments, has removed his works from 114-115, Great Saffron-hill, EC, to Newton Avenue Works, New Southgate, N. The City offices and show rooms remain at 68, High Holborn.' On January 1st 1920: amalgamation with the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company to become the Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd.
1898 ('residence'): 'Sydney Villa', somewhere on Sydney Road, N.10, west side (Kelly's 1898-9).
1900 (business): 'Paul's Animatograph Depôt', 68 High Holborn, W.C.1. A photograph of the premises refers to the Muswell Photographic Company.
1901 (residence): 289-290 High Holborn W.C.1, with his wife Ellen Paul (1901 Census) - almost opposite the business premises at 68 High Holborn.
1903 ('residence'): 'Malvern', now 57 Colney Hatch Lane, N.10 ('Muswell Hill Food & Wine') (Kelly's 1903; electoral registers for 1903 and 1904).
1904-1908 ('residence'): 'Beechencliff', now 194 Colney Hatch Lane, N.10 (Kelly's 1904-1908).
1908 (business): 33 Leicester Square, W.C.1, 'a new West End showroom (...) where samples of his various patterns of electrical instruments may be inspected' (The Electrical Journal).
1911 (residence?): the 1911 Census lists Paul and his wife Ellen at the 'Electrical Instrument Factory, Sydney Road', occupying three rooms. Were they living there fully at this time?
1914 (residence): 'Newton', now 51 Sydney Road, N.10.
1920 to 1943 (residence): 69 Addison Road, W.14. Paul was interviewed c. 1939 by Leslie Wood in his 'opulent, if somewhat Victorian house at Earl's Court'. Leslie Wood, The Miracle of the Movies (London: Burke, 1957), p.95.
