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Over the decades Church Street has been altered many time with Houses, Shops & a Cinema and Blacksmith's Forge being demolished and other buildings put in their place, so the Numbering of Shops and Houses have changed. So some of the numbers are completely different from the present day numbers.The Court House was built in 1855 by the East Yorkshire Magistrates.
Mr. Charles Bower's Garage (1921) was formerly Norton Police Station & Court House, contains rooms for the use of the superintendent of police, and a lock-up; the county magistrates meet here on the first and third Saturdays in each month. To hear a case you had to stand as the only seat available was a bench fixed round the walls of the room. 13th January 1909 The Old Police Station opened as parish room for St Peter's Guild, it had been in disuse since 1902.
On the opposite side of the road, Messrs. R. Yates & Son had a show ground for agricultural implements later Majestic Picture House was built on the site. F. E. Barker - Manager (1925), Horace Wilson - Manager (1929).
Next door was a Shoeing Forge, occupied by Mrs. Watson, then Mr. John Boyce (1889), and later by Mrs. R. Nesfield and her son, Robert (1909). Robert Nesfield & Son (1925).
Next was 3 or 4 small cottages which were converted in to a shop by Mr. John Spanton - Chemist, Percy M. Brooks - Chemist (1929), which in time became Taylor's Drug Stores Ltd. (1933), adjoining the Drug Store was a Grocery business of Mr. W. Donkin, his father James started the business here in 1871.
OAK TREE/NEW INN/THE ROYAL OAK/DERWENT ARMS. The 17th Century Inn demolished and replaced by New Inn in 1830, in 1840's it became The Royal Oak. - Landlord's William Dickenson (1823), Elizabeth Dickinson (1834), Robert Grice (1844), John Taylor (1857), Thomas Harrison (1864), James Stephenson (1872), Thomas Brand (1879), Thomas Cartwright (1897), Ben Goor (1909), Wilson Ward Ireland (1913), Albert T Threlfell (1933). The Paddock belonged to the Hotel and became a running track, later Mr. William Wilkinson bought part of the paddock and built Bruntwood Terrace.
In front of the Royal Oak Hotel there was a house tenanted by Mr. Cave Coulson - Tinplate worker (1889), and he was succeeded by Mr. Charles Bower - Butcher. Mr. Bower's empty shop was demolished which left a large open space outside the hotel, he had moved to the other side of the road to the premises occupied by Mr. Jabez Holmes - Butcher (1889), Mr. George N. Ringrose & Son - Poulterers (1913), and Mr. Humbles - Fruiter had previously been tenants. In 1921 it was Fred Bower & Son.
Next door was John Jackson & Son - Boot & Shoe Maker (1889), Alfred Edward Kennington - China Dealer (1921), Horace Thresh - Confectioner (1929), Mrs. Eva Shearman - Baker (1937). The premises where the Post Office now stands was the residence of Mr. William Wilson - Painter & Decorator.(1889),
Messrs. Hornsey & Wood's tailoring establishment (1897), was next door to St. Nicholas Church.
