Property: 25 Red Lion Street ln year: 1851

Occupant: Benjamin Baylis aged:  40  Born:  Studley

Trade: Grocer –

Notes: Wife Ann (34) plus 3 children at home. On the later census they lived at 25 Red Lion Street but no numbers stated on the early census but could have been at this number along the street. In the 1842 Bentley’s Directory of Worcestershire Vol. 1, Benjamin is classed as Grocer in Redditch. In the 1860 Cassey’s Directory of Worcestershire, Benjamin was classed as Shopkeeper in Redditch.

Source: JC – Census