Property: Unknown Evesham Street ln year: 1861

Occupant: Thomas Layton aged:  30  Born:  Upton on Severn

Trade: Hairdresser –

Notes: Wife Ann (29) plus 3 children at home. On the 1851 census Thomas lived with his mother in Upton upon Severn and he was a Hairdresser. On the 1871 census they lived in Prospect Hill, Redditch and he was a Gas Manager. In the 1855 Billing’s Directory and Gazetteer Thomas was a Hairdresser in Evesham Street. In the 1870 Kelly’s Directory Thomas is classed as Collector of gas rents, Prospect Hill.

Source: JC – Census