Lost Properties list


Redditch streets lost during the new town development

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At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was Ann Field

Age: 63

Born: Redditch

Trading as:

Notes: Ann had 1 daughter + 2 visitors + 1 servant at home. On the 1841 & 1851 census Ann was married to Thomas a Needle Manufacturer and they lived in Chapel Green West. Chapel Green West became Church Green West on the 1861 census so might have been at the same address but no numbers stated on the early census. Ann died in 1866.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was James Harman?

Age: 21

Born: Redditch

Trading as: employed 1 man Cooper

Notes: James had 1 sister + 5 visitors at home.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was William Jeffries

Age: 43

Born: Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire

Trading as: Baliff of County Court

Notes: Wife Jane (42) plus 3 working children + 5 younger children at home. Sometimes their name was Jeffries and others Jefferies. On the 1871 census they lived in Church Green West. On the 1851 census they lived in Red Lion Street.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was Thomas Johns

Age: 71

Born: Warwickshire

Trading as: Milkman

Notes: Wife Helen (73) ? Duties plus 1 daughter + 3 lodgers at home. On the 1851 census Thomas and his family lived in Oldberrow, Worcestershire and though Thomas was classed as married there was no mention of Helen.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was Benjamin Jones

Age: 60

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Tailor

Notes: Wife Elizabeth (64). (On the 1861 census the enumerator stopped at this house in Church Green West before going to Prospect Hill) On the 1851 census they lived in Chapel Green West. Chapel Green West became Church Green West on the 1861 census but no numbers stated on the early census. On the 1871 census Benjamin was now a widower and lived in Edward Street, Redditch. Benjamin died in 1876.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was Thomas Parsons

Age: 43

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Draper

Notes: Wife Harriet (43) Milliner plus 3 children + 2 boarders at home.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was Elizabeth Smallwood (widow)

Age: 77

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Bond Holding

Notes: Elizabeth had 2 working sons + 1 servant at home. On the 1851 census Elizabeth lived in Chapel Green West but no numbers stated on the early census. Chapel Green West became known as Church Green West on the 1861 census. Elizabeth died in 1869.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was Elizabeth Taylor

Age: 69

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Post Mistress

Notes: Elizabeth had 2 servants + their baby + 1 lodger + her servant at home. On the 1851 census Elizabeth lived with her brother John James Taylor in Beoley Street, Redditch. On the 1871 census Elizabeth lived in Church Green West but no numbers stated on the early census. In the 1842 Bentley’s Directory Elizabeth was classed as Postmistress, Redditch.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was John Thompson

Age: 59

Born: Bromsgrove

Trading as: employed 3 people Needle Manufacturer

Notes: Wife Sarah (59) plus 1 daughter + 2 nieces at home. On the 1851 census they lived in Fish Hill, Redditch.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Church Green West

In 1861

 

Was Frederick Turner

Age: 33

Born: Powick, Worcestershire

Trading as: Draper

Notes: Wife Ann (38) Milliner + step-son + small son + 1 Apprentice at home. (On the 1861 census the enumerator came to this house in Church Green West after William Street)

Source of data: JC – Census