Redditch streets lost during the new town development
| Propery | Occupant | More Details |
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At: 149 Evesham Street In 1891 | Was Hiram Hill Age: 56 Born: Feckenham | Trading as: in Crotchet Needle Factory worker Foreman Notes: Wife Sarah Ann (37) Silk Worm Gut line making plus 4 children. On the 1881 census they lived in Mount Pleasant, Redditch. Died 1899 Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 149 Evesham Street In 1901 | Was Alfred H. Kent Age: 30 Born: Staffs | Trading as: own account at home Baker,Furniture & Insurance Agent Notes: Wife Anne Jane (26) plus 1 small daughter at home. On the 1891 census he was a boarder in Stone, Staffs and was a Baker. In the 1900 Kelly’s Directory there was an entry for Evesham Street Furnishing Co, Furnishing Stores (A. Kent, manager) 149 Evesham street. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 149 Evesham Street In 1911 | Was Harry Bint Age: 41 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Needle Pointer Notes: Wife Lizzie and 6 children at home. (On the 1911 census they had stated that they had had 6 children born alive) On the 1901 census they lived at 107 Evesham Street and before that at 6 Izods Yard. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 149 Evesham Street In 1934 | Was Lydia Pinfield Age: Born: | Trading as: Notes: Source of data: JC – Redditch Directory |
At: 149 Evesham Street In 1940 | Was Croft & Carpenter Age: Born: | Trading as: Ladies Hairdresser Notes: Source of data: JC – Kelly’s |
At: 149 Evesham Street In 1954 | Was D. Cockings Age: Born: | Trading as: Radio & TV Dealer Notes: Source of data: PW |
At: 149 Evesham Street In 1969 | Was Redditch Vac Services. Age: Born: | Trading as: Notes: Was demolished to make way for second phase of the town development. They have now ceased trading. Source of data: TB |
At: 15 Evesham Street In 1861 | Was Jonas Strain Age: 27 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Draper Notes: Wife Elizabeth (Perry) (22) Milliner + Father-in-law Thomas Perry + Mother-in-law Elizabeth Perry at home. On the 1871 census they lived in Evesham Street but no numbers stated on the early census. On the 1851 census Jonas lived with his mother Ann Strain in Evesham Street but no numbers stated on early census. In Jones’s 1865 MercantileDirectory of the Iron District of South Staffordshire & East Worcestershire Jonas was classed as Milliner, Hosier & Haberdasher, Evesham Street. In 1870 Kelly’s Directory Jonas was Linen Draper, Evesham Street. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 15 Evesham Street In 1871 | Was Walter Humphries Age: 33 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Boot & Shoe Dealer Notes: Wife Emma (Wilkes) (32) plus 2 children + Mother + 1 servant at home. – Lived at this address on the 1881 census but no numbers stated on 1871 census but seem to be at this number along the Street.. On the 1861 census he lived with his mother Betsy and brother William (19) who was a Bootmaker (but on later census became a Wesleyan Minister in Newton all Saints, Lancashire), in Peakman Street and at this time Walter was a Needle Straightener. On the 1851 census Walter lived with his parents William and Betsy in Edward Street and Walter was a Needle Scourer and his father William was a Needle Scourer too. In the 1870, 1872 & 1876 Kelly’s Directory Walter was classed as Boot & Shoe Maker in Evesham Street. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 15 Evesham Street In 1881 | Was Walter Humphries Age: 43 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Boot Maker Notes: Wife Emma (42) plus William 13 + 4 other children (including Lillian & Adeline) + Mother at home. On the 1871 census they lived in Evesham Street but no numbers stated on this census. By the 1901 census Walter and Emma seem to live in Balsham Cambs. and Walter was a Pastor of the Congregational Church. On the 1911 census Walter and Emma lived in the “Old House” Histon, Cambridgeshire and had daughter Adeline and her husband and family and daughter Lillian staying with them and Walter was now a retired Congregational Pastor. In the 1880 Directory of Worcestershire Walter was classed as Shoemaker, Evesham Street. In the 1884 & 1888 Kelly’s Directory Walter is classed as Walter Humphries and Son, Shoemakers, 15 Evesham Street. On later census it is their son William who is the Bootmaker at 15 Evesham Street and then later William Humphries & Sons were at 39 Evesham Street. In 2012 in Redditch, 150 years after Walter first opened a Shoe Shop in Evesham Street there is still a Humphries Shoeshop near to the original site at 30 – 32 Evesham Walk in the Kingfisher Centre. Walter died in 1916. Source of data: JC – Census |