Redditch streets lost during the new town development
| Propery | Occupant | More Details |
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At: 6 Market Place In 1911 | Was Percy Thomason Age: 32 Born: Northampton | Trading as: Employer Shopkeeper Fancy Drapery Notes: Wife Violet Louise (White) (35) Assisting in business. (On the 1911 census they had stated that they hadn’t had any children but had only been married 1 year) On the 1901 census he lived with his parents George and Sarah in Little Lawford, Warwickshire. In the 1912 Kelly’s Directory Percy was classed as Milliner, 6 Market Place. Percy seems to have joined the Army Ordnance Corp in 1915 and at this time was living at 88 Lodge Road, Redditch and was classed as a Storeman. Photo of Percy in photo gallery-permission given by Suzanne Lewis-Jones Ancestry tree Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 6 Market Place In 1924 | Was Freeman Hardy & Willis Ltd Age: Born: | Trading as: Boot Makers Notes: Source of data: JC – Kelly’s |
At: 6 Market Place In 1933 | Was Curry’s Ltd. Age: Born: | Trading as: Cycle Makers & Agents Notes: In the 1933 Cope’s Directory & Buyers Guide of Worcestershire they were classed under Cycle Makers & Agents. Source of data: JC – Cope’s |
At: 6 Market Place In 1940 | Was Curry’s Ltd. Age: Born: | Trading as: Cycle Dealers Notes: Source of data: JC – Kelly’s |
At: 7 Market Place In 1881 | Was Ann Turner Age: 62 Born: Worcs. | Trading as: Dressmaker Notes: Ann classed as married but no husband at home + 5 boarders + 1 grandson at home. On the 1891 census she is now a widow and lived at the same address. In the 1870 Kelly’s Directory Ann classed as Milliner, Church Green, Redditch. In the 1872 Post Office Directory Ann is Milliner, Market Place. In the 1884, 1888 & 1892 Kelly’s Directory Ann was Dressmaker, 7 Market Place. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 7 Market Place In 1891 | Was Ann Turner (widow) Age: 72 Born: Worcs. | Trading as: Employer Dressmaker Notes: She had 1 boarder at home. On the 1881 census she lived at the same address. Ann died in 1893. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 7 Market Place In 1901 | Was Frederick W. James Age: 34 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Manager worker at home Baker Notes: Had his sister Florence (32) housekeeper + another sister assisting in shop + brother Baker and Confectioner, worker at home. Frederick’s parents seem to live at 5 Market place but the census states it’s occupied but no details given but his father was at this address when he died in 1904 and his parents lived at 5 on the 1891 census. On the 1891 census Frederick lived at 24 Evesham Street. On the 1881 census he lived with his parents Frederick and Elizabeth at 5 Market Place. In the 1900 Kelly’s Directory a Francis Broomhill was a Tea Dealer at this address. Frederick W. James died in 1940 Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 7 Market Place In 1911 | Was Elizabeth James Age: Born: | Trading as: Employer Shopkeeper Confectioner Notes: Elizabeth not at home at time of the census but her daughter Edith (50) filled in the form and stated that she was an assistant in Confectioner’s shop at home and her sister was Housekeeper and her brother was Confectioner Baker at home. (On the 1911 census the enumerator stopped at this house before going on to the Billiard Saloon which was also in Market Place) On the 1891 census Elizabeth was married to Frederick William James and they lived at 5 Market Place Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 7 Market Place In 1924 | Was William Francis Tayler Age: Born: | Trading as: Baker Notes: On the 1911 census William lived with his wife Ellen Isobel at 33 Evesham Street Source of data: JC – Kelly’s |
At: 7 Market Place In 1940 | Was F. W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd. Age: Born: | Trading as: Bazaar Notes: In the 1933 Cope’s Directory and Buyers Guide for Worcestershire it was at this address. Source of data: JC – Kelly’s |