Redditch streets lost during the new town development
| Propery | Occupant | More Details |
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At: 4 Red Lion Street In 1871 | Was William Taylor Age: 62 Born: Alvechurch | Trading as: Coal Dealer Notes: Wife Sarah (52) plus 2 working children at home. On the 1881 census they are at this address and though no numbers stated on the 1871 census they seem to be at the same address. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 4 Red Lion Street In 1881 | Was William Taylor Age: 72 Born: Alvechurch | Trading as: Retired Coal Dealer Notes: Wife Sarah (62) Needle Straightener plus 2 working children + 2 working grandchildren + 2 younger grandchildren at home. On the 1871 census they lived in Red Lion Street but no numbers stated but fairly sure they are at the same address as they are at about the same number along the street. William died in 1881. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 4 Red Lion Street In 1891 | Was Elizabeth Fisher (widow) Age: 81 Born: London | Trading as: Plain Sewing Notes: Elizabeth was classed as being in Poley’s Court, Red Lion Street. (On the 1891 census the enumerator stopped at this house in Red Lion Street before going on to 137 Ipsley Street) Elizabeth died in 1891. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 4 Red Lion Street In 1891 | Was James Richard Hurst Age: 35 Born: Alcester | Trading as: Chimney Sweep Notes: Wife Martha (Hopkins) (32) plus 6 children at home. On the 1871 census James lived with his parents James and Amelia in Alcester and both James’s were Chimney Sweeps. On the 1881 census they lived 15 Herbert Street, Redditch. By the 1901 census James and Martha lived at 39 Red Lion Street. In the 1888 Kelly’s Directory, James Hurst, Chimney Sweep was at this address. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 41 Red Lion Street In 1881 | Was William Wilkes Age: 47 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Shoe Maker Notes: Wife Ann (44) Needle Straightener + 2 working nephews at home. On the 1871 census they lived in Ipsley Street, Redditch. On the 1891 census they lived in Redditch Road, Ipsley. In the Jones’s 1865 Mercantile Directory of the Iron District of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire William was living in Ipsley Street. William died in 1900. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 41 Red Lion Street In 1891 | Was Thomas Cartwright Age: 42 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Fish Hook Filer Notes: Wife Emma (43) Fish Hook Flattener plus 5 children at home. On the 1901 census they lived at the same address. On the 1881 census they lived at 67 Silver Street. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 41 Red Lion Street In 1901 | Was Thomas Cartwright Age: 51 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Fish Hook Filer Notes: Wife Emma (52) Fish Hook Flattener (at home) plus 1 working child and 2 younger children at home. On the 1891 census they lived at the same address. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 41 Red Lion Street In 1911 | Was Thomas Tolley Age: 28 Born: Redditch | Trading as: own account Furniture Dealer Notes: Wife Florence (27) plus 3 daughters at home. Thomas’s father Joseph and his 2nd wife wife Annie lived at 25 Red Lion Street. (On the 1911 census they had stated that they had had 4 children born alive but 1 had died) On the 1901 census Thomas lived with his father Joseph & 2nd wife Annie at 27 Red Lion Street. Thomas Tolley died in 1937 Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 41 & 43 Red Lion Street In 1871 | Was John Farr Age: 35 Born: Redditch | Trading as: employed 8 men & ? Boys (something) Steel Manufacturer Notes: Wife Betsy (37) On the 1861 census they lived in Birmingham. On the 1881 census John lived with his parents Henry & Harriet in Mount Pleasant. Inn the 1873 Littlebury’s Gazetteer and Directory of Worcestershire John Farr was an Umbrella & Parasol Rib & Stretcher Manufacturer at Rib Works, 41 & 43 Red Lion Street. Source of data: JC – Census |
At: 43 Red Lion Street In 1881 | Was Thomas Maries Age: 22 Born: Redditch | Trading as: Fishing Rod Maker Notes: Wife Emma (22) plus 2 small children + 1 lodger at home and the name was Maries on this census. Thomas died in 1882. Source of data: JC – Census |