Lost Properties list


Redditch streets lost during the new town development

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At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was William Hodges

Age: 37

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Hook Maker

Notes: Wife Mary (31) Needel Maker plus 1 working son at home.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was John Hollington

Age: 42

Born: Inkberrow

Trading as: Machine Needle Finisher

Notes: Wife Harriet (Simone) (33) Needle Straightener + 2 children + 1 working step-son + 4 younger step-children at home. On the 1881 census they lived 8 Monks Build, Ipsley Street, Redditch. John died in 1883.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was John Holloway

Age: 22

Born: Studley

Trading as: Needle Maker

Notes: Wife Mary Ann (23) Fish Hook Maker

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was James Hughes

Age: 58

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Fish Hook Maker

Notes: Wife Emma (50) Needle Straightener plus 1 working daughter + 2 grandchildren at home. On the 1861 census James lived with his mother Hannah in Mount Pleasant. James died in 1877.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was William Johns

Age: 40

Born: Marfield, Warwickshire

Trading as: Haulier

Notes: Wife Ann (41) Dressmaker plus 1 working son + 4 younger children at home.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was Charles Kings

Age: 46

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Sail Needle Maker

Notes: Wife Eliza (Hughes) (41) Driller plus 2 children at home. On the 1881 census Eliza was now a widow and lived at Court 3 House 2, Walford Street. Charles died in 1877.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was William Ledbury

Age: 27

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Needle Finisher

Notes: Wife Jane (29) Needle Straightener plus 6 children at home. (On the 1871 census the enumerator started at this house in Walford Street after Herbert Street) On the 1881 census William was now a widower and lived at 56 Walford Street. On the 1861 census they lived in Walford Street but no numbers stated on the early census.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was Thomas James Lee

Age: 27

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Carpenter

Notes: Wife Sarah J. (33) Dressmaker plus 3 children + 1 boarder at home. On the 1881 census they lived at 44 Walford Street.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was Eliza Lewis (widow)

Age: 52

Born: Ipsley

Trading as: Warehouse Woman

Notes: Eliza had 2 working sons + 1 lodger at home. On the 1861 census Eliza lived in Walford Street but no numbers stated on the early census. On the 1881 census Eliza lived at 17 Beoley Road, Redditch. Eliza died in 1910.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Walford Street

In 1871

 

Was Martha Maries (widow)

Age: 69

Born: Headless , Worcestershire

Trading as: Charwoman

Notes: Martha had 1 working grandson + 1 married working granddaughter and her husband and their 2 children at home. On the 1881 census they lived in Edward Street, Redditch. Martha died in 1886.

Source of data: JC – Census