Lost Properties list


Redditch streets lost during the new town development

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At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was Michael Day

Age: 36

Born: Ireland

Trading as: Labourer

Notes: Wife Sarah (40) + 3 lodgers at home.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was William Edwards

Age: 57

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Needle Finisher

Notes: Wife Selina (54) Midwife plus 3 working children + 1 younger child at home. On the 1851 census they lived in Wapping but no numbers stated on the early census. On the 1871 census they lived in Herbert Street, Redditch. William died in 1875.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was George Fisher

Age: 40

Born:

Trading as: Needle Hardener

Notes: Wife Sarah (42) plus 1 daughter at home. (On the 1861 census the enumerator stopped at this house before going on to Herbert’s Lane) (In Old Redditch Pubs-Alan Foxall, George was the licensee of the “Bull’s Head”, in 1861) On the 1851 census George was lodging in Walford Street, Redditch. On the 1871 census they lived in Herbert Street, Redditch.

Source of data: JC – Census + AF

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was William Giles

Age: 60

Born: Bromsgrove

Trading as: Labourer

Notes: Wife Mary (Ellis) (53) Laundress + 1 visitor at home. On the 1851 census William was married to Ann and they lived in Wapping but no numbers stated on the early census. On the 1871 census they lived in Silver Street but no numbers stated on the early census. By the 1881 census they lived at 45 Silver Street.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was Edward Giles

Age: 64

Born: Redditch,

Trading as: Needle Maker

Notes: On the 1851 census Edward lived in Wapping but no numbers stated on the early census.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was William Green

Age: 60

Born: Tanworth, Warwickshire

Trading as: Fish Hook Maker

Notes: Wife Sarah (58) Needle Maker plus 1 working daughter at home. On the 1851 census they lived in Wapping but no numbers stated on the early census. On the 1871 census William and Sarah lived with their daughter Maria and her husband Thomas Haines in Herbert Street, Redditch.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was Sarah Haines (widow)

Age: 83

Born: Redditch

Trading as:

Notes: Sarah had 2 working grandchildren at home. On the 1851 census Sarah was married to Richard and they lived in Wapping. Sometimes their name is Haynes and others Haines. Sarah died in 1858.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was Elizabeth Hall (widow)

Age: 56

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Needle Straightener

Notes: Elizabeth had 2 working children at home. On the 1851 census Elizabeth was staying with her son Henry Oakley in Pool Place, Redditch.

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was George Hall

Age: 21

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Fish Hook Maker

Notes: Wife Mary Ann (20) Fish Hook Maker

Source of data: JC – Census

At:  Unknown Wapping

In 1861

 

Was William James

Age: 30

Born: Redditch

Trading as: Fish Hook Filer

Notes: Wife Mary (30) plus 3 children at home. On the 1851 census William was visiting Charles and Eliabeth Adams in Walford Street, Redditch.

Source of data: JC – Census