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Fairfield Street Censuses

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  1 (present Pine Shop) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? demolished Cottages 9 11 15 17 19 ? 21 The Anchorage 23 ?
1841
Fair Close

John Roadley 28
cattle dealer
Ann 30 wife
Sarah 4
Thomas 3
William 1
1844 potato dealer
1848 coal dealer
moved to Mill Lane
(Tithby Rd) in 1851 census
Henry Wilson 31
agricultural labourer
Ann 25 wife
William 2
Sarah 5mo
John Buck 60
independent means
Sarah 65 wife
In 1839 listed as gentleman of
Union Street and owned property
behind 1 Market Place
In 1844 direc with no occ (usually
indicated own means
          William Moffatt 39 Tea Dealer*
Lydia Moffatt wife 34
Marion 10
Janet 8
Cornelius 6
William 3
John 1
Elizabeth Scothern, 67 Nurse
Albert Moore, 7 mo
listed in 1844 as shopkeeper in FFS
by 1848 Lydia was listed not him, thus
presumably died around 1847
Robert Wilson 65
Miller
Hellen 46 wife
David 20
1822 listed as in Fair Close Row
1828/30 listed in Newgate Street, perhaps
School Lane may have been considered
an extension of Newgate Street
1832 Fair Close the Windmill was
also a beer house!
1844 listed as baker
1848 listed in Fair Close Lane
Francis Raisby (?) 33 *
agricultural labourer
John 5
George 3
Fanny 1
Martha Dickinson(?) 18
charwoman

Thomas Clark 31bricklayer
Mary Clark 35 wife
Elizabeth 8
Ann 6
Hannah 4
Thomas 1
Sarah Cooke 60 (MinL?)

noted in directory for 1844

William Brown 40 carrier
Mary 40 wife
William 8
in 1832 directory as butter factor
probably not built before 1851
and might even be 1860's
  probably not built before 1851
and might even be 1860's
John Beet 40
cottager
Jane wife 35
Ann 11
Jane 8
1832 John Beet Coal Dealer
in directory in Fair Close
 
1851
Fair Close
(note Kirkhill
is Chapel Lane)

George Cheetham 30
pig dealer
Sarah 27 wife
Charles Sissons 34
Hawker
Ann 35 wife
Samuel 9
Mary Ellin 22 visitor

uninhabited

          Lydia Moffatt widow 46
grocer
Sarah 17
Cornelius 15 painter
William 13
John 11
Elizabeth 5
Robert Wilson 78
Miller
Hellen 55 wife
David 30 Miller
William Houghton 28
Coal Labourer
Hannah 27 wife
Elizabeth 5
Rebecca 3
Mary 1
Thomas Clark 41 bricklayer
Mary Clark 45 wife
Elizabeth 17
(Ann has died or left home)
Hannah 14
Thomas 10
Henry 8
William 6
Frederick 4
Ellen 1

William Brown 51 carrier
Mary 51 wife
Son William not mentioned

Hannah Lamin widow 39 Maltster
William M 7
William Martin brother 27 Maltster
Fair Close John Lamin listed in 1844 dir
as maltster, which doess not necessarily
imply a malt house in Fair Close
    John Beet 51
cottager with 3 acres
Jane Beet 45 wife
Ann 21
Jane 18
Joseph Woodford 34 Master Miller
Elizabeth 24 wife
Sarah 5
Joseph 3
Jane 1
John 3mo
1861
Fairfield Street
George Cheetham 40
pig dealer
Sarah 36 wife
Clara Hubbard 9 niece
1864 listed as pig dealer
Jacob Baxter 31 *
carrier
Mary 31 wife
Mary 7
George 6
Harriett 4
William 1
Fred 1mo
Samuel Baxter 40 *
framework knitter
Ann 40 wife
       

Robert Welch 31 *
plumber
Ellen 32 wife
Augusta 5
John 4
Ellen Harrison 15
houseservant

nb son of John Welch
plumber, LA,who had
store at White Lodge

Lydia Moffatt widow 55
grocer
listed in 1864 directory
in 1869 John (now 21) listed as
a travelling tea dealer

Emma Wilson wid 65 *
seanstress
Lilian Baxter g'dtr 14
seamstress
probably Robert Wilson
the miller's widow
Israel Richardson 48
basketmaker
Sara 40 wife
Mary 11
Robert 7
William 5
Sarah 4
Elizabeth 1
John Caunt 13
apprentice b/m
was in Needham Street in 1851 census
1864 listed for Fairfield St
Thomas Clarke 51 bricklayer
Mary 55 wife
Hannah 24 dressmaker
(Thomas has died or left home)
Henry 18 bricklayers apprentice
(William has died or left home)
Frederick 14
Ellen 11
1864 listed as bricklayer & builder

William Brown 62 carrier
Mary 62 wife
William 28 carpenter
1864 William (jnr) listed as
joiner & builder

Dorothy Buttery widow 66
gentlewoman
Mary A 28
1855 dir (no addresses) suggest
John Hopkinson Buttery, no occupation may have been husband In 1865 she is listed as Newgate Street which may indicate she is on the SE corner 1864 a presumably different JHB was solicitor in Market Street - possibly her son?

Elizabeth Beet w 37
laundress
George 11
Thomas 9
Eliza 6
William 6mo

not clear where she would be
but there was a cottage where
Anchor Cottage outbuilding is now

Robert Hart 32
Cottager
Jane W 28 wife
Mary Ann 9
Fanny 6
Helen 5
Annie 2
Thomas 4mo
John Beet 58
cottager
Jane Beet 54 wife
1864 listed as cottager
in Fair Close

 

In 1864 W Chettle is listed as a corm miller
in Fairfield Street -he lived at Vernon House
now 17 Market Place

Also Samuel Harding corn miller Fair Close

1871
Fairfield Street
George Cheetham 50
cattle dealer
Sarah 47 wife
Clare Hubbard 19 niece
1879 listed as cattle dealer
1881 Visiting Goodwins in
Long Acre Row, still listed
as cattle dealer
Mary Clarke widow 65
housekeeper
Ellen 21 milliner
seems to have moved after
husband died
Samuel Baxter 51
framework knitter
Mary Ann 40 wife
Harriett 14
Fred 10
nb might Harriett and Fred have been children of
Jacob? - see 1861. 1881 Fred and William are boarders
with a cottager in Long Acre
Hannah Hooton w 47
laundress
Emma 19 lacehand
James g'son 1
Ellen Wilson wid 75
annuitant
  Sarah Braithwauite
Mary Wood (d) 20
 

Joseph Barnes 36
gorcer shop
Janet 37 wife
1879 J Barnes listed as gardener
but also a Joseph Barnes shown
as shopkeeper in Fairfield Street
maybe having failed in shop
becomes gardener then labourer!

Thomas Foster 76
retired farmer
Sarah 68 wife
John 30 gardener
William 24 plumber
Ellen Welch wid 41
dressmaker

Israel Richardson 51
basketmaker
Sarah 50 Wife
Robert L 17
basketmaker's app
Sarah 14
Elizabeth 11

William Brown 37 builder
Elizabeth 45 dressmaker
1879 shown as Builder and Joiner

Mary Brown 72 widow
Fanny 14 granddaughter
William's daughter - but he was not
married ten years ago!
(or wife not at home for census)
Dorothy Buttery widow 73
annuitant
Mary Ann 38
Sophia Caunt w 38 visitor
1879 Mary Ann Buttery in Directory - probably
Dorothy had died by then
  Charles Gilman 50
farmer 50 acres
Sarah Alice 49 wife
Amy Bluff 18 drssmaker
Thomas Ratley 17 fmrs son
Mary Hannah G 15
Harriett Ann 13
Charles 8, Henry 5
Charles Gilman 60
farmer 35 acres
Sarah 60 wife
Harriett 22 - Housekeeper
shown in 1879 directory
 


1879 Thomas Harding listed as miller in
Fairfield Street, also grocer in Union Street

1881
Pond Street
Charles Walker 55
Shoemaker
Ann 56 wife
George 13

Mary Clarke widow 75
housekeeper
Ellen 31 milliner's assistant

  George Baxter 38 coal merchant
Emma 29 wife
Leonard 8
Charles Parker 34
brickmakers labourer
Elizabeth 35 wife
James 11
William 9
Mary 5
Henry 3
Emma 1
John 3mo
not in FFS 1891 but reappears as
Market Gardener in 1901
Mary Knight 31(married)
Lace Hand
Henry 5
James 3
John 2
Might this be Mary Wood
now married (see above)
Sarah Braithwaite w 73
Laundress
Josiah Barnes 47 *
general labourer
Janet 47 wife
William Scothern 27 *
farm lab
Kaye 25 wife
becomes a butcher in 1891
and possibly moves!
Sarah Foster w 78
Samuel Blood g'son 13
Foster Blood g'son 8
1879 Sarah shown for Fairfield Street
with no occupation but with home at
Aslockton Abbey (farm?)
1893 John Foster no occup and Lois
Foster dressmaker shown in Fairfield Street
but not in census for 1891

Samuel later publican at Crown?
Israel Richardson 61
basketmaker
Sarah 60 Wife
Mary L, grandt'r 4
George U. Keyworth 29
Lace Manufacturers Clerk
Hannah 30
Charlotte M. 2
might he have commuted by
train to a job in Nottingham?
William Brown 48 w
builder
Fanny daughter 24 housekeeper
Esther Ellis 16 servant
has moved to parents' old house
and sold No15
Mary Ann Buttery (unm) 48
Sarah Astill 56 visitor
companion
  Charles Gilman 70
cottager
Sarah 70 wife
Herbert 31
Charles 28
cottager
Harriett Lawcett gr'dtr 7
1893 farmer and horse & trap letter
John Barratt 59
Cottager
Elizabeth 62 wife
George 21 General Labourer
John Billing 44
Corn Miller
Ellen 32 wife
Geirge Banting 17
boarder - gardener

1891
Fairfield Street
but included Kirkhill

Harry Johnson 49
General Dealer shop
Lizzie 47 wife

 

1893 shop run by
Dyke Strong

Robert Richardson 37
willow merchant
Mary 36 wife
Robert 13
presumably Israel's son
possibly their daughter
living with Israel
not in Bingham 1881
John Shipman 72
own means
Elizabeth 65 wife
1881 in Long Acre as
Farm Bailiff
Herbert Taylor 31
bricklayer
Lizzie 21 wife
Lily 5
John Smith 63 Ag Lab

William Gamble 47
tailor
Emma 39 wife
Thomas 10
William Crampton 68
(f-in-law)
in dir for 1893
in 1793 a previous William had
been a weaver

    William Scothern 37
butcher
Catherine 39 wife
Rose 1
was farm labourer in 1881
George Carter 33
platelayer GNR
Susan 36 wife
Pollie 1

Israel Richardson 71
basketmaker
Sarah 70 Wife
Mary L, grandt'r 14
in directory for 1893

occupier left after distribution of
schedules and had not returned
by time of collection

Thomas Dawson w 57
gamekeeper
Sarah daughter 36
housekeeper
William Brown 58 visitor
farmer
1893 directory as Fair Close
William Buttery 63
Catherine Green 36 visitor
1893 William Henery Buttery listed with no occup
  Henry Swanwick 47
retired pork butcher
Florence 38 wife

Elizabeth Barrett 71
milk seller
William 39 ag lab
Henry 35
George 32
1893 directory as cottager


Charles Walker 65 market gardener
1901
Fairfield Street
but included Kirkhill
John Beaumont 47
General Dealer shop
Sarah 46 wife
William Wallhead 47
barber
Mary 44 wife
William Kirby 23 boarder
bricklayer
Louise Kirby 21 boarder
Emma Goodwin 42
housewife
Mable 13 gen dom serv
Maggie 3
Doris 9mo

Herbert Taylor 41 *
bricklayer
Lizzie 31 wife
Lily 15
Elise 3

Edward Upton 57 *
retired police sgt
Margaret Huskinson wid 75 *
own means
Sarah Carlisle 54
Charwoman
Frederick Smith 33
Railway signalman
Fanny 33 wife
William 8
Kathleen 6
Cecil 5
Norman 2
William Crampton 78
(f-in-law)
Walter Wrath (nurse child) 1
Presumably Fanny is doing
some wet nursing
Hannah Hortam wid

George Carter 43
foreman platelayer GNR
Susan 46 wife
Pollie 11

Charles Parker 54 Market Gardener
Elizabeth 55 wife
Henry 23 carter for coal merchant
Sarah 18
Maude 17 Nurse/domestic
Leonard 15 errand boy grocery store
George 11
Emma and John appear to have died
but three new children since 1881
nb position not adjusted
Leonard Baxter 28 Coal Merchant
Emily 28 wife
Frances 5
George H 3mo
Ruth Bukby 14 servant
Thomas Horsepool 31
fish and fruit retailer
Sarah 41 wife
Mary, dtr, 5
Roland brother 14
Asst Fishmonger
Eliza sister 18
Asst Fishmonger
Joseph Baldock 34
Relieving officer registrar
Annie 27 wife
John 1
Florence Bransby 14
nurse/servant
1920 built 9 School Lane and moved there
  Ann Walker 76
own means

Elizabeth Barrett 81
Housekeeper
William 49 ag lab
George 42 ag lab

 

 

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