tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806896152316154316.post4141238221558029306..comments2024-03-17T15:19:37.532+00:00Comments on Wolverton Past - History before 1970: The Front IVBryan Dunleavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550652628913169630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806896152316154316.post-60229073420836056022010-06-03T09:51:32.311+01:002010-06-03T09:51:32.311+01:00Thanks Andrew. I have put up a new post today whi...Thanks Andrew. I have put up a new post today which identifies these houses.Bryan Dunleavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550652628913169630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806896152316154316.post-22925720707043411792010-06-02T21:26:19.178+01:002010-06-02T21:26:19.178+01:00The will was dated 4 Nov 1893. Here is what the wi...The will was dated 4 Nov 1893. Here is what the will says:<br />I devise and bequeath my freehold messuage and tenement situate in Stratford Road in Wolverton aforesaid and numbered 15 being the premises purchased by me of Mr. Meakins unto my daughter Martha the Wife of Robert Henry Wheatly absolutely. I devise and bequeath my freehold messuage and tenement situate in Stratford Road in Wolverton aforesaid and numbered 13 being the premises purchased by me of Mrs. Olivia Harding unto my daughter Hannah Maria the Wife of William Thomas Wheatly absolutely. I devise and bequeath my freehold messuage and tenement situate in Stratford Road in Wolverton aforesaid and numbered 14 and now in the occupation of Mr. J. B. Williams unto my daughter Catherine Jane the Wife of William Williams absolutely.andrewborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461871975041111993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806896152316154316.post-26864785448631382002010-06-02T20:17:58.966+01:002010-06-02T20:17:58.966+01:00Fascinating! But may I seek some clarification. St...Fascinating! But may I seek some clarification. Stratford Road numbers went from west to east until 1900. So what is today 13,14 and 15 was 41, 40 and 39 in the 19th C.<br />In 1881 these were occupied by Peter Clayton, a Clerk (and his wife had a "Fancy Repository" here), Henry Symington, a Draper, and George Blower, a retired Iron Moulder.Bryan Dunleavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550652628913169630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806896152316154316.post-92174361972994951732010-06-02T19:56:50.903+01:002010-06-02T19:56:50.903+01:00Numbers 13, 14, and 15 were once owned by my great...Numbers 13, 14, and 15 were once owned by my great great grandfather Richard Bore and he left one each to his three daughters.andrewborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461871975041111993noreply@blogger.com