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Grove Road, Heron Cross,
Great Fenton
102, 104,
106 & 108 Grove Road - the interior
The fireplace at 106 Grove
Road - to the left was the bread oven
102 Grove Road, the fireplace, rear door
and stairs
This was the smallest of the
four houses - in 1881 a farmer, his wife, a farm boy (age 18) and farm
hand (age 62) lived here.
the upstairs at 102 Grove Road - there was
only one bedroom
the steep stairway led
straight into the bedroom
- the door to the left did not originally exist - it was put in when the
houses were redeveloped.
Bedroom to 106 Grove Road
Occupants
in 1881:
the 1881 census tells us
that the heads of the family of three of the four houses were born outside
the city:
M = married, U = unmarried,
W = Widow(er), then age
102 Grove
Road (the smallest house)
| Thomas Dayson |
Head - Farmer of 97
acres, employing 1 labourer & 1 boy |
M - 35 |
Fenton |
| Jane Dayson |
Wife |
M - 34 |
Cucote, Staffs |
| Charles Critchlow |
Farm servant |
U -18 |
Wilton, Staffs |
| George Woolley |
Farm labourer |
U - 62 |
Walsall, Staffs |
104 Grove
Road (one down & one up - slightly larger than 102)
| Samuel Mountford |
Head - Gardener |
M - 44 |
Shot Gate, Staffs |
| Ellen Mountford |
Wife |
M - 47 |
Basford |
| Mary E Mountford |
Daughter - dressmaker |
U - 19 |
Wetley Rocks |
106 Grove
Road (the largest house two down & two up, with outhouses)
| William Stevenson |
Head - Farm Bailiff |
M - 59 |
Drointon, Staffs |
| Sarah Stevenson
|
Wife |
M - 58 |
Rugeley, Staffs |
| Hugh Stevenson
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Son - Colliery Breakman |
U - 25 |
Tickall, Staffs |
| Ellen Stevenson
|
Daur - Potters
Warehousewoman |
U - 21 |
Tickall, Staffs |
| Mira Stevenson
|
Daur - Potters Warehouse
hand |
U - 18 |
Tickall, Staffs |
| Joseph Stevenson
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Son - Apprentice
Carpenter |
U - 16 |
Tickall, Staffs |
| Robert Stevenson
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Son - Apprentice Engine
Fitter |
U - 14 |
Ingestre, Staffs |
| Rose Stevenson
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Daur - Scholar |
10 |
Ingestre, Staffs |
| Mary Johnson |
Grand Daur - Scholar |
4 |
Sideway |
104 Grove
Road
| Elizabeth Kay |
Head |
W - 29 |
Leigh, Staffs |
| Rebecca Kay |
Daur - Scholar |
6 |
Hanley |
| Elizabeth Kay |
Dau - Scholar |
4 |
Fenton |
| Thomas Foster |
Visitor - Farm
Labourer |
M - 63 |
Leigh, Staffs |
| Ann Foster |
Visitor - Farm
Labourers Wife |
M - 51 |
Bromshall, Staffs |
| Ellen Foster |
Visity - Scholar |
10 |
Lea Croft, Staffs
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