Shelton and the Ridgway Family

Charles Osmond's house & school on Richmond Street

Location 10 on the index map

  
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By 1865 Charles Osmond had bought some land behind Richmond Villa and he had a new house built in yellow brick in an elaborate architectural style. (the same yellow brick as that used later in Wellesley Street) 

Charles Osmond's house and the school buildings

 

Charles Osmond's house with monogram "CMO" 
and date stone "1866" 

 

1871 census return for the new house:

Name	Position	Status	Age	Employment	Place of Birth
Charles M Osmond	Head	Married	38	Schoolmaster	Wilts, Salisbury
Isabella Osmond	Wife	Married	39		Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Osmond A Archer	Nephew	Single	19	Tutor	Staffs, Shelton
Thomas A Archer	Nephew	Single	17	Tutor	Staffs, Shelton
David Coakley	Boarder	Single	23	Tutor	Cork, Blarney
Henry Metcalf	Boarder	Single	15	Scholar	Kent, Dover
Richard B Wellard	Boarder	Single	16	Scholar	Staffs, Newcastle
Francis B Clive	Boarder	Single	13	Scholar	Staffs, Biddulph
William W Walton	Boarder	Single	11	Scholar	Derbyshire, Derby
Jane Humphreys	Servant	Single	21	Cook	Montgomery, Newtown
Mary Gyinn	Servant	Single	21	Housemaid	Gloucs, Cliford
Emma Forrester	Servant	Single	18	Housemaid	Staffs, Washerwall

 

The school was still in existence in 1879 but had closed by 1881 when the house was occupied by Robert Reeve, 56, grocer, who employed 12 men and a boy.  

 

 

  
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