Fitting Families to Houses & Farms to 1901

Bishop WiltonLocal History Group

Fitting Families to Village Houses

fromthe

1901 Census&

Fitting Families to Outlying Farms

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1841 to 1901Censuses

Bishop Wilton Local History - Special Publication

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Fitting Families to HousesDerek H. Wileman

In 2004 the Bishop Wilton Local History Group held a Workshop Day and one task was to look

at the 1901 census to try to fit each family on that census to a house in the village. In preparation, I printed off images of the enumerators’ books for each of the censuses from 1841 to 1901, from either Internet sources or from CD ROMs that I possessed. Meanwhile a list had been produced which included spaces for all the houses in the order they appeared around the village plus the outlying farms and houses. This was based on material from photographs and postcards of almost all the houses in the village from the late 19th century and early 20th century. The aim of the workshop was to try to match the occupants of houses in the census for 1901 with the right dwelling in the village. After this we thought it may be possible to do the same for earlier censuses. One of the problems raised by this exercise showed that at certain times 2 or more dwellings had been combined to make just one house, and newer houses may have been built after the photographs were taken. So there was uncertainty as to where the “next” household on the census would be.

In 1901 the census data included: nature of dwell-ing or house name, surname, forename, relationship with the head of the household, sex, age, marital status, occupation, the county and parish where the person was born, the type of employment (employed, employer, work on own, at home), certain health problems, and if a dwelling was unoccupied, and how many rooms were in the house. Each dwelling as it is listed has a “schedule number” from 1 to 106. The enumerator was William Askwith (probably the head of household at Callis Wold farmhouse - a farm-

er aged 63). Forms were issued to each household and the head of the house had to fill in details of all the people who were in his/her house on the night of 31 March 1901. If they could not write then the enumerator helped them to fill it in. These forms were collected by the enumerator and he entered the de-tails in his “enumerator’s book”. The pages of these books are what researchers are able to look at. The original forms were destroyed.

It looked as if it might be an easy task to match each census entry with a house in the village. This was so in some cases. Places like “Belthorpe Top Foreman’s house”, “Garrowby Lodge farmhouse”, “Schoolmaster’s house” and “Callis Wold farm-house” were fairly obvious places. The families liv-ing in these dwellings were relatively easy to locate on a map and on the list. Unfortunately, most of the “addresses” on the census pages were given as “Cot-tage”, with some as “House”, “Private House”, or even “Farmhouse”.

There were other problems. Where had the enu-merator started collecting census forms? What was his route around the village? Did the way he listed them in the enumerator’s book follow the order of the houses in the street, or did he miss some people because they were out and he went back later? Did he put these latter families in the correct street order, or did he add them at the end? For the 1871 census at Bishop Wilton the enumerator put the families in alphabetical order of surname, so there is no relation-ship to the position of the house in the street!

This was so complex that I had to make some as-sumptions. The first 16 dwellings on the list are all “outlying” dwellings, farms such as Callis Wold, Greenwick cottage, Low Belthorpe etc. The first one in the village proper seems to be the one called “Gamekeeper’s cottage” (No. 79) followed by 3 cot-tages (the middle one uninhabited), then the “School-

Introduction

The material in this document was produced initially for an exhibition in Bishop Wilton Village Hall to

coincide with a Flower Festival in St Edith’s Church in 2005. It has since been expanded for printing as the Local History Group’s first Special Publication.

As well as being of interest to current residents of

Bishop Wilton and descendants of past residents, it is hoped that it provides a model for others in villages of a similar size.

It is clear that our task has been helped by the avail-ability of old postcards of the village and the publi-cation has been enhanced by being able to draw on photographs supplied by the many people who have shared their treasured mementoes of the past.

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master’s house”. These fit the top end of the village opposite the site of the Archbishop’s Palace. After this there are more cottages and eventually the “Parsonage House”, a “house and shop”, “policeman’s house”, a Cottage, and then “Hall Farm”. This suggests that the enumerator walked down the north side of the main street from the school to the crossroads. After that there are the “House and Blacksmith’s shop”, then the “Cross Keys Inn”. From then on there are lots of “Cottages” and “Houses” and at 72 the “Fleece Inn” , with 73 being the “House and Grocer’s shop and Post Office”. More cottages and houses take us to No. 102, with 103 to 105 being “Back Lane Cottages”.

So making the bold assumption that the houses

listed in the census are in street order, the enumerator walked from the houses above the school, down the north side of the main street to the bottom of the vil-lage, then back up the main street on the South side to the top of the village, adding Back Lane at the end. I filled in the families on the list and passed this back to the Local History Group to see if it agreed with the photographic data and local knowledge of where certain families used to live. Although I have fam-ily connections with the village from 1786 to about 1860, I have no detailed knowledge of the inhabitants at the turn of the 19th/20th century or later.

The Village Repopulated- With Qualifications!Mike Pratt

With Derek Wileman’s preparatory work as a starting point, there was a concerted attempt

to refine the placement of families and locate the unoccupied dwellings around the village. Andrew Sefton, Mike Pratt and David Walker pooled their knowledge and finalised the layout represented in the following four diagrams.

The basis for the layout was the 1910 OS map which allowed Main Street to be split into four sec-tions: the north side of the bottom-end; the south side of the bottom-end; the south side of the top-end; the north side of the top-end. Although this order corre-sponds to current house numbers, it should be noted that these were not introduced to the village until the 1930s. Therefore, the census entry number has been

used as the main cross-reference with a dwelling on the diagram. This is then associated with the existing house numbers in the lists of householders.

We are sure of some of the allocations of house-holders to dwellings. We are less sure of others: where there are blocks of cottages under one roof we do not know that the list is in the right sequence; continuity of family occupation up until recent times suggests that a strict sequence round the village may be ques-tionable (e.g. William Sissons at No. 76 rather than at 78; Matthew Ripley at No. 12 rather than at No.49). With no specific reasons to break the supposed enu-merator’s strict sequence around the village we have left it as it is. It is possible that Title Deeds could help to prove or disprove the allocations.

For convenience of display, the repopulation of outlying farms is covered separately in this docu-ment.

Key to the DiagramsNot all the shaded rectangles shown on the diagrams as fronting onto the street are actual dwellings, some are outbuildings, work premises and former dwellings.In the main, the division of dwellings as represented on the 1910 OS map has been accepted as is. However, in one or two cases one dwelling has been assumed although more than one is shown on the map.Unoccupied dwellings which are listed in the census return but not allocated entry numbers are shown as unshaded rectangles on the diagrams and listed in sequence with the occupied houses.An asterisk against a census entry number indicates that there is a high degree of certainty that the location of the corresponding householder and family is correct i.e. there is supporting evidence. There are fewer of these “reference points” on the south side of the top end of the village.

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EntryNo.

Head of Family House No.

34* Thomas Fletcher 135* George Bailey 236* Robert Bailey 337 William B. Cooper 438 George Oxtoby 539 James H. Cook 640 William Garforth 7

Unoccupied 841 Emily Mary Trowsdale 942 Ann Anderson 10

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43 Ann Loft 1144 Matthew C. Ripley 1245* George Brown 13,1446 John B. Richmond 1547 Thomas Clint 1648* Henry Serginson 1749 Jane Gowland 1850* Robert Adamson 1951 Richard Smith 2052 Marmaduke Birks 21

Bishop WiltonHouse OccupancyFrom the 1901 Census

Bottom-end, NorthHouse Numbers 1 to 21

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Bottom-end, SouthHouse Numbers 22 to 73

EntryNo.


53 Robert Pickering 2254* James Newby 2355 Alfred Serginson 2456 Ann Cawton 2557 Robert Robson 26,27

Unoccupied x 2 28,2958* Levi Dales 3059 George Slater 31

Unoccupied 32

EntryNo.


60 George Loft 3361 William Ware 3462 Thomas Clint 3563 William Richmond 3664 Catherine Chapman 3765* Elizabeth Barker 3766 Fred Foster 3867 Quarton Wilkinson 3968 George Anderson 4069 John Jordan 4170 Emma Lofthouse 42

Unoccupied 4371* Hannah Banks 4472* Sophia H. Elsworth 4573* William H. Cook 46103 Escritt Wilson 106104 Thomas Foster 107105 Martha Foster 108


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Top-end, SouthHouse Numbers 47 to 78

EntryNo.


74 Thomas Egglestone 4775 Charles Wallis 4876 Thomas Foster Snr 4977 James White 5078 William Morley 5079 Christopher Barnes 5180 William Wales 5181 Thomas Robinson 5282 Martha Keep 53

Unoccupied 5483 William Foster 5584 George Page 5685 Jane Ann Banks* 5786 Henry Q. Adamson 5887 Sara Croft 59

Unoccupied 6088 Mark Headley 61

EntryNo.


89 John Ware 6290 Richard Webster 6391 George Squires 6492 John R. Robinson 65,6693 Robert Cullum 67,6894 Cooper Walkington 6995 Thomas Ware 7096 Agnes Alice Milvain 71

Unoccupied 7297 William Smith 7298 David Beale 7399 Samuel Hardcastle 74100 Mary Askwith 75101 William Sissons 76

Unoccupied x 2 77102 Thomas Hardwick 78

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Top-end, NorthHouse Numbers 79 to 97

EntryNo.


17* William Sygrove 7918 Jane Baxter 80

Unoccupied19 William Slater 8120* Harry Bramley 82

Unoccupied 8321 James Johnson 8322 William Lazenby 8423 George W. Slater 8424 Jonathan H. Hodgson 8525 Elizabeth Craggs 8626 James Fuguill 86

Unoccupied 8727 George Wilson 88

EntryNo.


Unoccupied 8928 George Wilson Jnr 90

Unoccupied x 329* Job Johnson 91

Unoccupied 9230* John Adams Eldridge 93,9431* James Robson 9532* John F. Harrison 9633 Jane Etty 97


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Taking things a stage further, the images of house frontages from old postcards can be used to show

where families lived.Although it would be possible to do this all around

the village, just six examples are provided here. The details from postcards that have been used could be a few years either side of 1901 so there can be no cer-tainty that the residents depicted are those listed on the census return. Still, it is fun to speculate!

Things to SpotThe Policeman’s House at No. 96 is unmistakable with a sign over the door and a noticeboard to the side (page 10). Could that be a wanted poster on it?!It looks as though PC Harrison’s son, William Harrison, was a servant of his next door neighbour, James Robson. His occupation was described as “Grand Lad”!That could be the butcher, James Robson,

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standing outside his premises (page 10).Similarly, Rev. John Adams Eldridge had another resident’s son, Fred Sygrove, acting as a Page Boy and living in.Who is that standing on the doorstep at No. 19 (page 11)? Could it be Robert Adamson - Shopkeeper and Grocer? There is certainly a sign over the door.Take a close look at the front step at No. 20. You can just see a broom emerging from the doorway. Perhaps this was Sarah Smith doing her housework!There is a lady on the doorstep of No. 37 that we take to be Elizabeth Barker (page 12).William Morley was living in a one room dwelling so it is possible that this was the small extension to No. 50 or it could have been an outhouse up the back (page 14).

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House FrontagesMike Pratt

This is an example of photograph that turned up relatively recently, after those that were used to research this publication. It shows the frontage of No. 75 Main Street (with a lamp post in front). It is possible that the individuals on the doorstep are those included in the 1901 census when Mary Askwith, widower aged 55, was head of household, Mary Surridge, aged 89 was in

residence along with a girl of 13 called Frances Tipling.

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26 25 24 23 22 21C e n s u s E n t r y ( H o u s e Number) First Name Surname

Relation to Head

Marital Status

Age Male

Age Female Profession Where Born

21 (83) James Johnson Head S 50 Rabbit Catcher BW, YorksEliza A. Johnson Sister S 36 Housekeeper

DomesticBW, Yorks

Ellen Johnson Mother Widow 76 Buckthorpe, Yorks

22 (84) William Lazenby Head M 73 Farm Labourer Acklam, YorksSarah Lazenby Wife M 67 Huggate, Yorks

23 (84) George W. Slater Head M 26 Farm Labourer BW, YorksClara Slater Wife M 25 Millington, YorksEdith Medd Nurse child 5 mths Warter, Yorks

24 (85) Jonathon H Hodgson Head M 30 Ordinary Farm Labourer

Buckthorpe, Yorks

Harriet Hodgson Wife M 28 BW, YorksNorah H Hodgson Daughter 4 BW, YorksEthel Hodgson Daughter 2 BW, YorksHarriet Hodgson Daughter 1 BW, Yorks

25 (85) Elizabeth Craggs Head Widow 70 Living on own means

Full Sutton, Yorks

26 (86) James Fuguill Head M 28 Farm labourer BW, YorksAda Fuguill Wife M 24 Birdsall, YorksAlice Fuguill Daughter 2 BW, YorksWilliam Fuguill Son 11

mthsBW, Yorks

William Thompson Grandfather Widower 85 Pocklington, Yorks

UnoccupiedUnoccupied


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33 32 Policeman’s House 31House &

Shop 30Parsonage House

Census Entry (House Number)

First Name

Sur-name

Relation to Head

Marital Status

Age Male


30 (94) John Adams Eldridge Head Widower 86 Clergyman, C of E Oxford, Mary MagdaleneSarah Poole Servant 28 Housekeeper

DomesticBadsworth, Yorks

Fred Sygrove Page Boy S 12 Page Boy Domestic

Millington, Yorks

31 (95) James Robson Head M 39 Butcher Foxholes, YorksMary Robson Wife M 35 Scholar Widdington, YorksMary Robson Daughter S 13 Scholar Langtoft, YorksIsabel Robson Daughter S 11 Scholar Langtoft, YorksRichard Robson Son 9 Scholar BW, YorksWilliam Robson Son 7 Scholar BW, YorksHarry Robson Son 4 BW, YorksWilliam Harrison Servant S 13 Grand Lad Wilberfoss, Yorks

32 (96) John F. Harrison Head M 42 Police Constable E.R.C.

Gransmoor, Yorks

Fanny Harrison Wife M 40 Hambleton, YorksCharlotte Harrison Daughter S 11 Scholar Howden YorksReginald Harrison Son 9 Scholar Howden YorksWilfred Harrison Son 7 Scholar Howden YorksHarold Harrison Son 5 Scholar MelbourneDora L. Harrison Daughter 2 Melbourne

33 (97) Jane Etty Head Widow 53 Dressmaker Belper, DerbyshireThomas W Etty Son S 22 No occupation

ImbecileEarswick, Yorks

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51 50 49 48 47 46Census Entry (House Number) First Name Surname

Relation to Head

Marital Status

Age Male


46 (15) John B Richmond Head M 47 Carrier Corn BW, YorksKate Richmond Wife M 35 Great Kelk,

Lowthorpe, DriffieldClara Richmond Daughter 10 Scholar BW, YorksAble Richmond Son 8 Scholar BW, YorksBertie Richmond Son 6 Scholar BW, YorksRose Richmond Daughter 2 BW, YorksAmy Richmond Daughter 1 BW, Yorks

47 (16) Thomas Clint Head M 77 Retired Farm Labourer

Leavening, Yorks

Elizabeth Clint Wife M 70 Bolton, YorksWalter Clint Son S 39 Horse Breaker and

breederBW, Yorks

Lawrence Clint Son 5 Attending school BW, Yorks48 (17) Henry Serginson Head M 55 Shoe Maker BW, Yorks

Ellen F Serginson Wife M 52 Scarborough, YorksCharles Serginson Son S 23 Shoe Maker

journeymanHexham, Northumberland

49 (18) Jane Gowland Head S 50 Laundress & Charwoman

BW, Yorks

50 (19) Robert Adamson Head S 42 Shopkeeper & Grocer

Haxby, Yorks

51 (20) Richard Smith Head M 59 Horse Breaker Bulmer, YorksSarah Smith Wife M 54 BW, YorksHarry Smith Son S 19 Railway Porter BW, Yorks


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64 63 62 61 60 59Unoccupied65Census Entry (House Number) First Name Surname

Relation to Head

Marital Status

Age Male


59 (31) George Slater Head Widower 66 Farm Labourer Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks

May Ann Robinson Servant S 37 Servant Howden, Yorks60 (33) George Loft Head M 44 Ordinary Agricultural

LabourerGivendale, Yorks

Margaret Loft Wife M 42 Harwooddale, YorksAlbert J Loft Son 12 Scholar BW, YorksAlice Loft Daughter 10 Scholar BW, YorksHerbert Loft Son 5 Scholar BW, YorksThomas F Loft Son 1 mth BW, Yorks

61 (34) William Ware Head M 74 Farm Labourer BW, YorksMary Ware Wife M 63 Strensall, Yorks

62 (35) Thomas Clint Head M 31 Waggoner on farm BW, YorksMargaret Clint Wife M 19 Fridaythorpe, Yorks

63 (36) William Richmond Head M 67 Ordinary Agricultural Labourer

Bolton, York

Ann Richmond Wife M 57 Pocklington, YorksAlfred Rose Grandson 4 BW, Yorks

64 (37) Catherine Chapman Head Widow 73 York, YorksJohn Chapman Son S 48 Agricultural Labourer BW, Yorks

65 (37) Elizabeth Barker Head Widow 57 Charwoman Domestic Pocklington, YorksHilda Barker Daughter S 18 General Servant

Domestic BW, Yorks

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Census Entry (House Number)

First Name Surname

Relation to Head

Marital Status

Age Male


72 (45) Sophia H Elsworth Head Widow 59 Innkeeper Bath, Somerset

Rosena Grant Sister S 52 Bath, Somerset

Elizabeth Cross Servant S 30 General Servant Domestic

Bishop Wilton, Yorks

Tom Foster Servant S 27 Ostler Minskip, Yorks

73 (46) William H Cook Head M 52 Sub Postmaster & Grocer

Brompton, Derbys

Rebecca Cook Wife M 60 Studley, Warks

73 House, Grocer’s Shop & Post Office 72 Fleece

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Census En-try (House Number) First Name Surname

Relation to Head

Marital Status

Age Male


75 (48) Charles Wallis Head M 71 Farm Labourer York, YorksAnn Wallis Wife M 64 North Burton, Yorks

76 (49) Thomas Foster (sen.) Head M 66 Agricultural Labourer BW, YorksJane Foster Wife M 65 Hornsea, Yorks

77 (50) James White Head M 72 Cowkeeper Newton, YorksSarah White Wife M 62 Bugthorpe, Yorks

78 (50) William Morley Head Widower 74 Farm Labourer Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorks

79 (51) Christopher Barnes Head M 75 Farm Labourer BW, YorksElizabeth Barnes Wife M 72 Wilberfoss, YorksJohn Barnes Son S 30 Roadman Labourer BW, Yorks

80 (51) William Wales Head M 36 Carrier North Frodingham, YorksMargaret Wales Wife M 36 BW, YorksJames W Wales Son S 14 Horse Lad on Farm Woodhouse, YorksRobert Wales Son 12 Scholar BW, YorksLizzie Wales Daughter 10 Scholar BW, YorksMay Wales Daughter 5 Scholar BW, YorksFred Wales Son 2 BW, YorksFlorrie Wales Daughter 5 mths BW, Yorks

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Occupation of farms within the village are dealt with in preceding pages. For outlying farms all

census details available have been taken into account - not just those for 1901. A selection of these are represented on the map that follows and the details for those that could not be included on the map are separately listed.

The following notes should be borne in mind when considering the details for the occupation of the outlying farms:1. The varying ways of referring to the same farm

in successive censuses have been listed in the headings e.g. Westfield House or Westfield for what is now known as Grange Farm.

2. There is some confusion over which is Callis Wold and which Low Callis in the censuses for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and even 1881. We have tried to spot continuity based on tenants, or acreage, but are baffled. Were there 2 people farming at Callis Wold? When did Low Callis

come into being?3. Where is Cot Nab? It doesn’t even appear on

the 1901 census. It might be worth asking a later occupant.

4. Where were the Bankses in 1851? West Field Farm does not seem to be listed in the 1851 census.

5. A Trade Directory has been used in one instance to fill a gap.

6. Land was obviously attached to different farms at different times, and trying to use the given acreage to locate a particular farm is not straightforward. A lot can happen in a 10-year gap which cannot be guessed at! For example, in 1861 Robert Matthews (50) is farming 235 acres at Garrowby Top, while Charles Matthews (40) is farming 413 acres at an unnamed village farm. In 1871 Charles Matthews (now 50) is listed as living at Garrowby Top, but still farming his 413 acres.

Outlying FarmsDerek Wileman & Kate Pratt

Beechwood Farmhouse as it would have looked in 1901


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Outlying Farms - Not on the MapMill Lane CottageMill HouseThistle Mill HouseWindmill Date HeadofHousehold Acreage CensusEntryNo1841 Joseph Beacastle 111861 William Reynolds (Corn Miller) Trade Directory1871 Thomas Oxtoby 891881 Joseph Cooling 1131891 Unoccupied 17A1901 Benjamin Rose 11

Greenwick Farm Date HeadofHousehold Acreage CensusEntryNo1841 Thomas Askwith 61851 Thomas Askwith 300 1221861 Elizabeth Askwith 400 121871 Thomas Askwith 400 11881 Francis Pickering 1231891 James R Singleton 31901 Harry Elsworth 6

Greenwick Cottage (1) Date HeadofHousehold Acreage CensusEntryNo1871 George Oxtoby 911881 William Ellis 1161891 William H Kirby 51901 Uninhabited 4A Greenwick Cottage (2)Date HeadofHousehold Acreage CensusEntryNo1871 George White 1281881 George White 1191891 No Entry 1901 Uninhabited 4B Greenwick Gamekeeper’s CottageDate HeadofHousehold Acreage CensusEntryNo1901 Alfred Fell 5

Belthorpe Top – Hind’s or Foreman’s House Date HeadofHousehold Acreage CensusEntryNo1841 John Watkinson * 1891 David Brown 121901 David Brown 9* the 1841 entry is for a house with 5 agricultural labourers in it


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The People ConcernedMike Pratt

The next task was to assemble as many photos of the people covered by the 1901 census as possible, with the one proviso that they do not have to have been taken at that precise time. An example is:

So in the following pages there are as many as the archives allow in the approximate order around the vil-lage as the entries in the census.

Where possible the source of the image has been identified.

James & Selina Cook were living at No. 6 in 1901. His occupation was given as Varmint Killer. In 1939 they were living at No. 10 when they housed evacuees from Sunderland.Thanks are due to Joan Goy for this image.

Job Johnson and his wife Harriet in the garden behind No. 91, in the late 1920s. In 1901 he was aged 55 and she was 50, and they were living in this same house. The young lady in the photograph has not been identified.

Job came to the fore in village history in 1927 as the instigator and captain of the veteran cricketers whose exploits were written about and photographed for newspapers of the time.

Thanks are due to Freda Davidson (nee Clint) for this image. Her Grandmother, Margaret Clint, lived in a neighbouring cottage.

Rev. John Adams Eldridge was a widower of 86 in 1901. He lived at the old Vicarage, No. 93/94, with a housekeeper and a pageboy of 12 called Fred Sygrove. Fred was the son of William Sygrove who lived up the road at the Gamekeeper’s Cottage, No. 79. Rev. Eldridge died in 1905, having been the vicar of Bishop Wilton for over 47 years.

This image comes from an article about Eldridge’s life.

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We can’t be sure, but we think this must be PC Frederick Harrison, at the top of the steps up to the Church. He lived not far away at the Police House, No 96.

Look closely and you will see a young girl at the top of the steps, opposite PC Harrison, that could be one of his daughters.

This image is from a postcard.

Harold Bailey, a Joiner, was 24 in 1901 living with his family at No. 3 which is where this photograph shows him. He had a brother, John, who was also a Joiner.

The house has disappeared now. It was called Ivy Dene in later years. At a time when it had been modernised someone in the village used to refer to it as “one of the oldest houses in the village”.

Thanks are due to Ruth Walker for this image.


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George Brown, Tailor & Draper, outside No. 13/14 where he was living in 1901 with his second wife, Emily, and their daughter, Doris, age 1.

George appears on at least 3 postcards of the village around this time.

This image comes from an old postcard that was found at a postcard fair. It was only the postmark on the back that linked it to Bishop Wilton.

This is Levi Dales who was a 59 year old retired Grain Merchant on his own at the Chestnuts (No. 30) in 1901 when the census was taken. Miraculously, this photograph is actually dated 21st March 1901. Levi is pictured with one of his sons, Noel.

We are told that Frances Dales, Levi’s wife, was at a boarding house with Levi’s two sons (and one from a previous marriage) on the Isle of Wight at the time of the 1901 census.

At the time of his death at the age of 78 he was at Cawood Castle and after his death a commemorative plaque was placed in the Church by a child of his.

Levi was a founder & treasurer of the first Bishop Wilton Show in 1897. The fact that it had a South African sponsor has mystified us for some time. It turns out that Levi’s daughter, Gertrude Dales, married a South African goldminer, Henry Thomas Glynn, in 1896 in Pocklington.

The image was supplied by Vivian Haevens a descendant of Levi who lives in Canada.

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This is Margaret Clint in later life. In 1901 at the age of 19 she was already married to Thomas, aged 31, and living at No. 35.

It is thought that this photograph was actually taken somewhere other than Bishop Wilton (unless someone can identify the house).

Thanks are due to Freda Davidson (nee Clint, Margaret’s granddaughter) for this image.

Andrew Sefton found this image in a bundle of items relating to the Barker family that he acquired at an auction. We managed to identify the house as No. 37 by matching it with another photograph (see page 12) where the same woman is standing on the same doorstep. After that it wasn’t too big a step to identify the woman as Elizabeth Barker who was 57 at the time of the census and living with her daughter, Hilda, aged 18.

It isn’t only the fronts of old postcards that need to be checked. This is the back of the postcard of the Fleece Inn reproduced on page 13. It was sent in 1904 by Sophia H. Elsworth who was Innkeeper at the Fleece in 1901.


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This photo of the Banks family outside Walgate House, No 57, cannot be dated precisely, but must be later than 1904 when the outbuilding in the background, outside No 97, was built.

Finally

What was the most unexpected profession recorded in the 1901 census? Without doubt that of William R Pennington (from St John’s Wood, Hampstead) living at No. 73, who was an Operatic Vocalist and

Poultry Keeper!

This is Charlie Cullum with his sister Sarah outside No 90. Charlie was 23 in 1901, a bootmaker journeyman, living with his family at No. 67/68.

Thanks are due to Barry Trotter for this image.

The older lady is Jane Ann Banks, shown in the 1901 census as a widow and a Poultry Farmer. She had 10 children in all, so the line-up probably includes some of her grandchildren as well as the youngest of her children.

Thanks are due to Miss Eastwood for this image.

Documents

Fitting Families to Houses & Farms to 1901