1851 - St. Alphage, Canterbury, Kent (as written on the census)
The area in which John and Hannah Terry were living in 1851 was populated by persons with the following
occupations:
Guildhall Street
#19 - Thomas Towsett? - Upholsterer (Master, employing 1 ?)
2 Houses Uninhabited
Orange Street
#6 - William Lansing- Licensed Victualler - called “Seven Stars” in 1861 and still owned by William
Ann M. Brice - House servant
Henry Bruton - Lodger - Traveller in the Brush Trade
William James - Lodger - Comb Maker
James Parker - Lodger - Comb Maker
1 uninhabited House
#3 - Sarah Eligeham (unmarried age 72) - Milliner
Amy Poolley (visitor) - Retired Groceress
#2 - John Reynolds - Eating House Keeper (Master)
Augustus J. Reynolds (son) - Grocer
#17 - Charlotte Marsh (widow) - Baker (Mistress employing 3 Men)
Thomas Marsh (son) - Baker *Master Baker in 1861 at this address
George B. Minott (brother) - Baker
Rebecca Struter? (age 19) - House Servant
William H. Taylor (servant) - Journeyman Baker
#16 - William Castle - Butcher (Master) *a Shoemakers home in 1861
#15 - George Haigh - Tailor Journeyman
George & William Haigh (sons) - Tailor Journeymen
no # - George Ladd - Bookseller & Agent (Master)
no # - Mary A. Ladd (widow age 64) - Lodging House Kent
Mary Ann Horais? (unmarried age 59) - Nurse *from London, Middlesex
Mary Gilham (widow age 57) - Nurse
#14 - Gibbon Ladd - Inn Keeper *from Whitechapel, Middlesex
Sarah Baldwin - House Servant
Richard Strand - House Servant *Caroline Strand is living here in 1861 (dressmaker)
(13, 12, 11?) - 13 - A Professor of Magic is living here in 1861
#10 - George Gambier - Builder / Master employing 7 men) *still here in 1861
George P. Gambier - Builder’s Apprentice
#9 - John S. Hayward - Coach Builder (Master employing 8 men) - at number 5 in 1861
no # - Harriet Thunder (widow)
Ann Thunder (daughter age 12) - Parish Relief
Harriet Thunder (daughter age 5) - Parish Relief
Sarah Moore - Nurse Child age 3?
Palace Street *in 1778 it was referred to as Alphaba Street (a red pump stood on the junction of Palace street
and Orange Street, previously known as the Prince of Orange Street.)
#27 (Red Pump) - Jack Holloway - Leather Seller / Foreman (employing 1 boy) *from Bucks (living at number 7
Orange street in 1861)
St. Peters Friars *later known as “The Friars”
#1 - Mary Hobday (widow) - Proprietor of Houses *still here in 1861
Susannah Emery - Dressmaker
Richard Solly - Retired Labourer (noted as retired Grazier in 1861)
#2 - Edward Barnes - Miller Journeyman (lived here in 41) *from Sussex
David Barnes - Baker
Robert Bourne - Formerly Porter at Union House
Richard Keates - Stone Mason Journeyman *from Camberwell, Surrey
William Perry - Copper Plate Printer Journeyman
#3 - Henry Bear - Coal Merchant (Master employing 2 men)
Thomas Bear - Butcher Journeyman
#4 - Joseph Hogken? - Carpenter Journeyman (A Hairdresser’s in 1861)
Benjamin Pilshaw - Grocer’s Assistant
#5 - John Terry - Green Grocer (James Webb is living here in 1861 - Dyer & General Dealer)
Hannah Terry - Laundress
Richard Corsingham - Working Jeweller (Master)
St. Peter’s Friars (Cont’d)
#6 - Angel Hyde - Tailor (Master) *from Surrey
Montague Hyde (son) - Carpenter
#7 - William Prett - Plumber & Glazier (Master)
Mary Ann Prett - Dress Maker
#8 - Daniel Bowen - Mason Journeyman (unoccupied in 1861) *now an Art Gallery
Catherine Bowen - Seamstress
Palace Street
#27 1/2 - Antonio Monti - General Dealer (employing 1 man) *from Italy... Still here in 1861 now a Jeweller &
Watch Maker, etc.
Catherine McDonald - House keeper *from Southwark, Surrey
#26 - Eliza Egglestone - House Keeper
Eliza Davis (servant) - Shop Keeper
Fanny Fagg - House Servant
#25 - Thomas D. Saunders - Butcher (Master employing 1 man & 1 boy) *still a Butchers in 1861 - Young
John Acors - Journeyman Butcher
Tupsell? - House Servant
#24 - John Featherstone - Grocer (Master) *was here in 1847, and still here in 1861, employing 1 boy
Annie Marsh - House Servant
#23 - John Jackman - Tailor (Master employing 1 man) *from Lancashire *The house is now called the “Old Huguenot
Weaver’s House”, and is an antique shop. John is still here in 1861 employing 4 men and 1 boy.
#22 - William Prett - Pastry Cook (Master employing 1 boy) *Timber framed house (most properties on this side
of Palace Street once belonged to Dutch and Huguenot weavers during the 16th century. *living at #26 in 1861
Turn Again Lane
*can see drawings of house 5 - 8 at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/cbaresrep/pdf/061/06111003.pdf
#9 - Anne Lawrence (widow) - Parish relief
Mary Ann Minter (daughter, widow) - Tailoress, George Minter (grandson) - Errand Boy
#8 - John Crippen - Pattern Maker *from London, Middlesex (lived on Burgate street in 1835 - 37)
Thomas Harris - Labourer
? Harris (son) - Guard to Coast
John Harris (son) - Errand Boy
George Saunners? (son in law) - Cork Cutter (Journeyman)
George Yeoman - Gardener
Sarah Blake (widow) - Charwoman
Thomas Todd (son) - Ostler *someone employed in the stable to take care of the horses
George Browne (son) - Collarman, William Browne (son) - Butcher
Henry Moore (widower) - General Dealer
Sarah Moore (sister) - Parish relief (blind)
#5 - John Russell - Formerley Shoemaker *still here in 1861 noted as shoemaker
? Russell (son) - Sawyer
William Russell (son) - Cook
#4 - Ann Filman? - no occupation
Thomas Filman? (son) - Labourer
#3 - Edward Sherwood - Hawker* (Peddler) *still here in 1861 - General Hawker
George Rose (former son in law, widow) - Formerly Tanner
#2 - Thomas Pay - Blacksmith Journeyman *a Tailor lives here in 1861
#1 - George Millener - Labourer
George Ward - Clock Maker Journeyman
1 house uninhabited
Palace Street
#20 - Jane Pool - Tobacconist *a three story, timber framed with an early 19th century facade. Richard and Jane
Pool are living here in 1861 - Richard is a Boot Maker
Henry J. Hutchesson - Clergyman not having care of souls (*1861 Clerk, without care of Souls - Church of England)
Maria Holliday - House servant & Susan Kemp - House servant
St. Alphage Lane
John Thornton - M.R.C.S. London, in general practice *Royal College of Surgeons *still here in 1861
St. Alphage Lane (cont’d)
Mary Ann Dryland - House servant
#2 - John Hawkins - Cordwainer, Master
#1 - William Palmer - Cordwainer, Journeyman
1 house uninhabited
Thomas Andrews - M.R.C.S.L. General Practioner
Alfred B. Andrews (nephew) - M.R.C.S.L. General Practioner
Octavius Andrews (nephew) - Bankers Clerk
Emma Berry - House servant
#10 - William Temple - Rector of St. Alphage and Vicar of St. Mary Northgate, Canterbury
Augustus Temple (son) - King’s Scholar (The King’s School Canterbury - England’s oldest school est. 597 AD)
Mary Ann Foster - House servant
#9 - Catherine Lording - Annuitant
Sarah Mungearm? - House servant
#8 - Thomas Moor - Retired Chief Officer in late E.J. Company? (abolished in 1836) in service and Captain of
Steam Ship *from St. Marylebone, London - his wife Lydia is from the East Indies *still here in 1861
Drasson? Moor (son) - King’s Scholar
Mary Ann Aiano? - House servant
Palace Street
#19 - Edward Pillow - Paper Hanger (Master) * The building is three stories and has fish scale tiles. There was
a Victualler here in 1861 - Mr. Thomas Newmason?
Robert Rennie - Tea Dealer *Scotland
Alexander Rennie - Tea Dealer *Scotland
#18 - Moses Nathan - Glass, China, ?, etc. *a 17th century timber framed house on a very narrow plot of 11 feet
#17 - George Bates - Saddler (Master) of Sussex *Conquest House dates from the Norman Conquest. For a few
hours this house was said to be the headquarters to the four knights who murdered Thomas a Becket in 1170.
some good pictures of the house:
http://weblingua.hostinguk.com/invictaweb/canterburybuildings/pages/plcst17.htm
#16 - Robert Leach - ? Auctioneer (Master) employing 1 man *Robert is still here in 1861 - Auctioneer & Appraiser
(Listed as Furniture Broker, 16 Palace Street, 1847 Kent Gazetter & Directory)
#15 - Henry Norton - Grocer & Tea Dealer (Master) employing 1 man *George Bates was here in 1847, Fishing
Tackle Manufacturer (History Gazetteer & Directory of Kent Vol II, 1847)
Charlotte Graham - Midwife
Martha Ann Marsh - House servant
#14 - Pilcher Vincent - Chelsea Pensioner, Shoe Maker (Master) employing 2 men
Elizabeth Vincent - Shoe binder *Yorkshire
Stephen Gunner? - Farmers Labourer
Elizabeth Fairbrass - Housekeeper
#13 - William Finn? - Victualler *it is an 18th century building (The Albion Inn in 1861)
Mary Bedwell - House servant
#12 - Thomas Richard Barnes - Grocer (Master) *the building is 16th century, timber framed *was here in 1847,
and still here 1861
Mary Dixon (visitor) - Annuitant
Sarah Master - House servant
#11 - Thomas Wells - Tailor (Master) employing 7 men *Northamptonshire *still here in 1861
Caroline Wickenden - House servant
#10 - John Bryson - Pork Butcher (Master) *became The Bell and Crown Inn in 1862
Frances Bedwell (widow) - Retired from Shoe Business
#9 - Stephen Ba(e)lsey? - Baker (Master) *still here in 1861
James Petman (servant) - Baker Foreman
#8 - Thomas Thurston - Upholsterer (Master) *the house is believed to have been built around 1250, possibly
as the Rectors house of St. Alphage. (connects to St. Alphage church) some great pictures of the house at :
http://weblingua.hostinguk.com/invictaweb/canterburybuildings/pages/plcst8.htm
Jane Toppenham? - House servant
#7 - Jesse White - Clothier (Master) employing 4 men *timber framed building with three stories, inside the
building is a finely moulded staircase and an 18th century embossed plasterwork on the ceiling.
Jesse White (son) - Tailor’s apprentice *William F. White is here in 1861
Thomas White (son) - Baker’s apprentice
#6 - George Francis - Plumber (Master) employing 1 man *number 6 is on the corner of Palace Street and Turn
again Lane, it has an 18th century facade. Three stories high with a wooden modillion cornice. A succession of
Italian families came to live here in the late 1800’s *one of the Francis family lives here in 1861 - Plumber & Glazier
#5 - William Horsley - Butcher & Green Grocer
Henry Mead - Woolstapter?
Palace Street (cont’d)
#4 - Matthias Heizman - Clock Maker *Germany *part of a single timber-framed building three stories, Matthias
is stil here in 1861
Joseph Heizman (brother) - Clock Maker *Germany
Elizabeth Nash (widow) - Retired Housekeeper
(4 Palace street was occupied by John W. Davey in 1847, he was a Fruitereer and Greengrocer *from History
& Directory of Kent Vol II 1847)
#3 - John W. Davey - Town Sergeant *like the police chief , John is still living here in 1861 - Green Grocer &
Town Sergeant
William Davey (son) - Printer, Compositor