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A local history and genealogy site for Wimpole, a village and parish in South Cambridgeshire
Curated by Steve Odell

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Wimpole Census 1901 - Part One
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A local history and genealogy page for the Parish of Wimpole.

Skinner and Wayman Families, c1905
Skinner and Wayman Families,
standing in front of their cottages in Cambridge Road, New Wimpole, c1905.
[Image kindly donated by Brenda and Michael Skinner (2002)]

The 1901 Census for Wimpole, Cambridgeshire.
Reference: Ref. RG11/1656 (with acknowledgement to the Public Record Office)
Date of Census: 31 March 1901
There is a national Census every ten years when the year ends in a one. This page details the population of the Parish of Wimpole on the night of 31 March 1901 (the list includes children and visitors from outside the parish in temporary residence within Wimpole on the night of the census).
The population of the Parish of Wimpole on the night of the 1901 Census was: 240.
My thanks and acknowledgements to the 'census team' who provided the documentation and who typed and checked the various page transcripts back in 2002/2003. Particular thanks to Mike Giddings, Susan Giddings, Alexandra Morton and John Parkins for all their help, assistance and encouragement. Any errors are probably mine.
Columns (left to right):
   1. Name.
   2. Relation to Head of Household.
   3. Married, Widow, Widowed or Unmarried (18 years and over).
   4. Age.
   5. Occupation.
   6. Place of Birth.
The cottage numbers shown below were those used in 1901 and do not relate to postal addresses today. I have provided the modern postal address if known.
[Information, notes and comments additional to the 1901 Census are generally shown italicised within square brackets]
I would be pleased to hear from you if you can offer any additional genealogical or family information relevant to this page, especially if you possess old photographs that could be added to this site for those who follow. Please use the site's Contact Page in the first instance.

This page was moved to the new .org website in November 2019. The page has been re-headed at the top and re-footed (if re-footed is indeed a word) at the bottom. The page text below this note dated from 2003 and is awaiting resetting. I will rework the images and links as I come to them. All the census information for 1901 is complete, just somewhat untidy...

This is the 1901 Census for the Parish of Wimpole in Cambridgeshire. There were 240 men, women and children living in the Parish of Wimpole on the 31 March 1901. Of those 121 are male and 119 are female. Only 114 (48%) were born in the parish and 24 (10%) gave their county of birth as Cornwall. The sudden appearance of the Cornish tenant farmers and their families since the previous census is quite marked and I assume this is because of the Robartes family, owners of Wimpole Hall, and their links with the family estate in Lanhydrock.
Unlike the 1881 and 1891 census, the 1901 starts with the high moral ground (the Rectory), sidesteps to the landed gentry at Wimpole Hall (not that the landed gentry are at home) then works its way through the outlying farms and lodges down to the village of New Wimpole and hamlet of Arrington Bridge.
There is a national Census every ten years when the year ends in a one. The following table gives the population of the Parish of Wimpole from 1801 to 1951 (the numbers include children and visitors from outside the parish in temporary residence within Wimpole on the night of the census). The 1841 Census had a note recording "several large families have left the parish and others have emigrated since 1831".
1801:
1811:
1821:
1831:
1841:
1851:
324
366
493
583
464
452
1861:
1871:
1881:
1891:
1901:
1911:
406
419
355
290
240
238
1921:
1931:
1941:
1951:
2001:
2011:
244
218
[War]
239
230
300
Information, notes and comments additional to the 1901 Census are generally shown within greyed [square brackets]
Parish Boundary Change - Until 1999, the north side of Cambridge Road was known as New Wimpole and was within the Parish of Wimpole. The south side of Cambridge Road was in the Parish of Orwell (and sometimes referred to as 'New Orwell'). You can access the 1901 census information about the 'New Orwell' properties now located in Wimpole here.
Wimpole Censuses: 1901 1891 1881
Orwell Censuses: 1901 1891 1881
(2004) My thanks and acknowedgements to the origimal 'census team' who provided the documentation and who typed and checked the various page transcripts. Particular thanks to Mike Giddings, Susan Giddings, Alexandra Morton and John Parkins for all their help, assistance and encouragement. This transcription from the original handwriting is by Steve Odell.

Column Heads:
1. Name.
2. Relation to Head of Household.
3. Married, Widowed or Single.
4. Age.
5. Occupation.
6. Place of Birth.


Wimpole Rectory c1928
Wimpole Rectory c1928

Wimpole Rectory  (Schedule 1)
[Now the Rectory Restaurant, Wimpole Hall, National Trust]

George D CARTWRIGHT (1) Head M 67 Clergyman (C of E) Norwich, Norfolk
Maria CARTWRIGHT (1) Wife M 59 - Leytonstone, Essex
Hilda N CARTWRIGHT Daughter S 20 - Callington, Cornwall
Edward CARTWRIGHT (2) Son S 18 Student (at home) Callington, Cornwall

[Notes:
(1) George Dawson Cartwright B.A. (1834-1913) Rector 1897-1913 Studied Trinity College, Dublin. Also Vicar of Arrington. Married 1862 to Maria Root (1842-1911). Both buried in Wimpole Churchyard. Two sons died in the First World War.
(2) Private 180598 Edward Cartwright of the Canadian Infantry, died of wounds aged 34, on the 11th October 1916 and is buried in Wimpole Churchyard.
(3) The Rectory is alongside St Andrew's, Wimpole's Parish Church and was the residence of the Rector.
(4) Previous Heads: 1881 Rev Edward L Fellowes and family, 1891 Rev Edward L Fellowes and family.]

Wimpole Hall c1903  
Wimpole Hall c1903
 

Wimpole Hall  (Schedule 2)
[Wimpole Hall, now a major National Trust Property and open to the public]

Harry HERNE (3) Servant M 41 Butler (Domestic) Chertsey, Surrey
Emma HERNE (3) Servant M 40 Housekeeper (Dom.) Wokingham, Berkshire
Amy TAYLOR Servant S 24 Kitchen maid (Dom.) Langley, Warwickshire
Fanny COLLINS Servant S 19 Scullery maid (Dom.) Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Annie HARRIS Servant S 25 Housemaid (Dom.) [Not Known]
Lydia Ann SMITH (4) Servant S 25 Housemaid (Dom.) Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Fredrick G LLEWELLYN Servant S 24 Footman (Dom.) Sheen, Derbyshire
Fred THREADKELL Servant S 23 Groom (Dom.) Playford, Suffolk
Arthur VINCENT Servant S 21 Groom (Dom.) Haynford, Norfolk
Hubert REYNOLDS Servant S 17 Hall boy (Dom.)

Arrington, Cambridgeshire


[Notes:
(1) Owner of Wimpole Hall at this Census was (6th Viscount) Lord Clifden of Lanhydrock..
(2) Owner of Wimpole Hall, at 1881 and 1891 Census was (5th Earl of Hardwicke) Charles Philip Yorke.
(3) Harry Herne (1860-1921) married Emma Boyde (1861-1843) in London in 1893.
(4) Lydia Ann, born Wimpole 1875, daughter of James and Lydia Smith. In 1901 her widowed father was living at Brick End with son John (see Schedule 15 below).]

Wimpole Park  (Schedule 3)
[Unidentified dwelling on the Wimpole Estate]

Charles WAYMAN Head M 66 Pauper Kingston, Cambridgeshire
Rhoda WAYMAN Wife M 66 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
John BULLEN Grandson S 19 Agricultural Labourer Wimpole Cambridgeshire

[Note: This family were living at Little End at the time of the 1881 and 1891 Wimpole Census]

Wimpole Park  (Schedule 4)
[Unidentified dwelling on the Wimpole Estate]

John SMITH Head M 72 Agricultural Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Susan SMITH Wife M 72 - Whaddon, Cambridgeshire

[Note: This family does not appear in the 1881 and 1891 Wimpole Census]

Wimpole Gardens  (Schedule 5)
[Probably the Gardener's Cottage]

William [John] SNELL (2,3,4) Head M 37 Gardener Torquay, Devon
Georgina [Jane] SNELL (4) Wife M 35 - [Bermondsey] London
Dorothy SNELL Daughter S 7 - Penzance, Cornwall
Ada SNELL Daughter S 6 - Penzance, Cornwall
Percy SNELL Son S 2 - Penzance, Cornwall

[Notes:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881 Census, William Humphreys; 1891 Census, Arthur Burgess.
(2) The 1911 Census shows William John Snell as Gardener Domestic at Wimpole Hall.
(3) The 1929 and 1933 editions of Kelly's Directory list Snell, William J as Head Gardener at Wimpole Hall.
(4) William John (1864-1941) and Georgina Jane Snell (d1938) are both buried in Wimpole Churchyard.
(5) An estate worker family from Cornwall, brought up to work on the Wimpole estate by Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, by now the 6th Viscount Clifden.]

Old North Road  (Schedule 6)
[assume this is the 'French House'
[3] which is located on the A1198 north of Arrington]

Edward INGREY (1) Head W 46 Agricultural Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Mary INGREY (2) Daughter S 22 Postwoman Wimpole*, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881 Edward Ingrey, 1891 Edward Ingrey.
(2) *Place of Birth given as Kingston in the 1881 Census.
(3) The "French House" is said to have been designed by Sir John Soane in the 1790s and built of rammed earth, or pisé, although the French of the cottage's name probably refers to the French family who did much of the building works on the Wimpole estate. It is now a private dwelling.]

Valley Farm  (Schedule 7)
[see also schedule 8 below]
[2]

William MATHEWS (1)(3) Head [*] M 40 Horsekeeper on Farm Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Ann MATHEWS (3) Wife M 41 - Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire
William John MATHEWS (3) Son S 11 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire
David MATHEWS (4) Son S 9 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire
Walter Chas MATTHEWS Son S 7 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire
Emily MATHEWS Daughter S 4 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) *unclear entry in Census possibly 'tenant' or 'servant' and probably relates to schedule 8 below.
(2) It would appear schedules 7 and 8 refer to a single dwelling.
(3) William, Ann and William J Matthews, Matthews spelt with a double 't', are in the 1891 Census for the Parish of Orwell and living in Cambridge Road, 'New Orwell'.
(4) ** There is an unidentified D Matthews commemorated on the Wimpole and Arrington War Memorial (Private 16602. 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died: Saturday 1st July 1916). Two possible alternatives. Research ongoing.]

Valley Farm  (Schedule 8)
[see also schedule 7 above] [1]

Frederick G WEARY Head S 30 Farmer (Employer) Not known, Cornwall

[Notes:
(1) It would appear schedules 7 and 8 refer to a single dwelling.
(2) A farmer from Cornwall, brought up to work on the Wimpole estate farms by Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, by now the 6th Viscount Clifden.]

Round House  (Schedule 9)
[The 'Round House' is located on the eastern side of the A1198, north of Arrington]


Edward COOPER Head M 47 Horsekeeper on Farm Longstowe, Cambridgeshire
Ann COOPER Wife M 48 - Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Emily A COOPER Daughter S 19 General Servant (Dom.) Gransden, Huntingdonshire
George COOPER Son S 18 Horseman on Farm Gransden, Huntingdonshire
Alice COOPER Daughter S 16 Housemaid (Domestic) Longstowe, Cambridgeshire
Florence K COOPER Daughter S 9 - Longstowe, Cambridgeshire
Frederick W COOPER Son S 8 - Longstowe, Cambridgeshire
Constance S COOPER Daughter S 5 - Longstowe, Cambridgeshire

[Note: Previous Head: 1891 George King.]

Coombe Grove Farm  (Schedule 10)

Charles COUCH Head M 34 Farmer (employer) St Germans, Cornwall
Christina COUCH Wife M 27 - [?] Scotland
Henry COUCH Father W 77 Farmer (retired) St Germans, Cornwall
Emma COUCH Sister S 36 - St Germans, Cornwall

[Note: One of a number of farming families from Cornwall, brought up to work on the Wimpole estate farms by Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, by now the 6th Viscount Clifden.]

The Towers  (Schedule 11)
[The Gothic Folly]


The Folly, Wimpole Estate, circa 1881  
The Folly, Wimpole Estate, circa 1881  

Edwin EVANS Head M 45 Gamekeeper Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire
Mary Ann EVANS Wife M 44 - Newton Ferrers, Devon
Emily EVANS Daughter S 14 - [?] Devon
Walter BETTERIDGE Boarder S 32 Gamekeeper Romsey, Hampshire

[Note: The Gothic Folly was built in 1774. There is some evidence that stones and windows etc from the medievial Parish Church (demolished c1749) were stored, then reused to build the Folly.]

Ross Farm  (Schedule 12)

Mary Ann TITCHMARSH Head M 41 - Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
George TITCHMARSH Son S 10 Scholar Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Beatrice TITCHMARSH Daughter S 9 Scholar Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Susy TITCHMARSH Daughter S 6 Scholar Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
James TITCHMARSH Son S 3 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Listed as Ross House in 1881 Census, Ross Farm Cottage in 1891 Census.
(2) Previous Heads: 1881 John Bester, 1891 Thomas Titchmarsh.]

Brick End
(Thornberry Hill Cottages)


Brick End, February 1977
Brick End, February 1977.
This row of worker's cottages in the area of the estate known as Brick End was originally built as two double cottages in the 18th century. The middle 'infill' cottage was a 19th century addition. They were photographed here in 1977 when all five cottages were unoccupied. Following extensive restoration and improvement, they are now in private ownership and named "Thornberry Hill Cottages".
Schedules 13 to 17 follow below.

Brick End  (Schedule 13)
[One of a row of five cottages originally built for workers on the estate] [Photograph above]

Thomas GOATS Head M 49 Foreman Gardener Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Eliza GOATS Wife M 46 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Selina GOATS Daughter S 12 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Lillian GOATS Daughter S 10 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Thomas H GOATS Son S 8 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Mary Ann GOATS Daughter S 5 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Gladys GOATS Daughter S 1 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Family lived at No 19 Cottage, New Wimpole in 1881 census.
(2) Previous Heads: 1881 James Stamford, 1891 Thomas Goat(e)s.]

Brick End  (Schedule 14)
[One of a row of five cottages originally built for workers on the estate] [Photograph above]

Original Census Listing:

Isaac HEWITT (1) Head M 69 General Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Ashwell HEWITT (1) Wife M 46 - Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambs
Isaac HEWITT (1) Son S 44 Marble Mason (own a/c) Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Thomas HEWITT (1) Son S 4 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
           
Corrected Listing:          
           
Isaac HEWITT (1) Head W 69 General Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Isaac HEWITT (1) Son M 44 Marble Mason (own a/c) Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Ashwell HEWITT (1) Dau-in- Law M 46 - Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambs
Thomas HEWITT (1) Grandson S 4 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) It appears the census has confused the generations. I think that Ashwell is the wife of Isaac the younger and thus daughter-in-law to Isaac the elder. Also that Thomas is son to Isaac the younger and Ashwell and thus grandson to Isaac the elder. Isaac Hewitt the elder (died 1925 aged 93) was married to Charlotte Hewitt (who had died in 1891), and they are buried together in Wimpole Churchyard. Therefore, Isaac the elder should be shown as a widower and Isaac the younger should be shown as married. Hope that's all clear.... I've added a corrected listing to help if not.
(2) Previous Heads: 1881 Isaac Hewitt, 1891 Isaac Hewitt.]

Brick End  (Schedule 15)
[One of a row of five cottages originally built for workers on the estate] [Photograph above]

James SMITH (1) Head W 64 General Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
John SMITH Son S 27 Horticultural Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) James Smith, 1837-1910, son of James and Mary, married Lydia Pateman (widowed as Bullen) in 1874.
(2) Daughter Lydia Ann Smith, b1875, listed at Wimpole Hall as a Domestic Housemaid (See Schedule 2 above)
(3) Previous Heads: 1881 James Ingrey, 1891 James Ingrey.]

Brick End  (Schedule 16)
[One of a row of five cottages originally built for workers on the estate] [Photograph above]

Charlotte RUMBOLD (2)(3)(4) Head W 71 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
James PRATT (2) Son S 53 Gas Stoker Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Walter VINE Grandson S 13 Scholar Kensington, London

[Notes:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881 James Ingrey, 1891 James Ingrey.
(2) The year before her marriage to John Rumbold, 18-year-old servant girl Charlotte Pratt gave birth to a son, James Pratt, who was baptised on the 2 April 1848. The father was understood to have been her employer, the 4th Earl of Hardwicke. It is said the Earl arranged the marriage with John Rumbold in return for him receiving a cottage on the estate and financial support for the child.
(3) "Charlotte... was a Pratt; and she was a picture. The handsomest woman that I ever remember to have seen. In harvest time to see her swinging along the road with a bundle of corn balanced on her head, both arms akimbo, was a study in colour, figure and poise". - "Wimpole As I Knew It" by Rev A.C.Yorke writing in 1914.
(4) John (died 1888) and Charlotte Rumbold (d 1921) are buried together in Wimpole Churchyard.]

Brick End  (Schedule 17)
[One of a row of five cottages originally built for workers on the estate] [Photograph above]

Thomas INGREY Head M 71 Agricultural Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Eliza INGREY Wife M 79 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Note: Previous Heads: 1881 Thomas Ingrey, 1891 Thomas Ingrey.]

Park Farm  (Schedule 18)
[The Farmhouse to Wimpole Home Farm - the farm is now a National Trust property and open to the public]

Macer GIFFORD (2) Head M 59 Farmer (Employer) Stukeley, Huntingdonshire
Eliza Ann GIFFORD Wife M 57 - Tadlow, Cambridgeshire
Henry John GIFFORD Son S 28 Farmer's Son Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
George GIFFORD Son S 24 Farmer's Son Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Edward Macer GIFFORD Son S 22 Farmer's Son Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Marion GIFFORD Daughter S 20 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Alice Maud GIFFORD Daughter S 18 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Joseph NEWMAN Boarder M 35 Cattle Stockman Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Note:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881 Macer Gifford, 1891 Macer Gifford.
(2) Place of Birth given as Wiston, Hunts in 1881 Census, Winston, Hunts in 1891. There is a village called Wistow about 5 miles from The Stukeleys north of Huntingdon....?
(3) Property listed as Home Farm in 1881 census, Game Farm in 1891.]

Little End  (Schedule 19)
[Old Wimpole - I don't think the cottages have survived]


Tom MATHEWS Head M 39 Garden Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Jane MATHEWS Wife M 39 - Kingston, Cambridgeshire
Minnie GOLDING Daughter S 10 Scholar Cambridge

Little End  (Schedule 20)
[Old Wimpole - I don't think the cottages have survived]


James WAGSTAFF Head M 61 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Caroline WAGSTAFF Wife M 59 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire
Leonard WAGSTAFF Son S 18 Horsekeeper Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Cobbs Wood Farm  (Schedule 21)
[Old Wimpole - freehold owned by National Trust]

Mary KIMBER Head M 27 - Crowan, Cornwall
Mary KIMBER Daughter S 6 - Helston, Cornwall
William KIMBER (1) Son S 2 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) William Moyle Kimber born 1899, son of James and Mary Kimber.
(2) One of a number of tradesman from Cornwall, brought up to work on the Wimpole estate by Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, by now the 6th Viscount Clifden. Husband James Kimber is listed on William's baptism record as a painter.
(2) Previous Heads: 1881 Philip Newman, 1891 Unclear (possibly listed as Pateman's Farm).]

Cobbs Wood Farm  (Schedule 22)
[Old Wimpole - freehold owned by National Trust]

George HACKLESBY (1) Head M 30 Plumber St Margarets, Hertfordshire
Elizabeth HACKLESBY Wife M 30 - Luton, Bedfordshire
William HACKLESBY Son S 3 - St Albans, Hertfordshire
Constance HACKLESBY Daughter S 1 - Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Dorothy HOPKINS Servant S 13 Domestic Servant Cherry Hinton, Cambs

[Notes:
(1) Written name not clear in census.
(2) Previous Heads: 1881 Philip Newman, 1891 Not listed (will check out - possibly listed as Pateman's Farm).]

The Woodyard 
[The cottages are still there, tucked away on the road up to Cobbs Wood Farm. The estate saw-mill and chimney are long gone.]

Woodyard Cottages c1908
Woodyard Cottages c1908
The man on the left is Alfred Mayo, with some of his children, who were living at the Woodyard at the time of the 1911 Census. Note the old saw-mill chimney on the far right.
Photograph courtesy of Brenda and Michael Skinner (2014)
Schedules 23 to 25 follow below.

The Woodyard  (Schedule 23)
[The cottages are still there, hidden away on the road to Cobbs Wood Farm.] [c1908 photograph above]

John Henry THOMAS Head M 33 Clerk of Works Mullion, Cornwall
Mary THOMAS Wife M 34 - Mawgan, Cornwall
Olive Mary THOMAS Daughter S 6 - Hayle [?], Cornwall
Ada HOSKEN Sister-in Law S 27 Living on own means Mawgan, Cornwall

[Notes:
(1) John Henry Thomas (d 1929) and Mary Thomas (d 1930) are both buried in Wimpole Churchyard. There is also an Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Hosken (d 1910)
(2) Previous Heads: 1881 Frederick H. Beavington, 1891 Frederick H. Beavington.]

The Woodyard  (Schedule 24)
[The cottages are still there, hidden away on the road to Cobbs Wood Farm.] [c1908 photograph above]

George BULLEN (1)(2) Head M 61 General Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth BULLEN (1) Wife M 57 - Stretham, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) George (d 1916 aged 77) and Elizabth Bullen (d 1938 aged 95) are buried together in Wimpole Churchyard.
(2) George Bullen is identified in a photograph.
(3) Previous Heads: 1881 George Bullen (Groom), 1891George Bullen (Groom).]

The Woodyard  (Schedule 25)
[The cottages are still there, hidden away on the road to Cobbs Wood Farm.] [c1908 photograph above]

Alfred REED (2)(4) Head M 31 General Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Kitty REED (4) Wife M 30 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Mary Ann REED (4)(6) Daughter S 8 Scholar Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Henry John REED (3)(4)(5)(6) Son S 6 Scholar Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Grace REED (6) Daughter S 4 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Joseph Charles REED (6) Son S 1 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Henry REED (2) Brother S 33 Bricklayer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881 Mary Ann Reed (Charwoman), 1891 Mary Ann Reed.
(2) The previous Head Mary Ann Reed was the mother of Alfred 31 and of Henry 33 who were both living in the Woodyard cottage at the 1881 and 1891 census).
(3) Henry John Reed was deaf and dumb from birth. Attended the Royal School for Deaf Children at Margate. He can be seen in the title photograph at the head of this page [back row, fourth from right].
(4) Alfred Reed (d 1949 aged 79), Kitty Reed (d 1962 aged 91), Mary Ann Reed (d 1965 aged 78) and Henry John Reed (d 1961 aged 66) are all buried in Wimpole Churchyard.]



Henry John Reed, c1913
(5) Henry John Reed, c1913 (6) [Believed to be] Mary Ann, Henry John,
Grace and Joseph Charles Reed c1905

North Lodge (c1810)

North Lodge c1910
North Lodge, Wimpole Estate (c1905).
North Lodge (sometimes called Park Lodge) was situated on Southern Road a little south of where it meets (what is now) Victoria Drive. Now demolished.
Click/tap on the photograph or here for a larger image and location information.
A postcard from my collection.
Schedule 26 follows below.

North Lodge  (Schedule 26) (c1905 photograph above)
[Demolished]

Mary CLARKE (2)(3) Head W 65 Lodge/(Gate)keeper Potton, Bedfordshire

[Notes:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881 Mary Clark(e) (Dressmaker), 1891 Mary Clarke (Dressmaker).
(2) In the 1881 Census Mary had four children living with her: Eliza (20), Arthur (13), Rosa (10) and William (7).
(3) Mary was born Mary Cooper in Potton in 1834. She married John Clarke, a gamekeeper, in Potton in 1856, They had six children - Elizabeth A, Henry, Eliza, Arthur John, Rosa Anne and William Ernest. John Clarke died in 1875. Mary died in 1910.
(4) Listed as Park Lodge in 1881 census.]

Thornberry Hill Farm   (Schedule 27)

Richard William KELLY Head S 46 Farmer (Employer) Morval, Cornwall
Lucy KELLY Sister S 54 - Liskeard, Cornwall
Elizabeth A KELLY Sister S 44 - Morval, Cornwall

[Note:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881 George B. Barker, 1891 Ellis Humphery Miller.
(2) A farming family from Cornwall, brought up to work on vacent Wimpole estate farms by Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, by now the 6th Viscount Clifden.]

Southern Lodge  (Schedule 28)
[Southern Lodge, Southern Road - now the public access road to the Wimpole Hall Estate]

John WHETSTONE (2) Head M 53 Agricultural Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Mary WHETSTONE (2) Wife M 43 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
[H] George WHETSTONE (3) Son S 15 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
William [J] WHETSTONE (4)(5) Son S 13 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Eliza BULLEN (2) Sister-in-Law S 45 Assistant in Gardens Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Rhoda BULLEN Niece S 18 (Imbecile from childhood) Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(1) Previous Heads: 1881William Bullen (father to Eliza), George Bullen (sister to Eliza) 1891.
(2) John Whetstone (d 1906), Mary Whetstone (d 1948) and Eliza Bullen (d 1932) are buried in Wimpole Churchyard.
(3) [Henry] George Whetstone died in the First World War and is commemorated on the Wimpole and Arrington War Memorial (Corporal 814. 2nd [5th?] Battalion Rifle Brigade. Died: Saturday 2nd May 1915, aged 29).
(4) According to the memorial plaque in Wimpole Parish Church, William [John] Whetstone (1887-1965) was the church organist for 59 years until his death. He is also buried in Wimpole Churchyard.
(5) W Whetstone identified in a photograph.]

This page was moved to the new .org website in November 2019. The page has been re-headed at the top and re-footed (if re-footed is indeed a word) at the bottom. The page text above this note dated from 2003 and is awaiting resetting. I will rework the images and links as I come to them. All the census information for 1901 is complete.

Census Records (Parish of Wimpole):
Census 1881:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1]  Part Three [1]  New Orwell [1][2]
Census 1891:  Part One [3]  Part Two [3]  Part Three [3]  New Orwell [1][2]
Census 1901:  Part One [3]  Part Two [3]  Part Three [3]  New Orwell [1][2]
[1] The 1881 Wimpole Census is fully rebuilt as are the three 'New Orwell' pages.
[2] Following a parish boundary change in April 1999, much of the area of Orwell on the Cambridge Road, previously known as 'New Orwell', is now part of the modern-day Parish of Wimpole.
[3] These pages are being rebuilt after their transfer to the new website. The basic listings remain available for reference during the rebuilding.
Census Records (Parish of Orwell):
Census 1881:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1]  Part Three [1]  New Orwell [1][2]
Census 1891:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1]  Part Three [3]  New Orwell [1][2]
Census 1901:  Part One [3]  Part Two [3]  Part Three [1]  New Orwell [1][2]
[1] Completed pages.
[2] Following a parish boundary change in April 1999, much of the area of Orwell on the Cambridge Road, previously known as 'New Orwell', is now part of the modern-day Parish of Wimpole.
[3] These pages are being rebuilt after their transfer to the new website. The basic listings remain available for reference during the rebuilding.
Census Records (Parish of Arrington):
1881 Census:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1]
1891 Census:  Part One [2]  Part Two [2]
[1] The 1881 Arrington Census is fully rebuilt.
[2] The two 1891 pages are being rebuilt after their transfer to the new website. The basic listings will remain available for reference during the rebuilding.

Boy Pupils, Wimpole Village School, c1900
Samuel Horsfield (right) with Boy Pupils, Wimpole Village School, c1900
[Image kindly donated by Keith Bullen]


Brickmakers, New Wimpole Brickworks, c1905
Brick Makers, New Wimpole Brick Works, c1905
[Image kindly donated by Neal Horsfield]


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