Springfield Cottages, Church Lane Alan Payne, August 2019
The modern Springfield (courtesy Carol Payne)
It doesn’t take any imagination to decide the origin of the name Springfield but its first use is still shrouded in uncertainty. It isn’t mentioned in Hugh Speke’s will of 1623, nor as a field name in Francis Allen’s 1626 map of the Speke Estate in Box. We often say the Romans located their villa in the area because of the water springs but too much water could be a problem. On Allen’s 1630 map, the field immediately to the west of the church is called Stichnges (Stickings meaning waterlogged). The basics of the property are well-known: formerly two cottages, one once occupied by a teacher. The house was extended in Victorian times and, at the rear, is a derelict building that is believed to be the shed for housing the old Box Fire Engine.
List of donors of Box Charity School (courtesy Carol Payne)
Origin of the Site
The area appears to have been first developed in 1719 when a new schoolhouse was built on land donated by Thomas Speke, a distant relative of Hugh Speke, lord of the manor of Box. The whole of the Speke estate was being sold to the Northey family at this time and this plot of land was donated at the instigation of vicar George Miller (sometimes called Millard). The vicar had established a Charity School in Box Church and wanted to build a separate school to accommodate increased numbers. He had already raised considerable funds to do this: £100 in the will of Dame Rachel Speke (Thomas’ great aunt) and £100 from George Petty Speke (Thomas’ father). These were considerable sums bearing in mind that the value of £100 in contemporary terms is nearly £25,000.
Rev George Miller used the funds to build Springfield Cottages on the donated land as a proper schoolhouse with 7 rooms and 2 outhouses. The total cost amounted to £107.12.0d.[1] The new property also took in adjacent land and John Ford gave up part of his garden to enable the property to be extended for a schoolroom.[2] This was only the start and, with additional donations, Box Workhouse was built in 1729 next door to the cottages. The school rooms moved into the top floor of the workhouse and the cottages were used as the school master’s accommodation.
Georgian Use of the Building
On the death of Rev Miller in 1738, the building initiative came to an end but the school in the workhouse continued through a family of schoolmasters starting with George Mullins who started teaching there in 1746 aged about 18 years.[3] Additional space was allocated in the workhouse and thirty charity children were taught there together with a number of fee-paying students. There is no record of where George lived but the assumption must be that he started in Springfield Cottages as schoolmaster. By 1791 he was sufficiently wealthy to acquire part of The Wilderness (almost opposite the cottages) and lived there, as did his son, also George, also schoolmaster. The family gave up the role finally after the death of George in 1842.
Victorian Owners of Springfield Cottages
A substantial change came to the area in 1834 when Box Poorhouse (by now known as the Workhouse) ceased to have the duty of supporting Box parish poor. The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 grouped together the parishes of Box, Colerne and Corsham into a central Union house at Chippenham (now called St Andrews Hospital). The charity school took over most of the Poorhouse building but the whole area seems to have been in decline.
Census details in the 1800s enable us to trace residents in the area. The word Springfield wasn’t used to describe the properties but their location around the schoolmaster’s house indicates where they were. In 1851 Box School House was occupied by John R Abbott schoolmaster (b 1814), and his wife Emma schoolmistress (b 1814) with their four children. They weren’t local people, John was born in Middlesex and Emma in Kent. Their short tenure of the house suggests they were employed to manage the school, probably by the Box Church. They were followed in School House in 1861 by John Joseph, who was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, and worked as parish school master in Box. His wife Eliza (born in Bath) was school mistress. There is an interesting note in the census that Charity School (in the Workhouse) endowed average attendance daily scholars - boys 80, girls 110. More changes followed by 1871 when School House was occupied by George F Lavis, schoolmaster Church of England, and his wife Sarah Price, both born in Bath. He was the son of George Lavis, Lodging House keeper and she daughter of Reece Price, servant.
Unlike the school house, there was continuity of tenure in the property next door, known as The Churchyard. It isn’t clear which property this was – perhaps part of the school house, or possibly a property now demolished. Henry Jerrom, gardener, son of a labourer, lived here throughout the years 1851 to 1871. He had four children with his first wife Elizabeth Cogswell whom he married on 11 May 1840, the daughter of Mark and Mary Cogswell, a well-known Box family.[4] On her death in 1851 Henry married Hester North on 11 October 1851. The children do not appear to have benefitted from much education, the eldest son Henry being a groom in 1861 and a younger boy John, aged 12, was working as a stable boy.
Decline in the Area
By 1876 the rooms of the old charity school at Springfield House were reported by a church visitor as in a ruinous state, which are so bad that they are shut out from Government aid.[5] The self-styled Church Rambler looked at the condition of the workhouse school, and declared that, The whole place has the air of mouldering decay, gaps in the plaster, rotting joists, and the outhouses abandoned with a stream running through. The school didn’t matter too much because the new Box Schools had been built on the High Street a year earlier.
Of more consequence was the run-down condition of Box Church, the main attraction to the Springfield area. In the opinion of the Rambler: though the building possesses a few points of interest neither its interior nor its exterior forms an artistic whole. No church that I know calls more loudly for restoration than Box. As the chancel is only the width of the tower, which is central, at least half the congregation can see nothing of the service within the Communion rails; and the old wooden pews in the chancel are so high that, though I had a seat in the middle of the church, I could see nothing more of the minister than his head as he stood at the table. The seats are all old-fashioned wooden pews… The organ is placed against the western wall in a gallery which is continued round over the north aisle.
A correspondent informs me that he recollects the erection of the north gallery for the accommodation of the parochial school children … about the year 1818. On Sundays the pupils of (the boys’ school) were accommodated on benches in the chancel while the young ladies were seated within the Communion rails... The great result of the galleries, the high pews, the ceiled roof, and the nondescript columns and arches by which the south aisle is separated from the nave is not impressive. Equally objectionable to my taste were the hat pegs which privileged seat holders under the tower and in the chancel had set above their pews.
Box House Cottages
Around the end of the century Springfield went by a variety of names: Box House Cottages, Church Cottages and 1&2 Springfield. The name Box House Cottages, possibly reflects its connection with the Horlock Family who lived in Box House and were vicars of St Thomas à Becket. Isaac William Horlock, built Box House as the vicarage and, when his son left the parish in 1874, the family retained Box House and bought another property, as the vicarage, Mead Villa built before 1861, which still serves the same purpose. It is possible that the Horlocks owned the Springfield Cottages and let them out to their staff as tied properties.
In 1881 and 1891, Henry Jerome lived in the right-hand cottage, a general labourer turned gardener (domestic servant). The family were involved in litigation in 1895 when they exchanged donkeys with a man from Calne.[6] The newspaper headlined the action, The Donkey that Wouldn’t Go, which explains the issues and Henry was represented by his wife because he was a cripple who could not be present. By 1901, fifty-seven-year-old Henry had lost his employment and was self-employed.
In the left-hand cottage lived the Burrows family. William John Burrows (1846 - 1914) was one of the first headmasters of the New Box Schools. He moved to Box between 1876 and 1879 with his wife Juliana and his family, which necessitated the parish authorities joining together the Box Churchyard building and 1 Springfield. He seems to have come to Box as a Certificated teacher but it is unclear if he had studied at a teacher training college. He had probably been running a private business as a schoolteacher because in 1883 he put the trade into liquidation by arrangement.[7]
Burrows' tenure as headmaster was a rocky one. In 1886 he was involved in a legal action brought by Annie Hancock of Box over punishment meted out by the headmaster on her younger brother.[8] The boy had been troublesome at school and in consequence, he (Burrows) called him out and gave him a few cuts across the hand. Annie accused the headmaster of beating her brother on the head but she herself was admonished for abusive language. By December 1903 William Burrows was approved by the parish council to be paid a salary of £128 a year with a deduction of £12 for the rent of his cottage, whereas he had previously occupied the cottage rent-free. In 1910 an extension of his time as headmaster was refused by the Wiltshire Council Board of Education for reasons unknown. The parish struggled to replace him, however, and his proposed successor declined the position whilst, meanwhile, the assistant head resigned. William Burrows was re-appointed temporarily until Oliver Drew took up the post in 1912.
The area appears to have been first developed in 1719 when a new schoolhouse was built on land donated by Thomas Speke, a distant relative of Hugh Speke, lord of the manor of Box. The whole of the Speke estate was being sold to the Northey family at this time and this plot of land was donated at the instigation of vicar George Miller (sometimes called Millard). The vicar had established a Charity School in Box Church and wanted to build a separate school to accommodate increased numbers. He had already raised considerable funds to do this: £100 in the will of Dame Rachel Speke (Thomas’ great aunt) and £100 from George Petty Speke (Thomas’ father). These were considerable sums bearing in mind that the value of £100 in contemporary terms is nearly £25,000.
Rev George Miller used the funds to build Springfield Cottages on the donated land as a proper schoolhouse with 7 rooms and 2 outhouses. The total cost amounted to £107.12.0d.[1] The new property also took in adjacent land and John Ford gave up part of his garden to enable the property to be extended for a schoolroom.[2] This was only the start and, with additional donations, Box Workhouse was built in 1729 next door to the cottages. The school rooms moved into the top floor of the workhouse and the cottages were used as the school master’s accommodation.
Georgian Use of the Building
On the death of Rev Miller in 1738, the building initiative came to an end but the school in the workhouse continued through a family of schoolmasters starting with George Mullins who started teaching there in 1746 aged about 18 years.[3] Additional space was allocated in the workhouse and thirty charity children were taught there together with a number of fee-paying students. There is no record of where George lived but the assumption must be that he started in Springfield Cottages as schoolmaster. By 1791 he was sufficiently wealthy to acquire part of The Wilderness (almost opposite the cottages) and lived there, as did his son, also George, also schoolmaster. The family gave up the role finally after the death of George in 1842.
Victorian Owners of Springfield Cottages
A substantial change came to the area in 1834 when Box Poorhouse (by now known as the Workhouse) ceased to have the duty of supporting Box parish poor. The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 grouped together the parishes of Box, Colerne and Corsham into a central Union house at Chippenham (now called St Andrews Hospital). The charity school took over most of the Poorhouse building but the whole area seems to have been in decline.
Census details in the 1800s enable us to trace residents in the area. The word Springfield wasn’t used to describe the properties but their location around the schoolmaster’s house indicates where they were. In 1851 Box School House was occupied by John R Abbott schoolmaster (b 1814), and his wife Emma schoolmistress (b 1814) with their four children. They weren’t local people, John was born in Middlesex and Emma in Kent. Their short tenure of the house suggests they were employed to manage the school, probably by the Box Church. They were followed in School House in 1861 by John Joseph, who was born in Aberystwyth, Wales, and worked as parish school master in Box. His wife Eliza (born in Bath) was school mistress. There is an interesting note in the census that Charity School (in the Workhouse) endowed average attendance daily scholars - boys 80, girls 110. More changes followed by 1871 when School House was occupied by George F Lavis, schoolmaster Church of England, and his wife Sarah Price, both born in Bath. He was the son of George Lavis, Lodging House keeper and she daughter of Reece Price, servant.
Unlike the school house, there was continuity of tenure in the property next door, known as The Churchyard. It isn’t clear which property this was – perhaps part of the school house, or possibly a property now demolished. Henry Jerrom, gardener, son of a labourer, lived here throughout the years 1851 to 1871. He had four children with his first wife Elizabeth Cogswell whom he married on 11 May 1840, the daughter of Mark and Mary Cogswell, a well-known Box family.[4] On her death in 1851 Henry married Hester North on 11 October 1851. The children do not appear to have benefitted from much education, the eldest son Henry being a groom in 1861 and a younger boy John, aged 12, was working as a stable boy.
Decline in the Area
By 1876 the rooms of the old charity school at Springfield House were reported by a church visitor as in a ruinous state, which are so bad that they are shut out from Government aid.[5] The self-styled Church Rambler looked at the condition of the workhouse school, and declared that, The whole place has the air of mouldering decay, gaps in the plaster, rotting joists, and the outhouses abandoned with a stream running through. The school didn’t matter too much because the new Box Schools had been built on the High Street a year earlier.
Of more consequence was the run-down condition of Box Church, the main attraction to the Springfield area. In the opinion of the Rambler: though the building possesses a few points of interest neither its interior nor its exterior forms an artistic whole. No church that I know calls more loudly for restoration than Box. As the chancel is only the width of the tower, which is central, at least half the congregation can see nothing of the service within the Communion rails; and the old wooden pews in the chancel are so high that, though I had a seat in the middle of the church, I could see nothing more of the minister than his head as he stood at the table. The seats are all old-fashioned wooden pews… The organ is placed against the western wall in a gallery which is continued round over the north aisle.
A correspondent informs me that he recollects the erection of the north gallery for the accommodation of the parochial school children … about the year 1818. On Sundays the pupils of (the boys’ school) were accommodated on benches in the chancel while the young ladies were seated within the Communion rails... The great result of the galleries, the high pews, the ceiled roof, and the nondescript columns and arches by which the south aisle is separated from the nave is not impressive. Equally objectionable to my taste were the hat pegs which privileged seat holders under the tower and in the chancel had set above their pews.
Box House Cottages
Around the end of the century Springfield went by a variety of names: Box House Cottages, Church Cottages and 1&2 Springfield. The name Box House Cottages, possibly reflects its connection with the Horlock Family who lived in Box House and were vicars of St Thomas à Becket. Isaac William Horlock, built Box House as the vicarage and, when his son left the parish in 1874, the family retained Box House and bought another property, as the vicarage, Mead Villa built before 1861, which still serves the same purpose. It is possible that the Horlocks owned the Springfield Cottages and let them out to their staff as tied properties.
In 1881 and 1891, Henry Jerome lived in the right-hand cottage, a general labourer turned gardener (domestic servant). The family were involved in litigation in 1895 when they exchanged donkeys with a man from Calne.[6] The newspaper headlined the action, The Donkey that Wouldn’t Go, which explains the issues and Henry was represented by his wife because he was a cripple who could not be present. By 1901, fifty-seven-year-old Henry had lost his employment and was self-employed.
In the left-hand cottage lived the Burrows family. William John Burrows (1846 - 1914) was one of the first headmasters of the New Box Schools. He moved to Box between 1876 and 1879 with his wife Juliana and his family, which necessitated the parish authorities joining together the Box Churchyard building and 1 Springfield. He seems to have come to Box as a Certificated teacher but it is unclear if he had studied at a teacher training college. He had probably been running a private business as a schoolteacher because in 1883 he put the trade into liquidation by arrangement.[7]
Burrows' tenure as headmaster was a rocky one. In 1886 he was involved in a legal action brought by Annie Hancock of Box over punishment meted out by the headmaster on her younger brother.[8] The boy had been troublesome at school and in consequence, he (Burrows) called him out and gave him a few cuts across the hand. Annie accused the headmaster of beating her brother on the head but she herself was admonished for abusive language. By December 1903 William Burrows was approved by the parish council to be paid a salary of £128 a year with a deduction of £12 for the rent of his cottage, whereas he had previously occupied the cottage rent-free. In 1910 an extension of his time as headmaster was refused by the Wiltshire Council Board of Education for reasons unknown. The parish struggled to replace him, however, and his proposed successor declined the position whilst, meanwhile, the assistant head resigned. William Burrows was re-appointed temporarily until Oliver Drew took up the post in 1912.
The Garland Family of Springfield: Left Edwin, gardener at Box House and Right Kate with their disabled son Reggie (courtesy Genevieve Horne)
After 1911, Edwin Garland lived most of his married life in the middle cottage of Springfield. Edwin worked as the head gardener of Box House. To the left of their home lived Emmy Phelps and on the right the Hinton family, both highly respected village families.
Recent History
The properties have undergone a number of restorations and name changes in modern times. The houses were little improved by the parish authorities and in 1969 a vivid description of the interior recorded the haphazard restoration of the property.
A feature of great interest is the pine panelling being carefully stripped and showing removal of century-old paint and varnish. Another interesting feature is its marvellously-preserved, solid oak floor in one room. An odd point is that, what is part of one end of one room, was originally a right of way to the Church but apparently its use fell into disuse maybe a century ago and is now enclosed as part of the room.[9] The footpath now appears to have been enclosed in the house in the dining room. The old oak floor is sadly long gone but the pine panelling still exists.
The occupants of the properties also altered. In 1939 William B Webster, general labourer, and his wife Florence lived in the Garland’s house, together with their daughter Lilian domestic servant incapacitated by illness and next-door Leslie Hinton, butcher’s assistant, his wife Louisa and their family.
Like most of Box’s historic houses, Springfield Cottages have been greatly improved in recent times. They now form a splendid hamlet by the church, central in Box’s history but isolated by modern life and the inconvenience of getting cars down Church Lane. This difficulty has kept the area as a tribute to the past glory of Springfield.
Recent History
The properties have undergone a number of restorations and name changes in modern times. The houses were little improved by the parish authorities and in 1969 a vivid description of the interior recorded the haphazard restoration of the property.
A feature of great interest is the pine panelling being carefully stripped and showing removal of century-old paint and varnish. Another interesting feature is its marvellously-preserved, solid oak floor in one room. An odd point is that, what is part of one end of one room, was originally a right of way to the Church but apparently its use fell into disuse maybe a century ago and is now enclosed as part of the room.[9] The footpath now appears to have been enclosed in the house in the dining room. The old oak floor is sadly long gone but the pine panelling still exists.
The occupants of the properties also altered. In 1939 William B Webster, general labourer, and his wife Florence lived in the Garland’s house, together with their daughter Lilian domestic servant incapacitated by illness and next-door Leslie Hinton, butcher’s assistant, his wife Louisa and their family.
Like most of Box’s historic houses, Springfield Cottages have been greatly improved in recent times. They now form a splendid hamlet by the church, central in Box’s history but isolated by modern life and the inconvenience of getting cars down Church Lane. This difficulty has kept the area as a tribute to the past glory of Springfield.
Occupants of Springfield Properties
1851 In Box School House John R Abbott schoolmaster (b 1814 Middlesex), wife Emma schoolmistress (b 1814 Deptford, Kent) with their four children.
Next door in The Churchyard Henry Jerrom (b 1807 - 1880), gardener, wife Elizabeth (b 13 August 1813) and their four children. He married Elizabeth Cogswell 11 May 1840 (parents Mark and Mary) and on her death 1851 he wed Hester North 11 October 1851. His father Richard Jerom labourer, hers John North labourer
Near the Church Priscilla Milsom (1851-35) and Hannah Coombs (b 1830).
Also The Church Yard Joseph Goldstone surgeon general practitioner (b 12 October 1809 at Queen’s Square, Walcot, Bath - 1867), wife Alexandra Maria (b 1817 Topsham, Devon - 1869), mother-in-law Jane Huckell Hughes (b 1780 Exeter, Captain’s widow) and 1 servant. They were all living in Ashley Cottage in 1841 with 3 servants aged 10 to 25. He married Alexandra Hughes on 1 July 1840. By 1861 they had moved back to Devon to Newton Abbot where Joseph died in 1867.
1861 School House John Joseph (b 1821 Aberystwyth) parish school master and his wife Eliza (b 1821 Bath) school mistress and their child Herbert (b 1850 Bath) with a note Charity School endowed average attendance daily scholars boys 80 girls 110.
The Church Yard Henry Jerrom, gardener, his wife Hester (b 1816), Henry groom (b 1843 Box) groom, John Jerrom (b 1849 Box) stable boy and 1 other child.
1871 School House George F Lavis (b 1834 Bath), schoolmaster Church of England, wife Sarah Price (b 1840 Bath) and 3 children, 1 visitor, 1 servant. He was the son of George Lavis, Lodging House keeper and she daughter of Reece Price, servant. They married 1860 when George was living at 4 Green Park.
Henry Jerom, Hester, John and Jane Maria in Church Yard with Elizabeth Reason, sister-in-law, widow.
Also Church Yard Henry Gale, age possibly 26, mason
1881 The Church Yard and 1 Springfield Cottages William Burrows, schoolmaster (b 1846 in Berkshire). with his wife Juliana (b 1844) and children Herbert (b 1870), Harry (b 1872), Edith (b 1876), Evelyn (b 1879) and Kathleen (b 1880).
2 Springfield Cottages Henry Jerome (1844 - 1918), general labourer and his wife Sarah (b 1857) and a lodger Joseph Harwood, widower, (b 1825) general labourer.
1891 1 Church Lane William Burrows, 1st Class certificated schoolmaster (b 1846 in Berkshire). with his wife Juliana (b 1844) and children Herbert (b 1870), Harry (b 1872), Edith (b 1876), Evelyn (b 1879), Kathleen (b 1880), Gwendoline (b 1887) and Doreen (b 1888).
2 Church Lane Henry Jerome (b 1844), gardener (domestic servant, and his wife Sarah (b 1858) and daughter Lilian (b 1882) and a lodger Ernest Fiddler, unmarried, (b 1872) groom.
1901 1 Church Lane William Burrows, Elementary schoolmaster (b 1846 in Berkshire). with his wife Juliana (b 1844), sculptor and artist (painter) and children Herbert (b 1870), Harry (b 1872), Edith (b 1876), Evelyn V (b 1879), Kathleen S (b 1880), Gwendoline L (b 1887) and Doreen M (b 1888).
2 Church Lane Henry Jerome (1844 - 1918), gardener own account (Not domestic), and his wife Sarah A (b 1858) and daughter Lilian (b 1882).
1911 Church Cottage Henry Jerome (1844 - 1918), jobbing gardener, and his wife Sarah A (b 1858) and daughter Lilian (b 1882) shop assistant.
1939 Left side William B Webster (b 27 September 1871, general labourer and his wife Florence (b 10 August 1874) and their daughter Lilian (b 16 March 1909) who later married into the Mizon family.
Right side Leslie R Hinton (b 13 June 1908), butcher’s assistant, and Louisa M Hinton (b 17 September 1906).
1851 In Box School House John R Abbott schoolmaster (b 1814 Middlesex), wife Emma schoolmistress (b 1814 Deptford, Kent) with their four children.
Next door in The Churchyard Henry Jerrom (b 1807 - 1880), gardener, wife Elizabeth (b 13 August 1813) and their four children. He married Elizabeth Cogswell 11 May 1840 (parents Mark and Mary) and on her death 1851 he wed Hester North 11 October 1851. His father Richard Jerom labourer, hers John North labourer
Near the Church Priscilla Milsom (1851-35) and Hannah Coombs (b 1830).
Also The Church Yard Joseph Goldstone surgeon general practitioner (b 12 October 1809 at Queen’s Square, Walcot, Bath - 1867), wife Alexandra Maria (b 1817 Topsham, Devon - 1869), mother-in-law Jane Huckell Hughes (b 1780 Exeter, Captain’s widow) and 1 servant. They were all living in Ashley Cottage in 1841 with 3 servants aged 10 to 25. He married Alexandra Hughes on 1 July 1840. By 1861 they had moved back to Devon to Newton Abbot where Joseph died in 1867.
1861 School House John Joseph (b 1821 Aberystwyth) parish school master and his wife Eliza (b 1821 Bath) school mistress and their child Herbert (b 1850 Bath) with a note Charity School endowed average attendance daily scholars boys 80 girls 110.
The Church Yard Henry Jerrom, gardener, his wife Hester (b 1816), Henry groom (b 1843 Box) groom, John Jerrom (b 1849 Box) stable boy and 1 other child.
1871 School House George F Lavis (b 1834 Bath), schoolmaster Church of England, wife Sarah Price (b 1840 Bath) and 3 children, 1 visitor, 1 servant. He was the son of George Lavis, Lodging House keeper and she daughter of Reece Price, servant. They married 1860 when George was living at 4 Green Park.
Henry Jerom, Hester, John and Jane Maria in Church Yard with Elizabeth Reason, sister-in-law, widow.
Also Church Yard Henry Gale, age possibly 26, mason
1881 The Church Yard and 1 Springfield Cottages William Burrows, schoolmaster (b 1846 in Berkshire). with his wife Juliana (b 1844) and children Herbert (b 1870), Harry (b 1872), Edith (b 1876), Evelyn (b 1879) and Kathleen (b 1880).
2 Springfield Cottages Henry Jerome (1844 - 1918), general labourer and his wife Sarah (b 1857) and a lodger Joseph Harwood, widower, (b 1825) general labourer.
1891 1 Church Lane William Burrows, 1st Class certificated schoolmaster (b 1846 in Berkshire). with his wife Juliana (b 1844) and children Herbert (b 1870), Harry (b 1872), Edith (b 1876), Evelyn (b 1879), Kathleen (b 1880), Gwendoline (b 1887) and Doreen (b 1888).
2 Church Lane Henry Jerome (b 1844), gardener (domestic servant, and his wife Sarah (b 1858) and daughter Lilian (b 1882) and a lodger Ernest Fiddler, unmarried, (b 1872) groom.
1901 1 Church Lane William Burrows, Elementary schoolmaster (b 1846 in Berkshire). with his wife Juliana (b 1844), sculptor and artist (painter) and children Herbert (b 1870), Harry (b 1872), Edith (b 1876), Evelyn V (b 1879), Kathleen S (b 1880), Gwendoline L (b 1887) and Doreen M (b 1888).
2 Church Lane Henry Jerome (1844 - 1918), gardener own account (Not domestic), and his wife Sarah A (b 1858) and daughter Lilian (b 1882).
1911 Church Cottage Henry Jerome (1844 - 1918), jobbing gardener, and his wife Sarah A (b 1858) and daughter Lilian (b 1882) shop assistant.
1939 Left side William B Webster (b 27 September 1871, general labourer and his wife Florence (b 10 August 1874) and their daughter Lilian (b 16 March 1909) who later married into the Mizon family.
Right side Leslie R Hinton (b 13 June 1908), butcher’s assistant, and Louisa M Hinton (b 17 September 1906).
References
[1] See Canon John Ayers, Box Charity School
[2] Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Vol XXXI, p.38-40
[3] See Canon John Ayers, Box Charity School
[4] See Mark Cogswell, Railway Policeman
[5] The Church Rambler, 1876-78, p.29, https://ia802604.us.archive.org/10/items/churchrambleras01lewigoog/churchrambleras01lewigoog.pdf
[6] The Wiltshire Times, 24 August 1895
[7] The Bath Chronicle, 27 December 1883
[8] The Bath Chronicle, 20 November 1886
[9] Survey of Countryside Treasures, 1969, Springfield in Church Lane, Wiltshire History Centre
[1] See Canon John Ayers, Box Charity School
[2] Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Vol XXXI, p.38-40
[3] See Canon John Ayers, Box Charity School
[4] See Mark Cogswell, Railway Policeman
[5] The Church Rambler, 1876-78, p.29, https://ia802604.us.archive.org/10/items/churchrambleras01lewigoog/churchrambleras01lewigoog.pdf
[6] The Wiltshire Times, 24 August 1895
[7] The Bath Chronicle, 27 December 1883
[8] The Bath Chronicle, 20 November 1886
[9] Survey of Countryside Treasures, 1969, Springfield in Church Lane, Wiltshire History Centre