The Brownlow Hill workhouse and infirmary was was one of the largest workhouses in England and became notable for its role in advancing the training of nurses. The workhouse was demolished in 1931, and the site is now occupied by the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. The first record we have for an admittance is that of Mark…
Stevenson Family
Month: October 2019
Vernon street – 1877
Prior to their admittance on the 2nd of May 1877 to the Brownlow Hill Workhouse Infirmary Harriet Forrester lived with her son Hugh Grant Forrester in Vernon street. Vernon street still exists today but all Victorian housing disappeared a long time ago. The Vernon Arms pub on the corner of Vernon Street and Dale Street…
Bidder Street (1872)
When Hugh Grant Forrester was baptized at St. Peter’s church Mark Grant was noted as the father. Mark Grant was married to Maria Wycherley at the time and probably living with Maria in Bidding street. The birth record (a month later) for Hugh Grant Forrester note that Harriet was living in or nearby Cheapside. A…
Wellington
Hugh Grant Forrester’s grandmother Mary Ann Martin was born in Wellington on the
Drayton in Hales
Now part of Market Drayton.
St. Oswald church – Hinstock
St Oswald church was built around 1720 and in 1800 a tower was added. Our ancestors would however not recognize the building as it now stands since the size was doubled in 1850 by adding a wing. By then all our direct ancestors had moved elsewhere. The red sandstone used to build it was quarried…
Goldstone Wharf Tavern (1835 – 1850)
According to Hinstock gravestones the Lockley’s lived for many generations in LockleyWood. Although the exact location where they lived in Lockleywood is not recorded we do know that Thomas Lockley’s farmhouse was located at the end of the lane called Lockley Wood, in the area known as Goldstone. Thomas Lockley was farmer here until the…