Baldock, Herbert Herbert Baldock was born in Stamford in 1896 and lived at 12 Church Lane, St Martin’s with his father David, a railway engineer and mother Selina. He was the fourth child of seven, all born in Stamford, Selina’s home town. In 1911 he was working as a junior clerk in an office in Stamford. In… Read More
Bellamy, Alfred Victor Alfred was born in Stamford in 1898. In 1901 he was living at 10 St. Leonard’s Street, Stamford with his parents William Herbert and Elizabeth (nee Bemrose ) Bellamy and his five sisters aged from 16 to 10., Alfred was then only 3. His father, who was born in Oundle, Northants, was a master baker… Read More
Blake, Herbert Herbert Blake Herbert, born in 1898 was the son of George William and Caroline Blake. There were eleven children in the family and he was the third of the five boys in the family. His father was listed as a self-employed chandler and Herbert was aged thirteen and still at school. In 1911 the family… Read More
Banks, Charles Henry Charles Henry Banks Charles was born in 1898 at Kirkby-le-Thorpe. The family moved from Kirkby-le-Thorpe (father’s birthplace) to Stamford (mother’s birthplace) whilst Charles was still at school. With his parents and younger brother Sidney Fred he lived first at 6 High Street St Martins then 8 Wothorpe Road where siblings Evelyn and James were born.… Read More
Bentley, Harold Edwin Harold Edwin Bentley Harold, born in October 1898, was the son of Edwin, a mercantile clerk and Lillian May Bentley. Both parents came from Staffordshire and Harold was born in Wolverhampton . The family were living in Fryer Street, Standen, Staffordshire in 1901 but moved away shortly afterwards, as his sister Hilda was born in… Read More
Bloodworth, Thomas Thomas Bloodworth – 17a High Street Thomas’ parents were Francis Bloodworth and Eliza nee Handford and he had a considerably older brother and sister. None of Thomas’ family were born in Stamford and he himself was born in Little Casterton however at the time of the 1901 census he and his parents were living at… Read More
Brown, Arthur Fred Arthur Fred Brown Arthur Fred Brown was born in 1900 and lived with his parents Fred (born South Luffenham) and Maria (born Walpole St Peter) and three sisters in The Maltings in Burghley Park where the four children were all born. His father worked on the estate as a shepherd and later, a butcher.Arthur was… Read More
Branston, John John Branston was born in 1899 in Oakham, his mother Ada’s home town. The family lived in Collyweston in 1901 and father Richard was an agricultural worker. Later he became a gamekeeper on the Burghley estate and John and his older sister Ellen moved with their parents to a cottage in The Maltings, Burghley Park.… Read More
Betts, Edward Two families called Betts lived in Duncombs Yard. Charles and Harry were brothers, both born and brought up in St Martin’s parish. Charles (a jobbing gardener) lived at number 2 with his wife Annie and their seven children: Lilian, Ernest, Thomas, Edward, Charles, Ellen and Mabel. Harry (a stonemason on the Burghley estate) lived at… Read More
Betts, Charles Two families called Betts lived in Duncombs Yard. Charles and Harry were brothers, both born and brought up in St Martin’s parish. Charles (a jobbing gardener) lived at number 2 with his wife Annie and their seven children: Lilian, Ernest, Thomas, Edward, Charles, Ellen and Mabel. Harry (a stonemason on the Burghley estate) lived at… Read More