Young, Frederick Henry

Frederick Henry Young – 25 Empingham Road Frederick Henry’s grandfather, Edward Forster Young, was born in Tring but sometime in the 1860s he took on a grocery business at 13 St John’s Street, Stamford with stabling for delivery horses across Castle Street (Wetherspoons 2015). By 1881 the business was being run by his widow and… Read More

Rigney, Henry

Henry Rigney – 2 Empingham Road In 1911 Henry was living with his uncle and aunt, John & Lucy Rippey, and 3 or their 4 children at 2 Empingham Rd in Stamford. Ten years earlier he was also living with them at 10 West St so he probably grew up in their family. Henry’s mother… Read More

Ryman, Leslie Maltby

Leslie Maltby Ryman– 31 Empingham Road Leslie Ryman was born in Bury, Lancashire in November 1899 where his father was the Deputy Borough Engineer. He was the youngest of 4 children. The family came to Stamford when his father, Frederick Robert, became the Municipal Engineer and Surveyor for the Borough Council. They lived at 31… Read More

Senescall, Thomas Francis

Thomas Francis Senescall – Hillside, 13 Empingham Road Thomas Senescall, born in Bedford in 1898, was the son of Thomas William and Hetty Senescall. He had a younger sister Hilda born in 1899. In 1911 they lived at Hillside, 13 Empingham Road. Thomas was a Builder’s clerk. Thomas went to Stamford School. He enlisted with… Read More

Glitherow, George

The Glitherows – 46 Empingham Road (Ladysmith Cottages) Several generations of Glitherows can be traced in Stamford. They lived for many years in Protection Yard on Scotgate until around 1880 when Thomas Glitherow (a Joiner) and Elizabeth Ann moved to 4 Mount Pleasant on Empingham Road. By 1901 his son, Thomas William (a wheelwright), was… Read More

Glitherow, Thomas William

Cole, George H W

George H. W. Cole – 44 Empingham Road George’s parents had lived in Kettering where their first three children were born but they moved to Stamford by 1887. When George was born in August 1898, his father, Albert, was the publican at the Star and Garter at 10 Scotgate however his mother died in 1902… Read More

Booth Adopted By Loweth, Alfred

Alfred Booth – 58 Empingham Road In 1901, 3 year old Alfred Booth was listed as a ‘visitor’ to Charles Loweth, a plumber and glazier, and his wife Annie living at 16 Empingham Road. The Loweths had 6 children aged between 12 and 24 years. The eldest, James, was a plumber & glazier like his… Read More