24 St Marys Street, Stamford

Leslie Potter, born in December 1899, was the son of John Edward Cartwright Potter and his wife Hannah. John Cartwright was a master printer and the printing works were in Gas lane. In 1901 he was living with his parents, brother George and sister Mabel at 58 High Street and by 1911 they were living… Read More


7 St Marys Street, Stamford

William George Minton was born in 1896 in Newport, Monmouthshire. In 1901 he was living in Kidderminster with his father George Henry, manager of a clothiers shop, his mother Edith and sister Doris. His mother died and his father married Leonora, born in Bombay and they had three more children. Only the youngest born in… Read More


25 St Mary's Street, Stamford

Harold was the son of George and Eliza Goodley. In 1911 he had three sisters, Alice 25, Edith 18, Dorothy 6 and two brothers Albert 23 and Walter 25. In 1901 they were living at 1 Brownlow Terrace and by 1911 they had moved to 25 St Mary’s Street, a large house with 9 rooms.… Read More


17 St Marys Street, Stamford

Henry Edward, born in 1898, was the son of Edward and Helen Dalton. His father was a butcher and auctioneer and had a shop at 17 St Mary’s Street. All the family were born in Stamford and Henry was an only child. There are no military records and he may have been exempt as he… Read More