Bath Row

Edward and Charles Thillet Russell In 1901 Edward and Charles were living with their mother Emily and  William Russell and were step children with the surname Peat.  By 1911 the two brothers lived at 19 Bath Row with their mother Emily and had taken William’s name. William was a labourer in a brickyard and had… Read More


John was born in Stamford in 1897 and in 1911 he was living at 4 Tenter Lane with his widowed father, John Edward, and his sister Annie May (12) and his younger brother Amos (10). His father was born in Colsterworth, with all the children being born in Stamford. Father was a labourer in a… Read More


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


14 Bath Row

John Robinson George Robinson of Stamford Baron and Ellen Vanner (born in Walworth) married in 1882 and lived for some years in Lumby’s Terrace on Water Street. George was a labourer working at times in an ironstone quarry and for a mason. They had 12 children all born in Stamford but 5 died young. They moved… Read More


Thomas Robinson – 83 Cemetery Road In 1911 Thomas Robinson aged 12 was living in 83 Cemetery Road with his uncle and aunt William and Mary Ann Robinson and his cousin William. In 1901 he was also living with his uncle and aunt at 2 Emlyn’s fields. His uncle worked in a stone quarry. He… Read More


Zion House,1 Bentley Street, Stamford

Richard Major Robinson was born in Scarborough in July 1897. His father Richard Luther Robinson was born in Stamford and became a hotel manager. His mother was born in Hunmanby and they lived at 21 Nelson Street,  Middlesborough in 1901. Richard came to live with his grandparents in Stamford – Richard Luther Robinson senior ,… Read More


6 Eight Acres – Arthur Roffe Catherine Roffe (née Avery), Arthur’s mother, probably knew her neighbour Emily Redmile at No 2 because they were both born in Pickworth, Rutland and were of a similar age. Roffe’s father, Frank, was from Wittering where there were many Roffes: he was a labourer in 1901 but in 1911… Read More


Henry Izod Rogers – St Michael’s Rectory, Ryhall Road Henry was born on 7th September 1898 at Cottered Rectory, Hertfordshire. He was the eldest of the three sons of the Reverend Henry Izod Rogers and his wife Mabel. In 1905 the Reverend Rogers was appointed Rector of St Michael’s by the Marquess of Exeter and… Read More


Church Court, Church Street, St Martins, Stamford

Martin Rouse was born in 1895 in Market Overton, Rutland. He was one of seven children who lived with father Thomas and mother Mary next-door to the Rectory in Market Overton. Thomas worked as a groom at the Rectory and one of his daughters was a housemaid there. By 1911 several older siblings had left… Read More


Albert Redmile – 2 Eight Acres   John William Redmile (born Easton) and Emily Dawson (born Pickworth) married in 1896 and their first child, Albert, was born on 24th June 1899 in Stamford. The next year Elsie Elizabeth was born and the two children grew up living at 2 Eight Acres. In 1911 their father’s… Read More