Bertie Rippin- 59 Cemetery Road Bertie Rippin was born in October 1894. In 1901 he was living at 5 Edward’s Cottages with his parents William a threshing machine driver and Annie two brothers Albert 19 and Ernest 17 and two sisters Ethel 13 and Amelia 9. By 1911 they were living with at 59 Cemetery… Read More


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


George Bedford Roberts – 4 West End Villas Thomas Roberts, a joiner and his wife Rebecca had 5 children all born in Stamford and the family were living at 2 Ladysmith Cottages (between 9 & 11 Empingham Road) in 1901. By 1911 their eldest son has died and their eldest daughter was living at Browne’s… Read More