19 Bentley Street, Stamford

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


Frederick Baker– 44 East Street Frederick’s parents, Edwin and Ellen, must have married when they were about 16 or 17yrs old. They had 10 children of whom 8 were alive in 1911. Their eldest surviving son, Amos, was born in 1875 and Frederick, the youngest of the family, was born in 1896. Both his parents… Read More


10 Scotgate, the Star and Garter, Stamford

George Purcell Baxter– 10 Scotgate, the Star and Garter George Baxter, born in 1898, was the son of Charles and Catherine. He had four brothers – Charles, Harry, Alfred and Albert – and two sisters Nellie and Mabel. In 1901 the family were living at 6 Eight Acres; George’s father, Charles, was a plumber and… Read More


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


17 Adelaide Street

Charles Cecil Baker In 1911 Charles was 15. He was born in 1896 in Stamford. He was living at 17 Adelaide Street Stamford with his parents Nugent & Gertrude (nee Chapman) Baker and his elder brother Arthur . All the family members had been born in Stamford. His father was a tailor’s cutter. Charles was… Read More


East Street

Arthur Baxter – 7 Hope’s Terrace Arthur Baxter is something of a mystery. In 1911, he was 15 years old and living at 7 Hope’s Terrace with his parents, his sister Ethel 13 years and his maternal grandfather. His father was an iron moulder at an oil engineering works and Arthur was an apprentice iron… Read More


42-50 High Street, Stamford

Arthur Ewart Baxter Arthur Ewart Baxter was born in Stamford in April 1894 to parents Jesse Baxter, a labourer in the Iron Foundry who was born in Thornaugh, and his wife, Salome, a Cornish woman. They lived at 6 Milner’s Row but had moved to 46 High St by 1911. At that time Arthur was… Read More


In 1911 William Henry, who was born in Stamford in 1898, was living at 4 Welland Street with his father also William Henry and his stepmother Ruth (nee Scott) Baker and his younger siblings George William (11), Harrold (5), Doris (3) and Lucy (10 months). His father, a railway checker, was born in Lyddington in… Read More


13-17 High Street, St Martins

Thomas Bell Thomas was born in Stamford in 1898, he had left school but was unemployed in 1911. His father John William and mother Sophia were both born in Stamford and father worked as a painter’s labourer at Pick’s Motor Manufacturing Works. The family lived at 4 Boyden Court, a group of two tenements with… Read More


Welland Street, Stamford - now redeveloped

George was born in Sheffield in 1899 and was probably William Henry’s stepmother’s (Ruth Scott’s) son. In 1901 George and his mother were living in the Gas Works Cottage, Burghley, Pilsgate at the home of his grandmother (Mary Ann Goodliff) and her second husband ( John Goodliff) who was a gas stoker on the Burghley… Read More