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1 Armory Court -Armory Lane



1861 Census

William Norman : Cordwainer : 53 yrs

Charlotte : Boot Closer : 47 yrs


William Norman

1851 : living at 44 Warblington Street with wife Charlotte, 45 yrs




1871 Census


Zacharia Williams : Navy Pensioner : 65 yrs

Eliza : 40 yrs

Charles : 8 yrs

William : 6 yrs

Alice : 3 yrs

Zacharia Williams

1881 : Army Pensioner 77 yrs, living at 6 Armoury Lane with wife Elizabeth, housekeeper 47 yrs, son William William Errand Boy 16 yrs and daughter Alice 13 yrs

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1851 Census

Low Lodging House

Jonas Hodson : Low Lodging House Keeper : 54 yrs 

Jane : Domestic Work


Jonas Hodson

1821 : 25 Dec, married Jane Dinderson Richard at St Thomas’s


Samuel Howard : Itinerant Mendicant : 28 yrs. 

Sarah J : Itinerant Mendicant  22 yrs

Margarett :4 yrs

Marjory :10 months


Samuel Howard

1891 : living at “The Stag” St Thomas’s Street, Hawker, 69 yrs

Richard Baker : Itinerant Mendicant : 37 yrs

Emma : Itinerant Mendicant : 30 yrs

Lydia : 8 yrs

Henry : 6 yrs

John : 3 yrs

Samuel Gulliver : Pauper : 70 yrs



1861 Census


Mary A Carpenter : 33 yrs

Harry Harrison : 2 yrs



1871 Census

Unoccupied

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1851 Census

Charles Denham : Bricklayer’s Labourer : 39 yrs 



Charles Denham

1812 : May 5, bapt at St Thomas’s, Father John, Mother Hannah 

1871 : Boot maker, 58 yrs, living at 83 St Thomas’s Street with wife Ann 56 yrs


Ann : Shoe Binder, Pauper : 38 yrs

Hannah : 10 yrs

Amelia : 7 yrs

Alice : 4 yrs

Celina : 2 yrs 



1861 Census


Zacharia Williams : Labourer : 52 yrs

Elizabeth : Dressmaker : 30 yrs

Elizabeth : 5 yrs

Mary : 1 yr

Richard Mitchell : Tin Plate Worker : 40 yrs

Isabella : Hawker : 29 yrs

Richard : 3 yrs

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1851 Census

Low Lodging House kept by Mr Hodson (No2)

Timeat Driderl : Irish Mendicant : 75 yrs

Juilia : Irish Mendicant : 70 yrs

Cochrane : Irish mendicant : 35 yrs


Maragrett Shaghra : Irish mendicant : 34 yrs

John Harbert : Irish Mendicant : 31 yrs

Cathleen : Irish Mendicant : 34 yrs

Dennis : 5 yrs

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1851 Census

Low Brothel kept by Dan Hart (7 Armoury Lane)

James Brady : 2 yrs

Ann : Prostitute : 25 yrs


Iliza Busby : Prostitute : 30 yrs

Agnes : Prostitute : 22 yrs

Elizabeth : 3 yrs


Margaret Welsh : Prostitute : 22 yrs

Mary Whale : Prostitute : 21 yrs

Michael Aheron : Irish Itinerant : 26 yrs

Mary Ann : Prostitute : 21 yrs

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1851 Census

Mary Stanley : Charwoman : 44 yrs

James : Common Labourer : 23 yrs

Mary Ann : Washerwoman : 18 yrs

Margaret : 9 yrs

Elizabeth : 6 months

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