Slade Green, Kent One Place Study

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Slade Green, Kent One Place Study

This profile is part of the Slade Green, Kent One Place Study.

The initial goal of this project is to find every family living in Slade Green and surrounding areas in 1911. To help there is already an Excel spreadsheet with the names of all (or probably, most) of the 'Heads of Household in the 1911 census. Ideally I'd like to do something similar with the 1901 census and the 1939 Register.

Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Roy Hillman. With various family and work problems in my life (and stopping for a while after the death of my father), progress may well be slow but I hope to get this done eventually! But with help ... progress could well be faster!

The background. A project I was involved in (in 2018) researched World War 1 'names' on the Slade Green Memorial, trying to find their families and occupations rather than regiments etc as our local Council project tends to do. For some of the more difficult cases, I ended up going street by street through the local census returns, which resulted in the above-mentioned spreadsheet.

Here are a couple of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.

• Entering the families on to Wikitree! (If you are local ... or your family were local, you might want to help by entering the records for the street you live or lived on?)
• Checking the entries for accuracy against other records (not everything in a census is reported correctly!) and updating the entries with those wider details
• Whilst I've entered a fair few family members and a few others previously, I'm not massively experienced and haven't been involved in other Wikitree projects, so anyone with more experience here is very welcome.
• There's probably plenty else that could be done!
• For the moment I'm working on Slade Green and Northend but have database information for the part of Erith covered by Slade Green Big Local's charitable work. So the plan is to cover that area too, but perhaps as the start of an 'Erith One Place Study'. But if someone from Erith wants to get started on that ... I'm very happy to help you do so!

A longer-term goal if enough people are interested may well be to expand this to other eras (at the moment obviously the emphasis is 1901 to 1939).

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!

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Names

Slade Green (most obviously - although note the misnaming of the railway station until 1953 - see history below).

Northend is so named because it was the most northerly point of the ancient parish of Crayford (the boundary with the ancient parish of Erith is marked by Boundary Street at the junction where the modern A206 changes name from Northend Road to South Road). It included Myrtle Farm and one of two other residences at the foot of Colyers Lane.

Perry Street was the name of the hamlet at the Northend Road end of the road Perry Street that ran and still runs from Crayford to Northend Road.

Slade Green, Northend and Perry Street were all once part of the ancient parish of Crayford. In ancient times they were part of the Hundred of Lesnes within the Lathe of Sutton at Hone, before subsequently becoming part of Dartford Rural District (1894), then Crayford Urban District (1920) and then the London Borough of Bexley (1965).

They are describe in The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 although the location description of Perry Street looks wrong (perhaps a different Perry Street is being described? Doubtful any part of Crayford parish was in the Hundred of Axstane, although the parishes of Crayford and Wilmington were added to that Hundred in 1894 to create Dartford Rural District) - a transcription of the 1868 texts on Crayford and its hamlets can be seen at https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/KEN/Crayford

Geography

Continent: Europe

Sovereign State: United Kingdom

Country: England

County: Kent

GPS Coordinates: 51.468, 0.189

Elevation: 7.0 m or 23.0 feet

History

1911

In 1911 Slade Green had recently expanded with the advent of the Slade Green Railway Depot about a decade previously. The new station had been named 'Slades Green', much to the annoyance of the locals who called the place Slade Green. It took many years of local campaigning before the station name was corrected to Slade Green. It was part of Dartford Rural District, and although St Augustine's church had been built, it wasn't a separate parish yet, so in church terms it was still part of the parish of Crayford.

Various roads were built a decade before for the people who would work at the depot, with houses built along one side of most of the roads to allow for later expansion (and the roads being named after trees - Elm, Hazel, Cedar, Willow and Oak). Plantation Road was privately built at the same time, with the intention it appears of attracting the engine drivers and others who would be attached to the depot. A couple of roads in 1911 would later have name changes when years later the railway crossings were removed, so what is now Moat Lane was part of Whitehall Lane, and what is now Peareswood Road was part of Slade Green Road. Addresses were in process of changing from using the name of a particular block of homes to using the name of the road they were in.

At the 1911 census, someone in the census office appears to have not wanted to recognise Slade Green as a separate place, so where people put birth places on the census as Slade Green, on some but not all of the returns someone went through crossing out Slade Green and replacing it with Crayford.

Population of Slade Green in 1911

So ... the aim is to have everyone who appears in the 1911 census in Slade Green and neighbouring areas (such as Northend and the hamlet of Perry Street) listed here with a link to a Wikitree profile. See notes at the end to get an idea of how accurate or otherwise this survey is.

In 1911 there were about 270 residences in Slade Green, 228 in Northend and another 27 in the nearby hamlet of Perry Street. Further away (close to Barnes Cray) was Sawmills, with another 28 residences in an area now unoccupied, but within the boundaries of the modern Slade Green and Northend ward. The modern ward also includes most of the eastern part of Erith - in 1911 there were about 466 residences in that part of Erith.

A long long way to go but here's a beginning to the list of residences in 1911 and links to the Wikitree profiles of each resident ...

Alderney Farm, Slade Green

Was accessed from a track from Slade Green Road. See Slade Green Road below.

Claremont Terrace, Northend

see Slade Green Lane

Lower Farm, Slade Green

Thought to be in the same vicinity as Wall House. See Wall House, Lower Farm and Wallhouse Road below.

Moat Lane, Slade Green

What is now Moat Lane in Slade Green was once part of Whitehall Lane - in 1911 the only other housing was Whitehall Cottages.

Northend Crossing Gate House, Slade Green

see Slade Green Road

Peareswood Road, Northend

Peareswood Road was previously known as Slade Green Road or Slade Green Lane. For details of residents in 1911, see Slade Green Lane. It included Claremont Terrace and Sunnyside.

Plantation Road, Slade Green in 1911

Plantation Road was built at the start of the twentieth century.

1 Plantation Road. Henry Amner, Sarah Amner nee Reading and children Jennie, Henry, Emily.

2 Plantation Road - no census return found.

3 Plantation Road. William Griffiths, his wife Elizabeth Griffiths nee Goldsmith and children Robert, Frank, Ruby. In 1901 the family were living at 15 Cedar Road, Slade Green.

4 Plantation Road. Charles Turner, his wife Nancy and children Charles, George.

5 Plantation Road. Resident or residents away in Derbyshire on the night of the census. This stated and signed on the form by resident Solomon Charles Butler. Solomon and his wife Kate (nee Milgate) are still in Plantation Road in 1939.

6 Plantation Road. James Murray and Alice Murray nee Cousins.

7 Plantation Road. Charles Burt and Annie Burt nee Fletcher. Boarding with them is Mabel (aka Emily) Pankhurst.

8 Plantation Road. Horace Dowsey and Edith Dowsey nee Wyatt. Son Cyril.

9 Plantation Road. Joseph Briggs, and his wife Mary and children Helen, Sydney, Edith, Stanley. Boarding with them is James Swallow.

10 Plantation Road. Frederick Douglass, Gwenllian Douglass nee Rice and children Edith, Alec, Reginald.

11 Plantation Road. Two separate census returns from this address. Henry May and Annie May nee Coyston, plus her niece Ethel Tyrrell. And William Howe and Catherine Howe nee Scott plus children William, Alfred, Reginald, Mercia. Also nephew (probably hers given middle name) Robert Scott Hooker.

12 Plantation Road. Thomas Tichener, Ada Tichener nee Mantle. Children James, Ada, Robert, Florence, Dorothy. Their son Thomas is with his grandmother in Chaldon Surrey. (In 1901 the Tichener family were at 12 Cedar Road, Slade Green}. In 1939 Thomas, his wife Ada and Dorothy are still at 12 Plantation Road, and Dorothy is still there in 1965.

13 Plantation Road. William Ashdown, Florence Ashdown nee Oxley and daughters Florence, Eleanor, Edith, Rose. In 1939 William and his wife Florence are still at 13 Plantation Road, and daughter Rose Wilders is at No. 16. Eleanor is living at 13 Plantation Road in 1965.

14 Plantation Road. Richard Casselli aka Caselli and Annie (nee Collins). Daughters Gladys Casselli, Ivy Casselli. In 1939 Richard, Annie and Gladys are still at 14 Plantation Road, and Gladys is still there in 1965.

15 Plantation Road. William Swift, Elizabeth Swift nee Stoodley and sons William, Edward. The elder William and Elizabeth are still at 15 Plantation Road in 1939.

16 Plantation Road. James Stubbins, Phyllis Stubbins nee Turner and children Robert, Maud, Lily, Albert, Stuart. James and Phyllis's daughter Phyllis Sheppard is next door at No. 18. (In 1891 the family had been living at 2 Slade Green Road, and in 1901 they are at the same house but with it described as 2 Acre Cottages, Slades Green Lane). In 1913 Maud marries Albert Sangster and moves into 19 Plantation Road.

17 Plantation Road - no census return found.

18 Plantation Road. Walter Sheppard, Phyllis Sheppard nee Stubbins and children William, Doris. Boarding with them is George Card.

19 Plantation Road - no census return found. By 1914 Maud Sangster nee Stubbins (see 16 Plantation Road) is living here with her husband Albert and son Albert. Albert and his by then widowed father (who was in Oak Road in 1911) are still at 19 Plantation Road in 1939.

20 Plantation Road. Frank Spencer, Sarah Spencer nee Seffens and children Sarah, Frank, James, Annie, Katherine aka Kathreen, Dora. Living with them is Sarah’s mother Catherine aka Cathreen Seffens nee Shay. (In 1901 the Spencer’s were living with her parents at 5 Poplar Place, Slade Green). The elder Sarah’s sister Jane Mayzes nee Seffens is at 2 Sewage Pumping Station, Slade Green in 1911. Frank and his wife Sarah are still at 20 Plantation Road in 1939.

21 Plantation Road - no census return found.

22 Plantation Road. William Foster, Alice Foster nee Rich and daughters Alice, Emily. Nursed child Ernest William aka William Earnest Pearce. The family were at 19 Killick's Cottages, Hazel Road, Slade Green in 1901.

Poplar Place, Slade Green in 1911

In 1911 the Corner Pin pub was part of Poplar Place, with the pub where the modern pub's car park now is, and the housing part of Poplar Place roughly where the modern pub now is. Poplar Place adjoined Slade Green Road.

The Corner Pin. Landlord is George Scales, assisted by his daughter Victoria and servant Agnes Bishop. (George’s wife Rosina Scales nee Hearn is at ‘Roseleigh’ 8 Avenue Road, Erith on the night of the 1911 census). George ran a tobacconist shop at 65 High Street Erith for 30 plus years (in 1881, 1891, and 1901 census).

1 Poplar Place Fish Shop. Fishmonger William Starling, Frances Starling nee Regan and children William, Annie, Charles, Amelia, Jane aka Ellen. William was still at 1 Poplar Place in 1939, along with daughter Amelia and her husband John Goring.

2 Poplar Place. Thomas Rea, Sarah Rea nee Starling (formerly Sayers), children Alice, Ivy, James, Frank, plus two of Sarah’s children from marriage to Albert Sayers, Albert Sayers and Frances Sayers. Sarah's daughter Annie Sayers is a barmaid at The Railway Hotel in Whitehall Lane (now Moat Lane) and residing there on the night of the census.

3 Poplar Place (perhaps). Census return originally said address was Albert Row, this has been crossed out and in different handwriting replaced with Poplar Place. No house number specified but in records between returns for 2 and 4 Poplar Place. The residents are Charles Britchfield, Elizabeth Britchfield nee Sunderland and children Charles, Margaret, James, Norah, Anne, May, Lydia. Also grandmother Elizabeth Weller (Weller it appears being a married name), whose exact relationship to the family isn’t entirely clear. In 1901 Charles and Elizabeth Britchfield and son Charles were living in a caravan in Mayzes Yard, Slade Green.

4 Poplar Place. Edward Arnold, Rose Arnold nee Clark or Clarke and children Edward, William, Elizabeth, Leonard, Ivy, plus daughter Rosetta who is just 5 days old and listed in the census as Lily. Also Rose’s niece Lilly Clark. The Arnold's had been at 6 Arthur Street, Northend in 1901, and had been with her parents at 9 Arthur Street in 1891.

5 Poplar Place. No census return found (unless the Britchfield family were actually living here - see No.3). In 1901 the Seffens family lived here (see also 20 Plantation Road).

6 Poplar Place. James Simmons, Frances Simmons nee Beldam and children Edith, Nellie, Margaret, Lily, James aka William.

Post Office (and Grocers) in Slade Green in 1911

Not certain where Slade Green Post Office was in 1911. Given the census returns either side of it, perhaps at or near the corner of Hazel Road and Slade Green Road.

Slade Green Post Office. Grocer William Watson, Charlotte Watson nee Gray. Children William, Winifred.

Pumping Station, Slade Green in 1911

Located near Lower Farm was a water pumping station, with an engineer in residence. Also occupied was '2 Sewage Pumping Station'.

Pumping Station. Resident is the Gas Engine Attendant employed by Dartford Rural District Council Frederick Hedger, Mary Hedger nee Reader and children Helen, Elsie, George, Hilda, Dorothy. Their daughter Ivy is at 5 Sunnyside, Slade Green Lane, Northend.

2 Sewage Pumping Station. James Mayzes and Jane Mayzes nee Seffens. Jane's sister Sarah Spencer nee Seffens is at 20 Plantation Road, Slade Green.

Red House, Slade Green in 1911

Red House was on Crayford Marshes, in the direction of Crayford Ness (the point at the bend in the River Thames) from Lower Farm on what is now Wallhouse Road.

Living there are Joseph Lock, Mary Lock nee Cox and children Ellen, Louisa, Joseph, Jim, George, Mary, Nelson, William and Edward. At the time of the 1901 census the family were living in a tent at Wallhouse Farm.

Slade Green Lane, Northend in 1911

The same road was at various times known as Slade Green Road or Slade Green Lane. It included Claremont Terrace and Sunnyside. The use of 'Lane' seems more frequent for the part between Northend Road and the railway line (where Northend Crossing was - now just a footbridge across the track) so this Study is using 'Lane' for that part, and 'Road' for the part to the east of Northend Crossing. After the crossing was closed (when the bridge on Bridge Road was opened, perhaps in about 1959), this part of the road was re-named Peareswood Road.

Claremont Terrace, Slade Green Lane/Road in 1911

Odd Numbers 1 to 19 Claremont Terrace were originally successive numbers 1-10 Claremont Terrace and have at times been successive numbers 13-22 Slade Green Lane, odd numbers 1-19 Slade Green Lane, odd numbers 1-19 Slade Green Road and are now odd numbers 1-19 Peareswood Road. According to a sign on the Terrace, it was built in 1889.

1 Claremont Terrace. Augustus Hirschfeld, Charlotte Hirschfeld nee Wright. Children Robert, Edward, Elizabeth and Augustus. Also living with them, Charlotte’s mother Elizabeth Wright (unknown maiden name), and Charlotte’s siblings William, George and Ivy. In 1901 the Wright family were living at 9 Norfolk Cottages, Hazel Road, Slade Green.

3 Claremont Terrace. Lizzie Bearsby nee Percy and her children Gertrude, Percy, May, Walter, Ena, Alice and Blanche. At the time of the census Lizzie’s husband George Bearsby is a patient in Erith Cottage Hospital. The family later lived for many years at 164 Slade Green Road.

5 Claremont Terrace. John Beecher, Elizabeth Beecher nee Skinner and their adopted daughter Lillian Bourne. Lodging with them are Thomas Mortimer and Earnest Cannon. In 1881 Thomas Mortimer had been living with his widowed father in Boundary Street, and in 1901 he’s lodging at ‘6 Ellingham Terrace, Arthur Street’.

7 Claremont Terrace. Edgar Biggenden, Margaret Biggenden nee Galvin, and children Charles, William and Kathleen. Also, boarder Henry Evans. Edgar's brother Frank is at 20 Acre Cottages, Slade Green Road in 1911.

9 Claremont Terrace. Robert Scott, Eliza Scott nee Durrant and children Robert, Eliza, George, Winifred, Nellie and Alfred. Also Robert Scott’s maternal cousin Walter Johncock, whose parents Benjamin and Sarah had died in 1893. The family including Walter Johncock were living at 9 Castle Terrace aka 9 Hazel Road in 1901, and in 1911 Walter's sister Edith is living with her adoptive parents at 74 Elm Cottage, Slade Green Road.

11 Claremont Terrace. Norris Killick, Ellen Killick nee Forrester, and working-age children Thomas, Albert, Arthur and Rose. Plus Norris and Ellen’s daughter Ellen and her children Albert and Thomas. Norris and Ellen's son Ernest and his family are living at 43 The Nursery in 1911 and their daughter Annie Peters nee Killick is living at 33 The Nursery. The Killick family had lived at Claremont Terrace since at least 1891 and previously lived at 18 Northend Cottages.

13 Claremont Terrace. Samuel Large, Minnie Large nee Mott, and children Lydia, Eleanor, Louisa, Lesley, Bessie and May. Boarding with the family is Brook Mitchell. In 1901 Samuel, Minnie and Lydia were living at 5 Claremont Cottages, West Street, Erith; and in around 1903/1904 they were at 6 Willow Road, Slade Green.

15 Claremont Terrace. Joseph Farrant, Edith Farrant nee Bryant, her mother Mary Bryant nee Watson and Joseph and Edith’s daughter Edith.

17 Claremont Terrace. James Kemp and Clara Kemp nee Quinnell.

19 Claremont Terrace. Frank Hayward, Alice Hayward nee Cook, and children Ethel, Frank and Alice. In 1939 the parents Frank and Alice Hayward are living at 27 Northend Road.

May Villa and Pleasant View, Slade Green Lane/Road in 1911

May Villa and Pleasant View appear to have been in Slade Green Lane. Unclear if either equates to 21 Slade Green Road/21 Peareswood Road, that's a possibility but unproven. More likely that they were on the opposite side of the road, as the occupants of each from the Furner family were local farmers. Both Furner families are still resident at these addresses per Kelly’s 1913 Directory of Kent.

May Villa. William Furner, Isabel Furner nee Gery and children William, Helen, Stanley, Ruby and Winifred, plus servant Margaret Fry. The family were living here in 1901 and had previously lived at 7 The Nursery.

Pleasant View. George Furner and his children Alice, Christopher, May, Fred, Donald and Thomas, plus servant Emily Russell. (George’s wife Alice Furner nee Smith had died in 1900). Emily Russell's parents are at 61 Northend Road in 1911. In 1901 the Furner family were already at Pleasant View, and Emily Russell was living nearby with her family at 10 Wiggins Cottages, Arthur Street. Richard Stoneham, George's brother-in-law, now living nearby at Sunnyside, was a witness at George and Alice's wedding in 1888.

Sunnyside, Slade Green Lane/Road in 1911

Sunnyside appears to be the block of houses that became 23, 25, 27 and 29 Slade Green Road, and then those numbers Peareswood Road, on the corner of The Nursery closest to the railway line. A little unclear what number Sunnyside equates to what number Peareswood Road - in the 1911 census Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 Sunnyside are reported, with Richard Stoneham living at No. 5 - whereas in 1901 he's reported as being at No. 1. In 1911 John Wilders is living at 4 Sunnyside, and in 1939 at 27 Slade Green Road, so likely that those are the same - so likely number 29 Slade Green Road / Peareswood Road is the same as 5 Sunnyside in 1911. (Possibly in 1911 No 1 Sunnyside was round the corner in The Nursery?)."

2 Sunnyside. James Willder, Ellen Willder nee Sims, their son Charles and their grandson Arthur Sefton (son of their daughter Emily). The Willder's had previously lived at Claremont Terrace, Slade Green Lane and in Arthur Street. Their son John (using a variation on the surname) is at 4 Sunnyside.

3 Sunnyside. Harry Holmes, Emily Holmes nee Howlett, their children Philip, Emily and Ethel, plus her niece Edith Howlett.

4 Sunnyside. John Wilders, Julia Wilders nee Harfield, and their son John. The elder John's parents are at 2 Sunnyside. The younger John later lived at 16 Plantation Road, Slade Green (e.g. in 1939).

5 Sunnyside. Richard Stoneham, Susan Stoneham nee Furner and their son Leopold, plus their servant Ivy Hedger. Susan’s brothers William and George are also living in Slade Green Lane, at May Villa and Pleasant View. Ivy’s father is the attendant for Slade Green Pumping station and living there with his family. The family were at Sunnyside in 1901 and had previously lived in Claremont Terrace, also in Slade Green Lane.

Slade Green Road, Slade Green in 1911

The same road was at various times known as Slade Green Road or Slade Green Lane. At the time it didn't go towards Manor Road, Erith - instead it included what is now Wallhouse Road (except for the modern part that joins to Widgeon Road). The use of 'Road' seems more frequent for the part between the railway line (where Northend Crossing was - now just a footbridge across the track) and Wallhouse Road so this Study is using 'Road' for that part, and 'Lane' for the part to the west of Northend Crossing.

Northend Crossing Gate House, Slade Green Road in 1911

Walter Baldwin, Alice Baldwin nee Evans, and children Henry, Albert, and twins Caroline and Jasper, plus grand-daughter Florence Emery (Florence’s parents and siblings are at 3 Maximfeldt Road, Erith). The Baldwin family had been living at Northend Gate House since at least 1891.

Acre Cottages (Even Nos. 2-20 Slade Green Road) in 1911

Acre Cottages were almost opposite the path leading to Erith alongside the railwayline from Slade Green Road - which very recently has itself become part of Slade Green Road, extended onto a new housing estate. Earlier, Acre Cottages were numbered sequentially 1 to 10 with 10 being closest to the railway line. So 2 Acre Cottages Slade Green Road in 1911 was 10 Acre Cottages in 1901, and 20 Acre Cottages, Slade Green Road was 1 Acre Cottages in in 1901. Etc.!

When new housing was built on the part of Slade Green Lane/Road that later became Peareswood Road, Acre Cottages became even Nos. 102 - 120 Slade Green Road. Unsure when Acre Cottages were replaced by industrial units, but have seen the death record for a resident saying they died at Acre Cottages in 1955, so after that date.

2 Acre Cottages. Arthur Todd, Laura Todd nee Hudson, son Herbert and foster children Kathleen, Frederick and Rhoda Llewellyn. Boarding with them is Frederick Sawyer who sadly died the following year in the Titanic disaster.

4 Acre Cottages. Edward Harber and Isabella Harber nee May. Boarding with them are brothers Henry and William Marshall. Edward and Isabella's daughter Isabella is next door at 6 Acre Cottages and their son Edward is at 23 Sarah Cottages, Hazel Road, Slade Green. In 1901, Henry Marshall had been boarding at 4 Hazel Road, Slade Green.

6 Acre Cottages. John Shed, Isabella Shed nee Harber and children Edward, Sidney, Grace and Leslie. Boarding with them is Thomas Hickmott. Isabella’s parents are next door at 4 Acre Cottages, and John, Isabella and Leslie are still at the same home (by then called 106 Slade Green Road) in 1939.

8 Acre Cottages. William Curling, Olive Curling nee Mihell and Olive’s mother Eliza Mihell nee Jarvis and nephew William Hughes (aka William Mihell). William Hughes' family are at 2 Upton Dairy, Arthur Street, Northend in 1911.

10 Acre Cottages. Frank Colyer, Gertrude Colyer nee Batchelder, and sons Ernest and Leonard, plus Gertrude’s brother Albert Batchelder. In 1911 Gertrude and Albert’s sister Rosana Radley and brother John Batchelder are at 43 Oak Road, Slade Green.

12 Acre Cottages. Edward Caselton, Jane Caselton nee Nichols and their adult children Arthur and Hilda. The Caselton family had been living here since at least 1891.

14 Acre Cottages. Charles Brown, Rhoda Brown nee Austin, adult children Charles and George Brown, and younger children Edwin, Ellen, Reuben, Sidney and Violet. George Brown in 1914 married Leavina, daughter of Olive Curling nee Mihell from 8 Acre Cottages, but died in 1916 at the Battle of The Somme and is commemorated on the Slade Green War Memorial. In 1939 daughters Violet (by then surname Fowler) and Ellen are living at 118 Howbury Lane.

16 Acre Cottages. Policeman Albert Lazell, and Edith Lazell nee Godfrey plus his young sister Ethel Lazell.

18 Acre Cottages. William Day, Annie Day nee Harber and sons Herbert and Harry, plus boarders Walter Valentine and Albert Hughes. In 1901 the Day family, and also Walter Valentine, were living at 20 Claremont Terrace, Slade Green Lane, Northend. Walter later lived at 160 Slade Green Road and then 29 Elm Road, Slade Green.

20 Acre Cottages. Frank Biggenden and Annie Biggenden nee Hercock. Frank’s brother Edgar and his family are at 7 Claremont Terrace, Northend in 1911.

Church Terrace (Even Nos. 38-66 Slade Green Road) in 1911

Actually two terraces with the entrance of Plantation Road between them. When new housing was built on the part of Slade Green Lane/Road that later became Peareswood Road, Church Terrace became even Nos. 138 - 166 Slade Green Road. The terraces are still there, opposite St Augustine's Church and Vicarage and the new Rainbow estate.

38 Church Terrace. Frederick Tindle, Alice Tindle nee Souster and son Frederick. In 1901 the family had been at 4 Hazel Road, Slade Green.

40 Church Terrace. Robert Filce, Ellen Filce nee Telling and children May and Cecil.

42 Church Terrace. Appears to have been unoccupied at the date of the census.

44 Church Terrace. Charles Oliver, and Elizabeth Oliver nee Petley and a boarder, Ethel Cook. Elizabeth’s brother and family are next door at No.46.

46 Church Terrace. James Petley, Minnie Petley nee Anslow and children Ernest, Henry, Minnie, Albert, Ivy and Sidney, plus Minnie’s brother Alfred Anslow and a boarder, George Halls. James’ sister Elizabeth Oliver is next door at No.44. In 1901 the Petley’s were at 20 Whitehall Lane (now Moat Lane) along with two of Minnie’s brothers, Alexander and Percy Anslow.

Break in Church Terrace for Plantation Road

48 Church Terrace. Albert May, Beatrice May nee Rochester, and children Leslie and Doris.

50 Church Terrace. Samuel Ablett and Sarah Ablett nee Wimms and Sarah’s nephew - and some later records state their adopted son - John Wimms. Private John Basil Thomas Wimms died during the First World War on 3rd August 1916 and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais. He is commemorated at the Slade Green War Memorial that is almost opposite his former home (now 150 Slade Green Road) and has a plaque in his honour in the Mary Chapel of St Augustine's Church Slade Green (to the left as you go in).

52 Church Terrace. James Pelling.

There were no census returns for 54 or 56 Church Terrace

58 Church Terrace. Augustine Bristow, Elizabeth Bristow nee Gawthorpe and children Eleanor, William, Alexander and George.

60 Church Terrace. Charles Pullen, Ellen Pullen nee Nealer, children Ellen, Charles, Frank and Wilfred, plus boarder Cosmo Salter-Whiter. Charles’ niece Ethel Pullen died in the Slade Green Munitions Disaster on 18th February 1924.

62 Church Terrace. George Roberts, and his wife Delia Roberts (maiden name unknown), and children George, Charles, Frederick, Edith, Herbert, Violet and Arthur. In 1891 and 1901 the Roberts family had been at 1 Elm Cottages, Slade Green.

64 Church Terrace. Thomas Puddock, Elizabeth Puddock nee Allum, children Ethel, Alfred, Arthur, George and Jeffrey, plus boarders Percy Roberts and Edward Hamlin.

66 Church Terrace. Henry Nitsch, his wife Eleanor Nitsch nee Blumenberg’ and her son Henry Blumenberg.

Elm Cottages (Even Nos. 72-78 Slade Green Road) in 1911

In 1901 these were 1 to 4 Elm Cottages (1 became 72, 2 became 74 etc). The first two of these are in the 1911 census records as 72 and 74 Elm Cottage, whereas numbers 76 and 78 are recorded as Elm Cottages - perhaps because 72 and 74 were one building?

72 Elm Cottage. William Chesson, and Ellen Chesson nee Ditton plus William’s adult son Albert Chesson. In 1891 the family had been at 4 Castle Terrace, Hazel Road, Slade Green and in 1901, at Whitehall Cottages, Whitehall Lane, Slade Green.

74 Elm Cottage. Josiah Bishop, Phebe Bishop nee Cullum and their adopted daughter Edith Johncock. Edith’s brother Walter is living at 9 Clarement Terrace, Northend in 1911. In 1891 she and her brother were living at 1 Howberry (Howbury) Cottages, Slade Green with her parents Benjamin and Sarah. The Bishop’s were already living at Elm Cottages in 1901 and had previously lived at Albert Row, Slade Green.

76 Elm Cottages. Arthur Phillip, Sarah Phillips nee Fitch, their widowed daughter Ada Ellard nee Phillips and her daughter Lilla Ellard.

78 Elm Cottages. George Church, Ida Church nee Abbs and children Charles, Ida, Eugenia, George and Arthur.

Alderney Farm, Slade Green Road in 1911

Accessed via a track from Slade Green Road, and now the site of Alderney Road.

Alderney Farm. William Webber, Minnie Webber nee Mitchell and their adopted daughter (also his niece) Muriel Ladd, plus his mother Caroline Webber nee Eades. Living with them is boarder, schoolteacher Bertha Frethey. Muriel Ladd’s parents are still alive and living at 98 West Street, Erith with her two older siblings, but her father is recorded in the census as ‘unable to work’.

Garden Cottage, Slade Green Road in 1911

Unsure of the location of Garden Cottage other than it being recorded as in Slade Green Road, but the census return for 1911 has it in sequence between the return for the School House and the return for Alderney Farm.

Garden Cottage, Slade Green Road. James Kemp, Ada Kemp nee Baytup and children Ada, Mabel, Sylvia, Hilda and James.

School House, Slade Green Road in 1911

Probably located roughly opposite the junction with Elm Road.

School House, Slade Green Road. William Sims, Eliza Sims nee Hopkins and their children Arthur, William, Emma, Albert, Ruth, Henry and Frederick. William and Eliza's eldest daughter Ellen Phippen and her family are at 7 Hazel Road, Slade Green. In 1901 the Sims family had been living at Barkers Shop, Norfolk Cottages on Hazel Road, Slade Green.

Thatched Cottage, Slade Green Road in 1911

Sometimes known as Bulls Cottage(s).

Thatched Cottage, Slade Green Road. Mary Bull, her nephew Ernest Bull, her niece Maud (aka Alice) Gaston (both children of Alice Gaston nee Bull), plus boarder Edmund Izzard. Mary had been living in the cottage since at least 1871. Her parents had farmed on Colyers Lane.

Wall House, Lower Farm and Wallhouse Road, Slade Green in 1911

A large part of what is now Wallhouse Road was previously part of what was known as either Slade Green Lane or Slade Green Road (the exception being the fairly recently built part that has Widgeon Road running off it). It's likely that the accommodation for Slade Green Pumping Station was also in what is now Wallhouse Road, and that Lower Farm was in the same vicinity. For residents of Wallhouse Road in 1911, see both Pumping Station and Slade Green Road above, and for Lower Farm and Wall House see immediately below.

Lower Farm. George Evenden, his sister Eliza Evenden and boarding with them is field hand Auther Missions.

Wall House. Henry Raven, youngest son Edward, Henry’s adult children Harry, Annie, Rose Dudley nee Raven (and her husband Walter Dudley and their son Walter) and Bertie (and his wife Martha Raven nee Cross and their son Bertie). In 1891 and 1901 the Raven family are at 18 Killicks Cottages, Slade Green and Walter Dudley's family at 20 Killicks Cottages.

Whitehall Lane, Slade Green in 1911

Whitehall Lane in 1911 consisted of the current Whitehall Lane, but also what is now called Moat Lane on the other side of the railway. Most of the housing in 1911 was in the part that is now Moat Lane, the known exception being Whitehall Cottages, which were on the current Whitehall Lane but on the opposite side of the road to the current Whitehall Lane housing. Uncertain which side of the railway line the Whitehall Lane Crossing Gatehouse was. The Railway Hotel, opposite the railway station and then on Whitehall Lane (there was no Forest Road), was later known as The Railway Tavern and in more recent times has become a block of flats on the corner of Moat Lane and Forest Road.

Whitehall Cottages, Whitehall Lane in 1911

1 Whitehall Cottages. James Mercer, Sarah Mercer nee Barham and their children Leonard and Charles.

2 Whitehall Cottages. Edward Copper and Annie Copper nee Baulk. Their daughter Lucy is with her maternal grandparents at 18 Suffolk Road, Dartford on the night of the 1911 census.

3 Whitehall Cottages. William Russell, Mary Russell nee Still and children Lilian, William, Cyril, Rob Roy, Stephen and Arthur.

4 Whitehall Cottages. Frederick Palmer, Rose Palmer nee Tims and their children Frederick, Daisy, Lily, Bernard, Jane, Bertha and Norman. In 1901 the Palmer family were living at Perry Street, Crayford.

5 Whitehall Cottages. William Hills, Adeline Hills nee Nunn, their children George, William, Arthur, Harry and Frederick, plus boarder William Walder. William Hills junior was killed in October 1914 with the sinking of HMS Hawke. He is commemorated on the Slade Green War Memorial. William Walder emigrated to Australia and fought with the Australian forces during World War One.

Whitehall Crossing Gatehouse in 1911

Whitehall Crossing Gatehouse. James Philpott, his adult son Francis Philpott and daughter Mabel Mills nee Philpott, her husband Ernest Mills, and their son Leslie.

Whitehall Lane in 1911

(the part that is now Moat Lane)

Railway Hotel. Licensee Sidney Squire, Helen Squire nee Morris, their daughters Vera and Enid and barmaid Annie Sayers. Annie Sayers’ mother Sarah Rea is living at 2 Poplar Place, Slade Green in 1911.

2 Whitehall Lane. Railway Shed Foreman David Blair, Elizabeth Blair nee Howie and their servant Eleanor Batchelor. What was 2 Whitehall Lane in 1911 later became 4 Moat Lane. It had been built as a one off house for the Shed Foreman. ('An Illustrated History of Slade Green Depot' notes of the first Shed Foreman, a Mr Searle in 1899 "He would be held responsible for everything that happened of failed to happen, the performance of 275 or so staff including their hiring and firing").

Notes

The aim as with any Wikitree profile is to be accurate ... of course. But there is certainly some possibility of error, and these notes set out some of the assumptions being made.

Regarding birth ages on the profiles. Where they have been input as part of the Slade Green One Place project and not altered by others (such as the persons relatives). If a person's age in the census seems to match with one definite birth registration that birth registration year will be taken as birth year (but note, people had 3 months to register a birth) and evidence of the registration linked in 'Sources'. Occasionally even though there's a small mismatch on name or age, there appears to be one registration record and that has been used. Note birth dates are otherwise taken from the census ages and should be taken as most likely that year OR the year before. Bear in mind ages were not always reported correctly - there's definitely the possibility of error - if you know of such an error, please do either amend the profile yourself or get in touch.

Regarding maiden names. In the 1911 census 'year's married' was one of the things to be reported. If there's a single possibility with the right timing for marriage registration, the name on that is assumed to be correct. But note there's room for error here (incorrect years married being given, people using a different given name, the name on the marriage being a surname from previous marriage) - if you know of such an error, please do either amend the profile yourself or get in touch.

And sometimes it's not going to be possible to identify with even a reasonable guess what the correct maiden name is ... so awaiting further research, the person will be listed with maiden name 'Unknown'. But please do let us know (so the reference can be changed from 'unknown') and either amend the profile yourself or get in touch if you know the correct name for a profile.

Sources

The main source of the information is the 1911 census, with other information derived from birth, marriage and death registers (mainly using those provided by freebmd.org.uk) and earlier census returns. Specific sources are listed on pages of the individuals recorded here.

List of the key sources:

• Census Transcript Search, 1841-1911 [database online]. TheGenealogist.co.uk 2024 Original Data: "RG14 General Register Office: 1911 Census Schedules" The National Archives

• https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

• Census Transcript Search, 1841-1911 [database online]. TheGenealogist.co.uk 2024 Original Data: "RG13 General Register Office: 1901 Census Schedules" The National Archives

• Census Transcript Search, 1841-1911 [database online]. TheGenealogist.co.uk 2024 Original Data: "RG12 General Register Office: 1891 Census Schedules" The National Archives

• The 1939 Register, 1939 [database online]. TheGenealogist.co.uk 2024

• local records sourced via ancestry.co.uk especially local parish records

• An Illustrated History of Slade Green Depot: From Steam to Networker (A.W. Deller 1994 Irwell Press ISBN 1-871608-61-9

Source Information Ancestry.com. Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers 1813–1925. Bexley Local Studies & Archive Centre, Bexleyheath, Kent, England.