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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Worcestershire => Topic started by: Blancsanglier on Monday 16 April 12 21:31 BST (UK)
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I wonder if anyone knows anything about GILES HOUSE, BELBROUGHTON, WORCS please? I think my g.g.grandfather SAMUEL BOUCHER worked there as a servant in 1871 to Elizabeth White aged 76 who was a farmer. I have looked on the old maps but can't see it. I believe SAMUEL married EMMA CORFIELD in Bridgenorth in 1875. I am interested in knowing whether Giles House is still there. Thank you.
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Hi,
You may be able to find the approximate location by using the 1871, or other, census. In planning the collection of data each enumerator was given a very specific area to cover. Within that, if you are lucky, you may get a walking route. If you are using Ancestry, above the census page itself, is, in small print, "Worcestershire > Belbroughton > District 8". Click on District 8. Ancestry will then find a block of district automatically, select View Description of District.
If you don't get an exact placement of Giles House, you could try another census.
I've just had a look at the 1871 for Sam. Boucher and there is a group of named houses on the form. Go to Google Maps and find Belbroughton. Find Dark Lane off the end of the High Street, in the village. Now make your way to the other end of Dark Lane where it meets the A491 Stourbridge Road. Just before there is Galton Lane. Drag the Street View man to the corner of Galton lane. Rotate the view until you can see an old wooden sign post that says "Hollies Hill". That's the name of the next household on the census form. My guess is that Giles House is somewhere there, or was.
Remember you are looking for a property that is about 150 years old, at least! You could then use a Tithe Map, made around 1840. Also go back to Old-Maps website and, using the Google Map knowledge there is a Giles Farm....
Good luck
Mike
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I had a look in Kelly's Directory for 1940, no Giles Farm? Sorry.
Linell.
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Thank you very much for all of that information...... it is only a few miles from where I live so I will have a ride up there soon and have a look. I know Dark Lane but have never journeyed up there so it will be an adventure! :)
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According to the 1881 census Beatrice Annie Bayliss, aged 10 years, my 1st cousin 2 x removed was living in Giles House with her widowed aunt Esther Devenport who was the farmer. It covered 54 acres and she employed 2 men and 1 boy.
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The National Archives' "documentsonline" Wills section has a will for Roger Waldron of Gileshouse 1670. A bit early for you but may be of interest. Yes it is still there hidden behind the hedges on what used to be the Stourbridge to Bromsgrove highway now a dual carriageway.