RootsChat.Com
England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Staffordshire => Topic started by: sec3mitchdr on Sunday 22 October 17 01:26 BST (UK)
-
Hi
I believe that there used to be an Eversley House behind the St Edward Street end of the northern side of Broad Street Leek. I think the house was quite substantial and had a lodge on Broad Street. I believe that the house was demolished in the early part of the last century and the land redeveloped to form the Eversley avenue estate which is there today. Does anyone have any info at all about the house or its owners and in particular any photos. Any help will be appreciated.
sec3mitchdr
-
Do you have access to Ancestry to search for Eversley by exact name in the 1911 census?
We cannot quote the 1911 for you, and in previous censuses I think it is just by house number on St Edward Street.
-
UK City and County Directories 1766 - 1946 (from Ancestry)
in 1902 publication
Hugh Richard Sleigh
Names inserted in the commission of the peace, January 1902
Hugh Richard Sleigh Esq., Eversley, Leek
Added:
In the 1904 Kelly's directory he is Hugh Richard Sleigh, JP, living at 64, St Edward Street.
In the 1928 Kelly's directory he is still at Eversley. St Edward Street, Leek.
He dies in 1929.
-
It seems as if 64 St Edward Street and Eversley, St Edward Street were one and the same In 1911. No 64 is now a hotel and restaurant ca!led The Silken Strand. From the garden at the back of the hotel, you can see the houses at the top of Eversley Street, so maybe the land that the houses were built on was originally part of The Eversley land
Chris
-
The will of Hugh Sleigh of Ball Haye, Leek, Staffordshire, ribbon merchant, dated 19 October 1787. To his wife he left an annuity of £100 clear of all deductions. If his wife did not have any children by him, then his mother was to receive an annuity of £5. His sisters Mary Smith and Elizabeth Ashmore were to receive £100 each and Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary and Samuel Ashmore, the sons and daughters of Sleigh's sister were to receive £100 each at the age of 21 or, in the case of the women, when they married. To Joseph and William Shufflebotham and to Philip Ball "and all my domestick servants" he bequeathed "decent mourning" and to Joseph Alsop a ring. The residue of his estate he gave to his brother Samuel Sleigh. His brother Samuel and his brother in law John Smith were to be his executors. Signed, sealed and witnessed. Witeness William and Mary Challinor and William Lancaster.
-
Hugh Sleigh, age 28 in 1851 census, silk manufacturer, was living at Spout Street (with wife Ann and child Hugh R Sleigh.). Spout Street is the previous name for St Edwards Street.
British History Online:
'St. Edward Street was formerly Spout Street, a name in use by 1637; the present name was adopted in 1866'
-
In 1841 census in Spout Lane, Ancestry has them transcribed thus:
John Fleish Sen. 70 Ind Not local
Hannah Fleish 55 Not local
Elizabeth Fleish 20
Hugh Fleish 15 silk manufacturer
John Fleish Jr. 14
2 servants
Next household is Richard Sleigh, 60, ind.local, 1 servant.
Added:
John Sleigh, age 80, dies in 1848 in Leek.
-
Quite a few leads to 'Sleigh' here:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol7/pp84-169#anchorn765
-
Have you done any google searches for background information?
e.g.
http://www.bednallarchive.info/misc/leek/globe/globe_p1.htm
-
Thanks for the above background info on the Sleighs. However my main interest is in the house. If No. 64 is now a hotel then is this the same building that was previously called 'Eversley'. My understanding is that 'Eversely House' was demolished in the 1920s/1930s. I am wondering whether 'Eversely' and 'Eversely House' were two different buildings? Also notable that the lodge to Eversely House was at 24 Broad Street which had a drive along side it presumably up to the main house.
Not thought about Bednall - thanks for the suggestion.
-
Your initial post was:
'Does anyone have any info at all about the house or its owners '
as the family was there for a very long time, I thought you would be interested in them.
Do a google map walk along to 64 St Edward Street to see what you think of the building.
-
64 St Edwards Street is a grade II listed building:
https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/leek-staffordshire-moorlands-staffordshire#.We4HrWhSzIV
'SJ9856SW ST EDWARD STREET
611-1/6/118 (West side)
13/04/51 No.64
GV II
House. Dated 1747 on rainwater head. Brick with heavy slate
roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 5-window range with additional narrow
window over passage entry to left. Central entrance with
6-panelled door with overlight beneath pediment carried on
console brackets. Windows throughout are 12-pane sashes with
painted stone voussoir heads. Painted stone plinth, angle
quoins and moulded eaves cornice. Axial and end wall stacks.
Coped gables each side.'
Interesting paintings and comments on the buildings:
https://drawingthedetail.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/leek-54-to-76-st-edward-street/
-
You could consider joining this facebook group to ask about the house, but it does not look very active:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1401584096778169/
-
Scrolled through the pictures from that Leek facebook group and Bingo:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1754823151459025&set=g.1401584096778169&type=1&theater&ifg=1
(W Turner and Sons built Eversley Avenue in the 1930's)
-
Thanks Chempat for all your info on this and apologies for the delay in responding. The sketch looks interesting and obviously concerns the development of Eversley Ave. Presumably the houses shown were at the back of 64 St Edwards Str. somewhere. I wonder who it was drawn for and for what purpose.
-
It was drawn by CW of the Leek and District Historical Society for CK who had been on a guided walk with her. CW can be contacted through facebook for further information - or the Society.