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Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Burial Look Up please for 1901 Leicester.
« on: Thursday 02 October 25 23:16 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: willsy on Thursday 02 October 25 22:04 BST (UK)
Hi Steve

At Welford Road, buried in the same grave

Unconsecrated
O   281   C

SKELSON   JAMES   1859   MAY   17   1   WARRINGTON STREET   ALL SAINTS   
SKELSON   ALFRED GEORGE   1862   OCT   5   9MTHS   FROG ISLAND   ALL SAINTS   
SKELSON   ALBERT   1864   AUG   4   18MTHS   FROG ISLAND   ALL SAINTS   
SKELSON   ARTHUR   1865   DEC   7   9MTHS   COURT C FROG ISLAND   ALL SAINTS   
SKELSON   SARAH   1880   OCT   6   55   BRADGATE STREET   SAINT LEONARD   
SKELSON   WILLIAM   1901   NOV   7   78   THE WORKHOUSE   LEICESTER   

Also listed
HAMPSON   ---   1859   MAY   17   STBN   14 MILTON STREET   SAINT MARGARET   
child of Sarah


Hi Willsy,

Many thanks for your reply, great to hear from you and I hope you are keeping well  ;)

Really appreciate you taking the time to look up and post your findings  ;D

Thankyou so much, Steve

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Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Burial Look Up please for 1901 Leicester.
« on: Thursday 02 October 25 21:06 BST (UK)  »
Just been going over some old notes and realised I do not have burial details for William Skelson who died December quarter of 1901 in Leicester.

I have his second marriage details for 1881 and the Census for 1891. It appears he became estranged from his wife Eliza and is listed as a Pauper on the 1901 Census. Eliza is listed as a boarder on the 1901 Census living in Westbourne Street, Eliza died in 1906 and is buried at Welford Road Cemetery.

Does anyone have access to information or records who could help with burial details for William Skelson please.

Many thanks in advance Steve  ;)

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Leicestershire / Re: Another help request please for Lutterworth address.
« on: Wednesday 23 July 25 16:50 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: heywood on Wednesday 23 July 25 15:28 BST (UK)
There are a pair of semi detached houses on street view - 28 and 30 Lower Leicester Road which have ‘Western Terrace’ set into the wall. The stone plaque may have been reused.
They look to be opposite 1-11 which has been mentioned.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side-old/#zoom=18.3&lat=52.45937&lon=-1.19902&layers=258&right=osm

Added photographs of the houses are readily available on searching.

Many sincere thanks heywood for your reply and for the details and link you enclose.

Looks very much like you have finally cracked the conundrum of Western Terrace. You have explained and provided a link, whilst also mentioning the stone plaque in the wall of the two properties.

You have been very kind and generous with your time researching on my behalf  ;)

Many thanks again heywood.

Steve

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Leicestershire / Re: Another help request please for Lutterworth address.
« on: Wednesday 23 July 25 16:43 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: AlanBoyd on Wednesday 23 July 25 14:02 BST (UK)
Just to add to the evidence in support of the Leicester Road connection:

15 March 1937: Leicester Daily Mercury, has a report of a house-breaking in "Western-terrace, Leicester-road, Lutterworth". Names mentioned are Ada Weston and her son Bertram.

I've drawn a blank on map searches. There is an intriguing short terrace of older houses on the west side of Leicester Road, just before the junction with Crescent Road. These six houses are currently numbered  23-33 (odd numbers) but on the 1962 large scale map they are numbered 1-11.  Heading north, out of town, from there everything looks redeveloped or 1930s semis.


Thankyou very much Alan for taking the time to research on my behalf and then posting your findings.

As you mention, it looks to confirm and support the evidence of the Leicester Road connection.

Many thanks again Alan  ;)

Steve

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Leicestershire / Re: Another help request please for Lutterworth address.
« on: Wednesday 23 July 25 12:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi Daisy,

Thankyou very much for your reply.

Yep, I posted an appeal message on there shortly after receiving the replies to my original message on here back in January 2025.

It was Memories of Lutterworth FB group that suggested I contact Lutterworth Museum. I sent an email to Lutterworth Museum ( which remains unanswered ) before sending a FB message to them.

Steve

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Leicestershire / Re: Another help request please for Lutterworth address.
« on: Tuesday 22 July 25 15:53 BST (UK)  »
Sorry to bump this old topic back up but I was wondering if anyone has access to an old street map for 1920s Lutterworth.

I have contacted Lutterworth Museum without success. My online research only shows OS maps that appear to be available.

Many thanks in anticipation, Steve  ;)

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Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Burial Look Up for 1977 if possible please.
« on: Monday 21 July 25 18:04 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Daisypetal on Sunday 20 July 25 23:05 BST (UK)

Sorry for putting the wrong newspaper date I must have been reading with tired eyes.

Thank you for correcting it Boo, also thanks for the website I don't think I've seen that before.

Daisy

No complaints from me Daisy, I appreciated your help and assistance with this topic  ;)

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Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Burial Look Up for 1977 if possible please.
« on: Sunday 20 July 25 18:31 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Tickettyboo on Sunday 20 July 25 17:03 BST (UK)
Quote from: Steve C on Sunday 20 July 25 16:14 BST (UK)
Quote from: Tickettyboo on Sunday 20 July 25 11:45 BST (UK)
Entry in the Book of Remembrance
https://bor.scribesplus.co.uk/gilroes/page.php?p=AL03_SET2_0706L.jpg&l=giles&f=

Boo

Many thanks Boo for your reply and the link  ;D

Never seen that website before, so I have bookmarked it just in case I need it for another ancestor at a later date  ;)

The entry also confirms she was reunited with her husband too, something I was not aware of.

Steve

If I have the crematorium name then a web search for the name plus online book of remembrance will often bring up that particular book.

I meant to look for a notice of death for William but got side tracked, so have now found one
https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury-wh-giles/177066568/

and though the B-O-R 'says' he died 21 April 1974, the newspaper says 25th April.

I tried a free search on Deceased Online (which has cremation registers for Gilroes)  and the index result also says he died 25th April 1974 and was cremated 1st May

So either whoever paid for the entry gave the wrong date or the B-O-R scribe entered it incorrectly and no one in the family noticed.

Boo

Many sincere thanks again Boo.

So grateful that you have given up time on a Sunday afternoon to help me even further  ;)

Steve

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Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Burial Look Up for 1977 if possible please.
« on: Sunday 20 July 25 16:27 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Tickettyboo on Sunday 20 July 25 11:59 BST (UK)
article in Coventry Evening Telegraph
https://www.newspapers.com/article/coventry-evening-telegraph-jane-giles/177053870/
Quote from: Daisypetal on Sunday 20 July 25 01:43 BST (UK)

Hi,

A different newspaper shows that she wasn't buried but cremated.


06 June 1977 Leicester Daily Mercury

GILES Jane - passed away peacefully on 7th June 1977, late of Dunton Bassett beloved mother of (dau), (dau), (daur) and (son). Funeral service and cremation on Wednesday June 15th at Gilroes Crematorium at 12.20pm. All flowers and inquiries to the LCS Funeral Service. Tel 56906.


I haven't put the childrens name's as they might stll be living.

Regards,
Daisy


I checked that date for the newspaper entry as its unlikely to have been published the day 'before' she died and it was published 10th June
https://www.newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury-jane-giles-death-notic/177054085/

Boo


Quote from: Tickettyboo on Sunday 20 July 25 12:01 BST (UK)
Quote from: Cas (stallc) on Saturday 19 July 25 22:09 BST (UK)
Anc* are giving this hint that relates to the death you mention. So may apply to your lady, worth checking out. The name given is Jana, but could well be mistranscription.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62221/records/1071816731

Jana Giles
Gender   Female
Death Age   84
Birth Date   abt 1893
Residence Place   Woodmarket Ho-Uc
Death Date   7 Jun 1977
Obituary Date   15 Jun 1977
Obituary Place   Coventry, West Midlands, England
Newspaper Title   Coventry Evening Telegraph

Cas

https://www.newspapers.com/article/coventry-evening-telegraph-jane-giles/177053870/

Boo

Many sincere thanks Boo for taking the time to research on my behalf before posting your findings together with the links  ;D

You have saved me the trouble of popping to my local library to access their records and obtain copies  ;)

You have been very kind and generous with your time, it is very much appreciated  ;D

Steve

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