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Red House Lodge

Like many country houses the Red House had a Lodge at the end of the main tree-lined drive into the house on the (now) Newton Road.


Picture courtesy of Express and Star

Census information

shows the lodge was normally used by the hoses coachmen.

1871

Name Approx Dob (Age) Relation Occupation Birthplace
George Symes 1825 (46) Head Coachman Calton, Dorset, England
Jane Symes 1815 (56) Wife - Sherborne, Dorset, England
Phoebe Partridge 1857 (14) Servant General domestic servant West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

1881

Name Date of Birth (age) Place of Birth Position Note
Charles Botwood abt 1842 (39) Bucknell, Shropshire, England Head Coachman
Elizabeth Botwood abt 1843 (38) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Wife
Charles E. Botwood abt 1880 (8m) Great Barr, Staffordshire, England Son baby

1891

Name age Place of Birth Position Note
William Harris 42 Oxford Head Coachman
Isabella Harris 35 Castlle Bromwich, Warwickshire Wife  

 

 

 

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