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| St Mary's Church, Chigwell in Essex (left), and Ye Olde King's Head pub (right), reputed to be the model for the Maypole Inn in Charles Dickens's Barnaby Rudge. Image extracted from "The Eastern Counties Railway Illustrated Guide". Original held and digitised by the British Library. |
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Henry Bradley, son of Thomas Bradley and Sarah Garton, had actually married Mary Chapman, in Chigwell, on 19 May 1810, but that Mary Bradley, aged 22, was buried, also in Chigwell, on 2 Aug 1812. Henry Bradley, widowed, then remarried, again in Chigwell, on 12 Sep 1813 to Mary Thompson.
Ah well, at least he wasn't going to get their names confused!
Henry Bradley and Mary Thompson had at least eight children:
- Elizabeth Ann Bradley born 29 Oct 1814, bap. 20 Nov 1814 at St Mary the Virgin, Woodford
- Sarah Anne Bradley bap. 29 Apr 1816 at St Mary the Virgin, Woodford
- Thomas Bradley bap. 22 Jun 1817. A note on this baptism record says, "Whilst St Mary Woodford Was Being Repaired, The Ceremony Of Baptism Was Performed At St Mary Wanstead."
- Ann Bradley bap. 20 Sep 1818 (presumably didn't survive)
- Ann Bradley bap. 30 Jan 1820
- James Bradley bap. 2 May 1824
- Henry Bradley bap. 8 Jan 1826
- Eliza Bradley bap. 13 Apr 1828
The baptism records all list Henry's occupation and Labourer and several of them also list the family's residence as Grange Hill, Chigwell, Woodford.
In 1841, address listed as Grange Hill, Chigwell, Epping, were Henry Bradley (50) Ag Lab, Mary (45), James (15), Henry (15) and Elizabeth (14) - Eliza?
The 1851 Census lists Henry Bradley (63) Ag Lab, birthplace Woodford Bridge and Mary Bradley (54) born in Takeley, Essex, living at King William, Chigwell Horse Lane, Epping. I'm sure Chigwell Horse Lane became Chigwell Road/High Road and wonder if the previous name was to distinguish it from other lanes that weren't even fit for horses? All joking aside, meaning the main thoroughfare that passes coaching inns, such as the King's Head will have been.
Mary Bradley died, aged 65, and was buried on 29 Jan 1860 in Chigwell.
Henry Bradley died, aged 74, and was buried on 30 Mar 1862, again in Chigwell.