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Post by sandrab on Sept 7, 2015 15:56:14 GMT
In 1899 Charles Bates, grocer and baker, announced in a newspaper that he was "removing from Bridge End to Church Street", with his trade continuing as usual. The question is "Where was Bridge End?"
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Post by Chris on Sept 7, 2015 18:02:31 GMT
I haven't been able to find any reference to a Bridge End in Appleby Magna.
By the 1901 census Charles Bates was listed as living in Church Street, so he obviously did move. But in 1891 (before the announcement) be was living in Duck Lake, which had previously been know as Duck Paddle, or simple The Lakes.
If you travel up Duck Lake you cross over a small bridge and the lane opposite is called Old End. Maybe he lived at the bridge end of Duck Lake.
Long shot - is it possible that Bridge End was the name of his house ? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 17:53:01 GMT
Hello, I am answering the question "Bridge End".
I am Anne (Bates) SILINS. I was born in Appleby Magna in 1937.
I live on Vancouver Island, Canada. I came to Canada in May 1951 with my parents Margaret (nee Sutton of Snarestone) and Charles Rowland BATES. I was very close as a child to my Grandmother Annie Agnes (nee Rowland) BATES. Over the years she would write to me in Canada many letter about the family history, these letters helped me write the five stories for the Appleby web site.
My Great Grandfather Charles BATES and his wife Ann (nee Nicklin), when in their early forties returned from a voyage to Australia where he has visited his brothers. They returned to Appleby Magna. Family stories tell us that they started a shop out of their home which was in the Duck Lake area. That shop did well and they then moved to the middle house in the row of houses which are beside the driveway entrance to the Moat House. I can remember well visiting this house as a child and there was a drain hole in the middle of the kitchen floor which drained straight into the brook. The brook ran under these cottages. This area I believe was known as Bridge End. As a child I have also heard it called Brook End, could it have had two names. This shop did well and then Charles Thomas BATES, my Grandfather, moved to Church Street where he had the shop, their home and a bakery behind the house. There was also a butcher's shop which was across the driveway entrance in a small one story building.
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Post by Chris on Oct 2, 2015 18:47:08 GMT
Anne -
Very many thanks for your information.
The houses next to the Moat House entrance of course span the stream with a little bridge, but it also still runs under the property. So a good candidate for being called Bridge House.
The central of those three properties is the Post Office. When I asked Margaret and Alan if they know of a Bridge House they didn't, but I suspect well before their time in the property. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2015 9:35:13 GMT
I have a 1904 poster calendar on our kitchen wall.
It is entitled, Charles Bates. Baker, Grocer and Provision Merchant, Appleby Magna.
It's about 3ft x 2ft and depicts a painting by Stanley Berkeley.
It was given to us by Nellie Winter.
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