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suttontrust
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My great-grandfather, Edward Godden, was a baker and confectioner with a shop at 5, Marina, St Leonards, in the mid to late 19th century (he died in 1890). I've never been to the area, and the only pictures and information I can find suggest it was an upmarket street in a pretty upmarket place. I'd be grateful for any local knowledge or sources of pictures which could shed some light.
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Godden in East Sussex, mainly Hastings area.
Richards in Lea, Gloucestershire, then London.
Williamson in Leith, Vickers in Nottingham.
Webb in Bildeston and Colchester.
Wesbroom in Kirby le Soken.
Ellington in Harwich.
Park, Palmer, Segar and Peartree in Kersey.
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Chris in 1066Land
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Hi Sutton Trust
I have spent all weekend working on a research project connected with St Leonards and includes No 5 Marina otherwise known as No 5 Colonnade which was the home of a Baker and Confectioner for some 60 years.
Watch this space for more info
Chris in 1066
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5 Colonnade
1832 Hubbard George Baker - Pigots Directory
1839 Williams Thomas Breeds Baker / Miller - Pigots Directory
1841 Douch William Baker 5 family - Census
1851 Godden Edward Confectioner 5 family, 1 assistant, 1 visitor Census HO 107/ 1635/ 499/ 1
1852 Godden Edward Baker - Osbournes Directory
1855 Godden Edward Baker & Confectioner - P/O Directory
1858 Vidler Richard Confectioner - Melville Directory
1859 Vidler Richard Confectioner - P/O Directory
1861 Vidler Richard Confectioner 2 family, 1 assitant, Census RG9/ 561/ 142/ 1
1866 Vidler Richard Thomas Cook & Confectioner - P/O Directory
1871 Griffiths Emma (manager) Cook & Confectioner, 2 servants, 1 assistan - Census RG10/ 1033/ 38/ 1
1872 Vidler Richard Thomas Refreshment Room - Parsons Directory
1878 Hine & Company Confectioner - P/O Directory
1881 Heppell Eva (Servant) Confectioner, 2 servants - Census RG11/ 1029/ 41/ 3
1890 Vidler & Co Confectioner - Kellys Directory
1891 Uninhabited RG12/ 765/ 57/ 1
1891 Vidler & C o Confectioner - Kellys Directory
1901 Uninhabited Census RG13/ 870/ 80/ 1
Hope this sheds a bit more light on your ancestors
Chris in 1066
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Hi there
More info on the way shortly
Had problems getting this picture down from 8.5mb to less than 300 kb
Will see if it works before I post details
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Hi Sutton Trust and Nashua
The trams date this photograph of the Marina in St Leonards - they appeared in Hastings in 1905, so this picture is about c1910.
At the road end of the pier in the picture(St Leonards Pier, not Hastings?) is No 55 Marina. - will try to get a better picture for you of No 55
The trams are approaching the South Colonnade (bottom left hand corner of the picture, but you cant see it) a row of 14 shops built by Decimus Burton to service the nobility of his new town of St Leonards on Sea.
Incidentally the tram lines are still there under the concrete/tarmac road, as is the old road made entirely of wooden blocks. Every time road repairs or new drains are attempted, these wooden blocks surface as do the metal rails
I picked up some of these wooden blocks a few years ago from right outside the Royal Victoria Hotel, possibly from where Princes Victoria alighted from her carriage when she stayed in St Leonards for a month prior to becoming Queen Victoria.
The shops were built between 1828 and 1830 (have not found out the exact date as yet) so your Godden ancestors were one of the first to occupy them in the mid to late 1930's.
Unfortunately they were all pulled down in 1929 to make way for a new road along the sea front - I do have a picture of them taken in about 1923 which I will scan and post.
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Hi again
Unfortunately try as I might, was unable to get that picture to scan properly - it just comes out as a load of dots - Sorry.
Had a look in later trade directories for your Edward Godden (1859, 1861 and 1866) but Edward is not listed. I notice from the 1861 census he has moved to All Saint Place in the Old Town and is still listed as a Baker.
Edward Godden, 42, born Amesbury, Wiltshire, Head - Baker with Mary his wife 40, born Alfriston, Sussex, and children Alfred, Clara, Edward, Herbert, Mary, Walter.
Will see if I can spot his son Edward in later directories
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Chris, I can see the picture OK! (No dots.)
I'm a bit concerned about the sad-looking sailor talking into his mobile phone on the seaside bench just around the corner from the couple reading newspapers 
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Linberry, Chatfield, Faulkner, West in West Sussex Towell, in Shoreditch and Exeter Spurling from Norfolk Bateson from Norfolk Snell, Lorkin, Norman from Suffolk O'Boyle/Boyle from Donegal Murray, McCann, Gunn from Sutherland Davis, Bute from Woolwich Census information contained in this post is Crown copyright: www.NationalArchives.gov.uk |
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Very Good - go to the top of the tree 
Got to be my morning smile 
Yes, I managed to get this picture to scan OK - it was the otherone c1923 showing the actual 'South Colonnade' that wont play ball with my scanner
Strange how I have spent the last few days doing some research and immeadiately someone asks a question that the research can answer - weird or what?
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Sorry, but you have got t twisted.
No 5 Marina also known as 5 South Colonade is not actually on that picture.
The photographer would have been standing on No 14 (the last in the block of the 14 shops) facing the west, to take the picture that I attached to the message.
The view of the shops themselves does not scan very well, its all dots - but will have another go at it
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Hi again
Think I might have cracked it this time
You are looking at No 1 South Colonnade or 1 Marina in this picture.
Count the Bay windows down on the sea facing side to find number 5
Whilst down town this morning, I spotted a new book on Hastings - after flipping through it, I came across a new picture of the South Colonnade taken from the front, but looked at the price; hmmmmm its got to go on my christmas list I am afraid
Chris in 1066
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