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Yegvard
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Hi Folks,
I have a George HANDS, born in Kings Norton in 1831. In the 1871 census he is living at Offmore Farm, St. George's parish, Kidderminster, with his family. The occupation looks like Farmer & Leather Manufacturer, employing 50 men.
Does anyone have a photo or drawing of the farm as it might have looked then please?
Also can anyone tell me anything about the leather trade in Kidderminster at that time.
Regards
Mike
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HANDS, MIL(L)WARD, COTTERIL, CLULEE, IZOD, HASSALL, TODD, STRATTON, JAKEMAN, JENNINGS, MOLE, ALLCOCK north Worcestershire
WATERS, Thurzo, Sutherland> Bishopswearmouth, Durham
GARDNER, Solihull; TOLLEY Birmingham, Warkickshire
HUMPHRIES, Meifod, Montgomeryshire>Bilston, Staffordshire> Manchester & Texas and Kansas, USA
JAKENS, BIRD, CRAPPER Bury, HIGGINBOTHAM, HORRIDGE, Lancashire
LEO, Galway/Tipperary, Ireland
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Nemo
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Hi Mike
There was at George Hands who was the owner of the Stourport Tannery in Park Lane Stourport. He was dead by 1876. Information gleaned from the Access to Archives website http://www.a2a.org.uk and the on-line directories www.historicaldirectories.org.uk. I think that may well be your George Hands. Unfortunately there seems to be a gap for relevant directories on-line for Offmore Farm between 1855 and 1879. From that date until 1892 Robert Lloyd is listed as the farmer. He also ran the Lion Hotel in Kidderminster.
“Stourport-on-Severn - A history of the town and area” by Anne Bradford edited by Michael R Kettle, published in 2002 by Hunt End Books does not mention the Park Lane Tannery, but there is some information on tanning in Stourport that you may find helpful. There’s copy of the book at Worcestershire CRO, not certain if there’s one at the Worcester Family History Centre. You could search the on-line library catalogue for your area
http://opac.worcestershire.gov.uk/TalisPrism/index.html
a2a does list deposited documents from a Kidderminster solicitor re Hands and the Tannery and a search of the full index in Worcester may well give you more clues. You may find that the sale of Offmore Farm to Robert Lloyd may yield more useful info/plans.
I see that you would like a drawing or photo of the farm in the 1870's. Does that mean that you know the farm was subsequently rebuilt? If it wasn’t, then I guess that you have already looked - without any luck - at the pre-war aerial views of Kidderminster in the Worcestershire Photographic survey. Others maybe interested to know that Worcestershire County Council has over 60000 photographs taken in the county. The handlist can be found at
http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-records-photo-survey-database Although Offmore doesn’t get a separate mention, the collection includes both pre-war and post-war aerial views of Kidderminster. The Offmore Farm Estate wasn’t built until the late 1960’s, but looking at the County Council GIS http://gis.worcestershire.gov.uk/website/Environment/viewer.htm I am wondering if the farm still exists. The words Offmore Farm are shown to the east of the Offmore Farm Estate. I am not familiar with Kidderminster, so hope someone with local knowledge can help.
Commercial photographic companies had only been in existence for about 20 years in the 1870’s and I suggest that you email Ray Jones through his surfworcester photographic archive website for advice.
HTH
Nemo
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StintonLomas
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Hi
I don't know about sketches/photos but you can certainly find Offmore Farm on the 1888 map on www.old-maps.co.uk.
Use Offmore Road, Kidderminster as your search criteria, choose a middling number say 100 Offmore Road, then move east 2 clicks until you see an isolated farm in the middle of the red square, then zoom in.
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Malmesbury- Bishop.
Gloucestershire-Bishop,Hicks,Higgs,Hill,Hooper,Hopkins,Pitcher,Robertson,Stinton,Terret,Woodruff.
Worcestershire-Stinton.
Devon- Borrough or Burrow.
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Yegvard
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Many thanks for the detailed replies,
I only sorted the location of this HANDS out on Saturday. Although George and family were living in Kidderminster, the first few children, at least, were being baptised in Kings Norton. I think someone in Kings Norton confused George with his younger brother, Charles William, as George was also listed as a commercial traveller. Offmore Farm is now a carehome
Although George died in 1876, aged 46 years, he did seem to leave his wife well supported.
Thanks again
Mike
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HANDS, MIL(L)WARD, COTTERIL, CLULEE, IZOD, HASSALL, TODD, STRATTON, JAKEMAN, JENNINGS, MOLE, ALLCOCK north Worcestershire
WATERS, Thurzo, Sutherland> Bishopswearmouth, Durham
GARDNER, Solihull; TOLLEY Birmingham, Warkickshire
HUMPHRIES, Meifod, Montgomeryshire>Bilston, Staffordshire> Manchester & Texas and Kansas, USA
JAKENS, BIRD, CRAPPER Bury, HIGGINBOTHAM, HORRIDGE, Lancashire
LEO, Galway/Tipperary, Ireland
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