What was Stella Maris, Wyndham Road, Walkford, Christchurch, Hampshire, England

[Westy11]

Hoping for some assistance please.

William Robertson Rougham d 13 Feb 1933 at Stella Maris, Wyndham Road, Walkford, Christchurch, Hampshire, England.

Is Stella Maris the name of a house or an institution possible Catholic?  I was unable to locate it on google.

Westy11

[miriamkinga]

Stella Maris is Latin for Star of the Sea - one of the many titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, so it sounds like it might be Catholic - nursing home maybe?

[Westy11]

He was Catholic - also a WWI vet and he died aged 47 at Stella Maris so just possibly he died as a result of his service in Stella Maris?

Westy11

[avm228]

Does his death certificate say that he died at Stella Maris?  His probate calendar entry (as Roughan rather than Rougham) shows him as "of" that address but does not specify his place of death.

[lizdb]

From the Probate index entry it just looks like the name of the house where he lived.

[Westy11]

Hi AVM228

I miss spelt his surname - should be Roughan

I don't have his death certificate and just relying on the probate record

Westy11

[Priscilla]

This may be of interest:-

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29786/supplement/9958/data.pdf

I just Googled his full name WRR which brought up two files concerning him.

[LizzieL]

Just had a look on Google Streetmap for Wyndham Road. Most houses look as if they post date 1933, and looks like not much north of the railway bridge. Looking at Oldmaps, there doesn't seem to be much building up to the 1930s. Walkford Inn on the corner and a couple of houses on each side. Possibly Stella Maris is a house name, maybe one which took "summer paying guests"  (as my Boscombe grandmother used to call the clients of her B & B in the 1950s).

[Westy11]

Thanks LizzieL & Priscilla.  Every little bit helps.

Rgds

Westy11