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Kent / Teynham, birthplace of my father, Albert James Baker, 1904
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My post/subject focuses on Teynham and "World's End," the location where my father, Albert James Baker, was born in 1904.
I have a 1938 newspaper ad (William Willett Ltd.) describing a "XVIth Century Cottage Residence," in "Kent, World's End, Teynham" (photo attached). I would like to find out if my grandparents, Albert William and Frances Elizabeth (Pilcher) Baker, lived in that house, as boarders or tenants, from approximately Feb 1903 to April-June 1906. Their address, on a baptism register (William George Baker) in Feb 1903 was Lucerne Street, Teynham, but no house number.
In the NO-census year of 1904, is it possible to find house numbers and the names of the occupants of the houses on World’s End? Are there deed records, tax records, post office records, or any other type of documentation that may reveal occupants names.
On the Google map of Teynham, I see a short road off of Lewson (formerly Lucerne) named World's End leading to a "Y" and the left fork changes to a farm lane. On the ground view the Google camera van does not travel down World's End from Lewson, and I cannot zoom in enough on the aerial view to examine certain features. I was looking for that massive chimney which may have remained on the house (if it exists at all) over the decades of restoration, renovation and modification.
For those reading this request who live in Teynham:
Does "World's End" refer specifically to that road or street that I see on the maps or does it encompass part of Lucerne Street too? Do you have ancestors who lived at either place? Do you know the history of The Plough Inn, Lucerne Street, World's End, and the residence in the photo, from available archives of the area or from your family history? My grandfather worked on a farm, probably close to that house in the photo. I saw on the Google aerial map farmland (crops) on either side of that farm lane extending from World's End. Did that same farmland exist back in 1900-1906 and were there dairy farms in the area?
Kenneth Baker
Maryland U.S.A.
I have a 1938 newspaper ad (William Willett Ltd.) describing a "XVIth Century Cottage Residence," in "Kent, World's End, Teynham" (photo attached). I would like to find out if my grandparents, Albert William and Frances Elizabeth (Pilcher) Baker, lived in that house, as boarders or tenants, from approximately Feb 1903 to April-June 1906. Their address, on a baptism register (William George Baker) in Feb 1903 was Lucerne Street, Teynham, but no house number.
In the NO-census year of 1904, is it possible to find house numbers and the names of the occupants of the houses on World’s End? Are there deed records, tax records, post office records, or any other type of documentation that may reveal occupants names.
On the Google map of Teynham, I see a short road off of Lewson (formerly Lucerne) named World's End leading to a "Y" and the left fork changes to a farm lane. On the ground view the Google camera van does not travel down World's End from Lewson, and I cannot zoom in enough on the aerial view to examine certain features. I was looking for that massive chimney which may have remained on the house (if it exists at all) over the decades of restoration, renovation and modification.
For those reading this request who live in Teynham:
Does "World's End" refer specifically to that road or street that I see on the maps or does it encompass part of Lucerne Street too? Do you have ancestors who lived at either place? Do you know the history of The Plough Inn, Lucerne Street, World's End, and the residence in the photo, from available archives of the area or from your family history? My grandfather worked on a farm, probably close to that house in the photo. I saw on the Google aerial map farmland (crops) on either side of that farm lane extending from World's End. Did that same farmland exist back in 1900-1906 and were there dairy farms in the area?
Kenneth Baker
Maryland U.S.A.