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5 Ferry Path

History of 5 Ferry Path

Ferry Path’s residents are listed in both the 1851 and 1861 Censuses but the houses are not numbered on the Census returns, so it isn’t possible to detail who lived in No. 5.

1871 Census:

William Cross, shopman (grocer)

Esther Deardsley (aunt)

William Cross, son

Herbert Cross, son

Mary Howe, servant


1881 Census:

William Cross, grocer’s manager

Mary Cross, wife

William Cross, son

Herbert Cross, son

Arthur Cross, son

Caroline Filby, servant


1891 Census

Israel Rockett, bootmaker

Elizabeth Rockett, wife

Israel Rockett, son, assistant bootmaker

Elizabeth Rockett, daughter, tailoress

Jessie Rockett, daughter, bagmaker

Ethel Rockett, daughter, bagmaker

Frederick Rockett, son

Henry Rockett, son

Alfred Rockett, son

Milton Rockett, son

Walter Rockett, son


1901 Census

David Thorpe, groom

Mabel Thorpe, wife

David Thorpe, son

William Thorpe, son


1911 Census

William Edwards, postman

Helen Edwards, wife

Helen Lucy Mary Edwards, daughter

William Fred Edwards, son

Horace Oliver Edwards, son

John Edwards, son

Sarah Anne Coulson, visitor


1921 Census

William Edwards, postman

Helen Edwards, wife

Helen Lucy Mary Edwards, daughter

Horace Oliver Edwards, son

John Edwards, son

Percy Bertram Edwards, son

Margaret Edwards, daughter

Harry Garner Edwards, son


1931/2 Spaldings Directory

William Edwards


1934/35 Spaldings Directory

William F. Edwards (son of William Edwards, above) (William F. Edwards moved from 5 Ferry Path in 1937 to a newly built property at 95 Fallowfield)


1939 National Register

Edward A. Phillips, ambulance officer, British Red Cross Society

Doreen Phillips, wife

A.N. Other (entry redacted)


1960 Kelly’s Directory

Brian Kitchener


1965/66 Kelly’s Directory

J.E. Kirkpatrick


1978 Deeds

Property sold to Mr. L. Murray-White

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