Destination Old Town Bridlington

43 HIGH STREET, BRIDLINGTON
THE TOFT

Properties on the High Street were renumbered at the start of the 1900s. This property was previously Number 74.

1921 CENSUS
Benjamin Fossett Lock, age 73, born in Dorchester, widowed, a County Court Judge, lived here with his three servants. Emma Collins, age 76, born in Kent, a widow, was his cook, her daughter Caroline, age 39, born in London, was the
parlour maid, and Ethel Wright, age 17, born in Bridlington, was the housemaid. Emma Collins had been his cook on the 1911 census, when Benjamin lived in London. The house had 14 rooms. Benjamin renamed the house, formerly known as Oakleigh, The Toft.

1911 CENSUS
John Hermon, age 44, an auctioneer and accountant, lived here with his wife, Edith, age 40, children May, age 17, a milliner’s apprentice, Dorothy, age 16, a draper’s apprentice, Catherine, age 14, at school, John, age 12, at school, Gwendoline, age 6, at school, and Edith, age 2. All the family were born in Bridlington. They had one servant living with them, Elizabeth Meynell, age 30, born in Atwick.

1901 CENSUS
Charles Richardson, age 44, a solicitor, lived here with his wife Emma, age 42, daughter Gladys, age 12, and son Bertram, age 8. All the family were born in Bridlington. They had a servant, Annie Smith, age 15, from Driffield.

1891 CENSUS
James Given, age 32, a Clerk in Holy Orders, curate at the Priory, born in Ireland, lived here with his wife Susan, age 39, born in Nottinghamshire, and her niece Honoria Bradell, age 6, born in Singapore, and a servant Louisa Broadbent, age 24, born in Bridlington. By 1911 Louisa was a working as a servant for Cecil Hepworth, an early filmmaker, and one of the founders of the British film industry, in Walton on Thames. Susan Given, nee Smith, then Cooper, had married James in 1890. Later in 1891 James and Susan moved to Chapel-en-le-Frith, where they had two children, Maurice in 1893, and Norah in 1896.

1881 CENSUS
John Cooper, age 34, a solicitor, lived here with his wife Susan, age 29, born in Nottinghamshire, her sister Anne Smith, age 23, born in Warwickshire, and a servant Emma Bell, age 19, from Driffield. Sadly John died in 1887, age 40, leaving Susan a widow.

1871 CENSUS
John Jordan, age 78, a widowed retired farmer from Speeton lived here with his two granddaughters, Susan Smith, age 19, born in Nottinghamshire, and Harriet Smith, age 7, born in Warwickshire. They had a servant, Hannah Broadbent, age 15, from Bridlington.

1861 CENSUS
John Jordan, age 68, a retired farmer from Reighton, lived here with his wife Hannah, also age 68, from Hunmanby, and a servant Elizabeth Harper, age 16 from North Burton.

1851 CENSUS
John Jordan, age 59, a landed proprietor from Reighton, lived here with his wife Hannah, age 59 from Hunmanby and a servant Mary Emmison, age 15 from Flaxton.