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ASHFORD Probably the greatest influence on the growth of the town was the arrival of the railway in 1842 and the decision by the South Eastern Railway Company to build the Railway Works in the town in 1846. Between 1841 and 1861 the town more than doubled in population from 3,000 to 7,000. The railway workers developed their own community in an area originally called Alfred Town by the Railway Company. The community, which soon became known locally as The New Town and finally Newtown, had its own schools, pub, bathhouse, shops and Mechanics' Institute, which doubled up as a library and social and educational club for the workers. The Railway Works dominated the town and nearly 1,000 locomotives were built or re-built there before the Works was closed in 1981. The Wheel Shop closed in March 1993. |
| He was noted at this address in the Kelly's Directory of 1893 |
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He was noted at this address until 1916 in Kelly's Directory. The Greenwich History Centre doesn't have copies between 1917 & 1919. He doesn't appear in the 1920 Directory. In the London Post Office Directory the house is listed as being occupied by James Jesse Mills until 1920. |
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Informant was his wife Sarah, present at the death. She gave his age as being 82 years old. This must have been a mistake. |
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This date of burial makes his birth date 1836 yet all other documents point to 1838. London Metropolitan Archives - Microfilm No. XO99 161 - frame 00433 |