"Saxthorpe" first occupied: 1890s
Planning application:
30 King Henrys Road, Lewes for George John Wightman, Ailsa Craig, King Henrys Road, Lewes DL/A/25/100 · 1 Aug 1894 · East Sussex Record Office
In 1874 George Bromley, Albion Russell's one-time apprentice and later business partner, married into the Russell family (Elizabeth Jane Russell).
From this connection grew the famous Russell & Bromley chain of shoe shops.
Owners & Occupiers:
1901 Census: Albion Russell (43) the Boot Manufacturer & Dealer; his wife Harriett Russell (43); their seven children: Florence [Alice] (19), Frederick [Albion] (16) Ernest [Clifford] (14), Beatrice [May] (12), Arthur [Leslie] (10), Reginald (6) and Winifred [Doris] (2); two servants: Susan Stevens (16) nurse, from Isfield, and Lottie Billings (18) general servant, from Birchgrove.
Albion Russell's wife Harriett (b.1858) died in 1905 in Lewes aged 46.
Albion & Harriett were married in 1881. Albion Russell was also b.1858.
Will: Albion Russell of 144 Dyke Road, Brighton, died 08.04.1930 aged 72. Probate to Ernest Clifford Russell [second son] boot & shoe manufacturer & Florence Alice Russell spinster [eldest daughter]. Effects £1,955 19s 3d
Electoral Register & Kelly's Directory:
1910: Owner - Commander M C Pratt
1911 Census: Albion Russell (54) Boot & Dealer; seven of his eight children: Florence Alice (29) acting as housekeeper, [Frederick Albion (26) is absent], Ernest Clifford (24) Boot Dealer, Beatrice May (22) Book-keeper, Arthur Leslie (20) Boot Dealer's assistant; Reginald (16), Winifred Doris (12), and Margaret Edith (9) are all at school.
Electoral Register & Kelly's Directory:
1915: C[harles] Elwell
1921 Census: Charles Elwell (41) assistant to the managing director of Franks' Sugar & Malt Company; his wife Emily Geraldine Elwell (30); their children Geraldine Truth Dudley Elwell ((3) and Charles John Lister Elwell (2); one servant - the cook, Cissie Vollbrecht (28) from Norwich in Norfolk.
1939 Register: Charles Elwell (59) Sugar Refiner's Agent; his wife Emily G[eraldine] Elwell (48), and their daughter Geraldine (22) [available for] voluntary war work. Three records remain officially closed - probably the other children in this family; followed by:
Annie L Hammond (53) Children's nurse; Lucy M Hills (30) domestic [servant];
John F Rogers (75) Estate & Commercial Agent [father of Emily Geraldine & Margaret], Margaret S Rogers (54) keeping house for her father, Dudley A Wynter (18) student [younger son of Brigadier Wynter who lived for a time at no.32]
This was definitely what might be called an extended household.
John Rogers d. 29.06.1955 aged 91.
Will: John Rogers of 32 St Lawrence Avenue, Worthing.....Effects £22,956 17s.
More about the Elwell family:
Charles Elwell was born in 1880; Charles & Emily (maiden surname Rogers) were married in Epping, Essex in 1914. Five children were born to Charles & Emily: Geraldine T D (1917) Charles J L (1919) twins Amie C & Margaret A (1922) and Jane A (1931).
Will: Charles Elwell of Saxthorpe 30 King Henry's Road Lewes died 25.09.1956 [aged 75]. Probate to John Lister Elwell civil servant & Ralph Alan Stenhouse [husband of the eldest daughter] Surgeon Lt Commander RN ret'd. Effects £16,733 6s 5d
Emily Geraldine Elwell
Will: Emily Geraldine Elwell of Threeways Nursing Home, Beacon Road, Seaford, Sussex, died in Seaford 27.08.1977 [aged 89: b.21.07.1888]. Probate £12,511.
In 1962 a planning application for conversion of the existing house into two units was made and approved.
In 1964 an outline application was made & approved for a proposed double garage at Saxthorpe.
30 King Henrys Road, Lewes for George John Wightman, Ailsa Craig, King Henrys Road, Lewes DL/A/25/100 · 1 Aug 1894 · East Sussex Record Office
In 1874 George Bromley, Albion Russell's one-time apprentice and later business partner, married into the Russell family (Elizabeth Jane Russell).
From this connection grew the famous Russell & Bromley chain of shoe shops.
Owners & Occupiers:
1901 Census: Albion Russell (43) the Boot Manufacturer & Dealer; his wife Harriett Russell (43); their seven children: Florence [Alice] (19), Frederick [Albion] (16) Ernest [Clifford] (14), Beatrice [May] (12), Arthur [Leslie] (10), Reginald (6) and Winifred [Doris] (2); two servants: Susan Stevens (16) nurse, from Isfield, and Lottie Billings (18) general servant, from Birchgrove.
Albion Russell's wife Harriett (b.1858) died in 1905 in Lewes aged 46.
Albion & Harriett were married in 1881. Albion Russell was also b.1858.
Will: Albion Russell of 144 Dyke Road, Brighton, died 08.04.1930 aged 72. Probate to Ernest Clifford Russell [second son] boot & shoe manufacturer & Florence Alice Russell spinster [eldest daughter]. Effects £1,955 19s 3d
Electoral Register & Kelly's Directory:
1910: Owner - Commander M C Pratt
1911 Census: Albion Russell (54) Boot & Dealer; seven of his eight children: Florence Alice (29) acting as housekeeper, [Frederick Albion (26) is absent], Ernest Clifford (24) Boot Dealer, Beatrice May (22) Book-keeper, Arthur Leslie (20) Boot Dealer's assistant; Reginald (16), Winifred Doris (12), and Margaret Edith (9) are all at school.
Electoral Register & Kelly's Directory:
1915: C[harles] Elwell
1921 Census: Charles Elwell (41) assistant to the managing director of Franks' Sugar & Malt Company; his wife Emily Geraldine Elwell (30); their children Geraldine Truth Dudley Elwell ((3) and Charles John Lister Elwell (2); one servant - the cook, Cissie Vollbrecht (28) from Norwich in Norfolk.
1939 Register: Charles Elwell (59) Sugar Refiner's Agent; his wife Emily G[eraldine] Elwell (48), and their daughter Geraldine (22) [available for] voluntary war work. Three records remain officially closed - probably the other children in this family; followed by:
Annie L Hammond (53) Children's nurse; Lucy M Hills (30) domestic [servant];
John F Rogers (75) Estate & Commercial Agent [father of Emily Geraldine & Margaret], Margaret S Rogers (54) keeping house for her father, Dudley A Wynter (18) student [younger son of Brigadier Wynter who lived for a time at no.32]
This was definitely what might be called an extended household.
John Rogers d. 29.06.1955 aged 91.
Will: John Rogers of 32 St Lawrence Avenue, Worthing.....Effects £22,956 17s.
More about the Elwell family:
Charles Elwell was born in 1880; Charles & Emily (maiden surname Rogers) were married in Epping, Essex in 1914. Five children were born to Charles & Emily: Geraldine T D (1917) Charles J L (1919) twins Amie C & Margaret A (1922) and Jane A (1931).
Will: Charles Elwell of Saxthorpe 30 King Henry's Road Lewes died 25.09.1956 [aged 75]. Probate to John Lister Elwell civil servant & Ralph Alan Stenhouse [husband of the eldest daughter] Surgeon Lt Commander RN ret'd. Effects £16,733 6s 5d
Emily Geraldine Elwell
Will: Emily Geraldine Elwell of Threeways Nursing Home, Beacon Road, Seaford, Sussex, died in Seaford 27.08.1977 [aged 89: b.21.07.1888]. Probate £12,511.
In 1962 a planning application for conversion of the existing house into two units was made and approved.
In 1964 an outline application was made & approved for a proposed double garage at Saxthorpe.