Thomas Edmund CROMPTON ...
... was born 5 May 1839 at Melton near North Ferriby (GRO ref: Howden 23 53). He trained as a nurseryman with Backhouse Nurseries. During his life he lived at:

Acomb; 1861 Cottingham 1868 Campsall Hall, Doncaster from where, it is said, he introduced rhubarb to East Yorkshire; 1869 Hoxne (Pronounced Hoxon) - by virtue of Edmond Thomas' birth - a gardener at Oakley Park?; 1870 Frensham in Bristol; 1871 North Road, Preston, where he was a market gardener; 1872 Stakes Road, Preston near Hull, where he was a nurseryman; 1891 Carrick's Row, Preston near Hull, where he was an agricultural labourer; 1896 Reedmar, Preston near Hull. Source: Family papers Left: Assumed to be Thomas Edmund Crompton dated c.1900 at Carrick Row Source: Sally Weston, with thanks

Cottingham - serving an apprenticeship

1861 Census Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Source:     FHL Film  TNA Ref RG09
            Piece: 3576; Folio: 64; Page: 30; Sched: 171
Dwelling:   Raywell Lodge    
Place:      Cottingham, York ER, England

Name                   Rel   Mar  Age  Occupation  Birthplace 
Cornelius T Watherall  Head   M   32   Coachman    Lincs, Grandborough
Elizabeth Watherall    Wife   M   32               Yorks, Barnby on Marsh
Charlotte Watherall     Dau        2               Yorks, Raywell
John Hy Watherall       Son        9mo             Yorks, Raywell
Thomas E Crompton      Lodger U    21  Gardener    Yorks, Melton 
Henry Weatherill       Lodger U    23  Groom       Lincs, Grantham

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Right: OS map showing the position of what is believed to be Raywell Lodge, Cottingham HU16 5YL

His marriage to Mary Louisa MOORE

 William   and Mary Moore
 b.....~1813   b.....~1812
             |
|============|================|============|========||
Mary louisa  Sarah harriette  Edward       William    
b.13aug1841  b.13aug1841      b.           b.
c.19sep1841  c.19sep1841      c.17mar1839  c.30apr1837
d.07sep1880

Thomas Edmond married Mary Louise MOORE of Campsall, Doncaster, (GRO ref: Doncaster 9c 627) who was born on 13 August1841 (family letter) in Stoke D' Abernon, which is just inside the M25. (GRO ref: Epsom 4 120) Right: Map locating Stoke D'Abernon, which also shows where one of the family lives in 2010

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In the 1841 census, months before before Mary Louisa was born, shows that her mother Mary and her two eldest children lived two doors beyond The Plough Inn The Enumerator walked from Upper Farm, to the Rectory and Lower Farm and toward The Old Plough and River Lane House. Mary's husband, William, is not with the family. The Chelsea FC training ground is now opposite The Rectory. Right: An close-up of the 1871 map locating the Plough Inn, Stoke D'Abernon. The cottages along Plough Lane, now Station Road, are thought to be where the MOOREs lived and Stoke Lodge, where William MOORE worked.

1841 Census Sun/Mon  6/7 June 1841
Source:   FHL Film TNA Ref HO107
          Piece: 1071; Book: 11; Folio: 8; Page: 11; Line: 18 
Dwelling: [Two doors from the Plough Inn towards the Old Plough]
Place:    Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, England
  
Name          Age  Occupation         Born in County
Mary Moore     30                           Y
William Moore   4                           Y 
Edward Moore    2                           Y 
            
Note: Ages are usually rounded down to the nearest five years.

The 1841 census shows that Mary's husband was not living at home. William MOORE was one of seven servant at Stoke House, the home of the Phillips family.

1841 Census Sun/Mon  6/7 June 1841
Source:   FHL Film TNA Ref HO107
          Piece: 1071; Book: 11; Folio: 8; Page: 9; Line: 1
Dwelling: Stoke House
Place:    Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, England
  
Name                Age  Occupation         Born in County
Mary Phillips       45   Independent              Y
Frederick Phillips  20                            N
.... 
William Moore       30   Male servant             N 
            
Note: Ages are usually rounded down to the nearest five years.

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The History of The Manor, Stoke D'Abernon records that:

'In 1820, the Manor of Stoke D'Abernon was sold to Hugh Smith, a wealthy lawyer who bought it and the advowson (the right to a benefice or living from the church) for his son the Rev. Hugh Smith. On his death in 1852, it was purchased by the Rev. Frederick Parr Phillips, the grandson of the Duc d’Orleans. The advowson came with it, (together with practically the whole parish of about 1000 acres, including Bookham Lodge, Slyfield House and all farms and cottages as far as the Tilt in Cobham). Right: Stoke Manor pre-1850. At this time the Manor hosted many national events with garden parties and pageants on the lawns for local people.

This appears to contradict the 1841 census as there appears to be no record of a Hugh Smith in the 1841 census for Stoke D'Abernon.

Source: A history of The Manor, Stoke D'Abernon

Campsall, where they met

The family letter records that, in 1868, Thomas was a gardener at Campsall Hall. The 1851 census shows that the MOORE family had been living in Campsall since 1846 when the second set of twins were born. In 1851 Mary Louisa's mother kept a grocers shop. Her father William, though again absent from the family census, had risen to the rank of butler at Campsmount House.

1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source:     FHL Film  TNA Ref H1O7
            Piece: 2348; Folio: 125; Page: 7; Sched: 27
Dwelling:       
Place:      Campsall, Yorkshire, England

Name            Rel   Mar  Age  Occupation          Birthplace 
Mary Moore     Head    M   39   Grocer shop keeper  Norfolk, Aslacton
Wm Moore        Son        14   Scholar             Surrey, Clapham
Edward Moore    Son        12   Scholar             Surrey, Stoke D Ab[ernon] Abnoe
Sarah Moore     Dau         9   Scholar             Surrey, Stoke D Ab[ernon]
Mary Moore      Dau         9   Scholar             Surrey, Stoke D Ab[ernon]
Letitia Moore   Dau         5   Scholar             Yorks, Campsall 
Julia Moore     Dau         5   Scholar             Yorks, Campsall

1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source:     FHL Film  TNA Ref H1O7
            Piece: 2348; Folio: 130; Page: 17; Sched: 69
Dwelling:   Campsmount [House]  
Place:      Campsall, Yorkshire, England

Name               Rel  Mar  Age  Occupation        Birthplace  
Agness Broich      Serv  M   48   Housekeeper       Yorks, Brompton
Wm Moore           Serv  M   38   Butler            Norfolk, Long Stratton
Harriet Armstrong  Serv  U   22   Housemaid         Notts, Farnfield
Sarah Geldard      Serv  U   18   Kitchen maid      Yorks, Brompton   

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During the 18th century the Cooke-Yarboroughs built Campsmount. In the second world war the house was used by the Ministry of Defence and afterwards it fell into disrepair and was demolished during the 1960s. Right: Campsmount House

In 1861 Mary was living in the same house as her now married twin, Sarah and her father-in- law.

1861 Census Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Source:     FHL Film  TNA Ref RG09
            Piece: 3521; Folio: 95; Page: 12; Sched: 61
Dwelling:       
Place:      Campsall, York ER, England

Name                Rel  Mar  Age  Occupation     Birthplace 
Mark Culling        Head  M   59   Game keeper    Norfolk, Sprowson 
Caroline Culling    Wife  M   46                  Norfolk, Burgh Apton
Mark Culling         Son  M   22   Woodman        Norfolk, Brook
Sarah Culling      D-i-L  M   19                  Surrey, Stoke
Honor Culling        Dau  U   17                  Norfolk, Alpington
Laura Culling        Dau  U   12                  Norfolk, Erlham
Mary Moore          Bord  U   19   House servant  Surrey, Stoke
Arthur Culling      Gson       1                  Yorks, Campsall
Caroline L Culling  Gdau       2mo                Yorks, Campsall 

The family letter records that, in 1868, Thomas Edmund was a gardener at Campsall Hall.

During the 18th century Campsall was dominated by two families of landed gentry. At one end, the Bacon-Franks built Campsall Hall. The villagers were still mostly employed with farming and working on the two village estates. In the 1950s the Bacon-Franks abandoned Campsall Hall. From 1956 the local authority and the National Coal Board developed a large area of housing in Campsall Park and Campsall Hall was converted into flats until 1986 when it was demolished. It is now Campsall Country Park on Churchfield Road, DN6 9LH Right: Campsall Hall in 1900

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Right: A map locating Campsall, Doncaster

Marriage

Source: GRO Marriages
Crompton Thomas Edmund   3rd Quarter 1865  Doncaster  9c 627
Moore Mary Louisa        3rd Quarter 1865  Doncaster  9c 627

A short stay in Hoxne, Suffolk

By virtue of Edmond Thomas' birth that we know, shortly after their marriage, Thomas Edmund lived at Hoxne (pronounced Hoxon) in 1869 and, since he had been a gardener at large estate houses, it is assumed he was a gardener at Hoxne Hall/Oakley Park.

Source: hoxne.net (Accessed: 23 October 2014)

When Edward Kerrison died on 09 March 1853, he was succeeded by his son Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, 2nd Baronet (2 January 1821 – 11 July 1886), who probably employed Thomas Edmund. In 1921 Sir Edward ‘expended an immense sum’ making many improvements and alterations. It was renamed 'Oakley Park'. Sir John Benn Walsh reported '‘The furniture is costly in the extreme, vases, Buhl cabinets, porcelaine (sic) meet you at every turn’

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Above: 1885 map of Hoxne, Suffolk showing Hoxne Hall. The red spot shows the position of the orchard gate.

Oakley Park was demolished in the 1920's, the only parts still remaining are the stables, which have been converted to residential occupation.

Source: KERRISON, Sir Edward, 1st bt. (1776-1853), of Oakley Park (Accessed: 23 October 2014)

A year later, in 1870, a family letter records that the couple lived in Frensham, Bristol, before settling in Preston, near Hull, as a market gardener.

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Settling down in Preston

1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source:      FHL Film  TNA Ref RG10
             Piece: 4778; Folio: 55; Page: 19; Sched: 98
Dwelling:    North Road
Place:       Preston, York, England

Name                    Rel   Mar  Age  Occupation       Birthplace
Thomas Edmund Crompton  Head   M   31   Market Gardener  Yorks, Melton
Mary Louisa Crompton    Wife   M   28   Gardener's wife  Surrey, Clapham
Edmund Thos Crompton    Son         1                    Suffolk, Hoxen (Hoxne)

On his son Arthur's birth certificate his occupation, in 1874, is "market gardener".

By the time of the 1881 census Thomas was a widower, bringing up his four children and living in a tied house, which appears to be the first 'old' house from the cross roads at the centre of Preston, on the road to Salt End. Mary Louisa CROMPTON died in the third quarter of 1880 (GRO ref: Sculcoates 9d 117) Right: Mary Louisa Crompton's death notice Source: Glenys Hubbard

Known as Stakes Road until at least 1927 the name was changed to Staithes Road, taking the dialect word for jetty. This can be found, on the Humber shore, beyond Salt End. The Enumerator describes Hedon District 4 as 'All that remaining part of the parish of Preston in the Rural Sanitary District of Sculcoates from and including Mrs Garbutt's House and all the Houses and Cottages on the west side of the Turnpike Road leading through Preston to Wyton Holmes Bridge to Preston Field Farm.

Above: The 1908 map of Preston, scale 1:10 560 The red circle marks the possible location of Thomas's house, being the first house in Stakes/Staithes Road

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Mary died on 07 September 1880 at Preston, Hull (GRO ref: Sculcoates 9d 117) aged 38.

1881 Census   Sun/Mon 2/3rd April 1881
Source:       FHL Film  PRO Ref RG11
              Piece: 4752; Folio: 44; Page: 1; Sched: 1
Dwelling:     Stakes Road (Enumerator's first house)
Place:        Preston, York, England

Name                    Rel  Mar  Age Occupation      Birthplace
Thomas Edward Crompton  Head Wid  41  Market Gardner  Yorks, Meltham
Edmond Thomas Crompton  Son       11  Scholar         Norfolk, Hoxen (Hoxne)
Agnes Louisa Crompton   Dau        9  Scholar         Yorks, Preston
Arthur Crompton         Son        6  Scholar         Yorks, Preston
Albert Crompton         Son        4                  Yorks, Preston
Transcription error: For Edward read Edmund and for Meltham read Metham

It is possible, that when John Harper moved to Hyde, James moved in with his eldest son Thomas Edmund, who was now an agricultural labourer, living in Carrick's Row, Preston.

1891 Census   Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source:       FHL Film      PRO Ref RG12
              Piece: 3921; Folio: 32; Page: 9; Sched: 
Dwelling:     Carrick's Row
Place:        Preston, York, England

Name               Rel     Mar  Age  Occupation  Birthplace
Thomas E Crompton  Head    Wid   51  Ag. Lab.    Yorks, Melton    
Albert Crompton    Son           14              Yorks, Preston
James Crompton     Father  Wid   87              Yorks, Bridlington
Transcription error: For Melton read Metham

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Above: A map locating Carrick's Row, in West End, Preston 1911 Scale 1:10 560 Carrick's Row is marked with a red circle. The cottages were marked on the 1956 map but not the 1970.

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Thomas Edmund's death

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His suicide is thought to have been caused by the shame of the death of his father, James, in Sculcoates Union (Hull Workhouse). The story is told by an extract of the Hull Daily Mail, dated 26 March 1896, page 3, column 1. The second transcription is from The Eastern Morning News and Hull Advertiser of Thursday, 26th March, 1896, Page 6, Column 2.

The Hull Daily Mail reported that Thomas' death was at Reedmar. Local research suggests that this may be a dialect pronunciation for Reedmire, a name associated with an open land drain. Whilst the 1855 map locates Reedmire, close to where Thomas lived in 1881, it is known as a sewer rather than a drain. On the modern 1:50 000 map the drain is shown but not named.

GRO Death
Thomas Edmund Crompton 56 Sculcoates 9d 110 1st Qt. 1896

Above: The 1855 OS first edition of Preston, Hull.

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The 1855 map shows the best possible locations of the described incident. Reedmar Drain is shown as a blue line. The area of trees suggest an orchard or a market garden, perhaps where Thomas Edmund worked. From the probable farm yard, a track runs south-south-east, across two fields to cross the Drain at a bridge. Adjacent to this track is a building marked by a red circle, the probable shed, mentioned above.

With the exception of the north-south section, Reedmar Drain is still visible today, but serving as a drain rather than an open sewer. The farm is now a housing estate containing Village Farm Road, with the possible shed located in the back gardens between numbers 14 and 16.

Above: The 1855 OS map over laying a 2014 aerial photograph showing the probable location of Thomas' death

This page was created by Richard Crompton and maintained by Chris Glass			Version A12 Updated 15 May 2023