From looking at the Census of 1901 it appears that the first tenants of Cranworth Gardens were mainly skilled professionals, some of which were clearly rather wealthy – Solicitor, Professor of Music, Chartered Accountant and ‘Living on own means’ to name but a few. The exact type of class that Cranworth Gardens was built to attract appear to have filled up the flats straight away.
In the tables below you can see who lived here in 1901, the very first occupants of Cranworth Gardens. The street was built north to south, the top end of the street was built first and so the information in the table features the tenants who were occupying the blocks that had just been built, the street was barely half finished at this time.
I have transcribed the information from the 1901 Census and created tables which also feature Kelly’s Directory 1901 data for who lived here. The data from Kelly’s Directory was gathered slightly later in 1901 than the Census was done and so there are more people listed. Kelly’s Directory only lists the ‘Head’ of the household so the Census gives a closer and more detailed look at the tenants. The Census and Kelly’s directory only list which block the tenants lived in and not which individual flat. All Census information is transcribed from the 1901 Census owned by the National Archives and Copyright Genes Reunited Ltd. 2000-2012 in it’s online form.
Block Number in 1901 Block Number Modern Day Name Relation to Head of Household Age and Year of Birth Occupation Birthplace On 1901 Census In 1901 Kelly's Directory
1 1 to 6 Philip Evans Head 27 -1874 Printer - Type Operator Swansea Glamorgan Wales Yes Yes
1 1 to 6 Annie L Evans Wife 26 -1875 Swansea Glamorgan Wales / /
1 1 to 6 Frances E Battey Niece 8 -1893 Swansea Glamorgan Wales Yes /
1 1 to 6 Albt Balsdon Boarder 22 -1879 Printer - machine worker Swansea Glamorgan Wales Yes /
1 1 to 6 Frank Buchanan Head 50 -1851 Solicitor Chatham Kent England Yes Yes
1 1 to 6 Alice E Buchanan Wife 45 -1856 Little Hampton Sussex England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Geo Buchanan Son 13 -1888 Elford Essex England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Francis Nelson Head 50 -1851 Secretary to company Woolwich Kent England Yes Yes
1 1 to 6 Jane France Wife 26 -1875 London England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Elizth Thompson Visitor 19 -1882 BrixtonLondon England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Mary A Gaston Servant 58 -1843 Domestic Servant West London England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Gladis Francis Daughter 3 -1898 BrixtonLondon England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Alfred William Thomson Head 34 -1867 Advertising Agent Pimlico London England Yes Yes
1 1 to 6 Harriet W Thomson Wife 35 -1866 Hanwell London England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Catherine L Thomson Sister 32 -1869 Commercial Bookeeper Pimlico London England Yes /
1 1 to 6 James Cook Minty Head 30 -1871 Mercantile Clerk Scotland Yes Yes
1 1 to 6 Jeanie Minty Wife 29 -1872 Scotland Yes /
1 1 to 6 Jno AleYes Minty Brother 22 -1879 Gelder Scotland Yes /
1 1 to 6 Jas R Middleton Boarder 25 -1876 Stockbrokers Clerk Scotland Yes /
1 1 to 6 Fanny M Payne Head 48 -1853 London Board School Mistress Stepney London England Yes Yes
1 1 to 6 Jane Payne Mother 83 -1818 Living on own means Woodford Essex England Yes /
1 1 to 6 Ada Waller Servant 26 -1875 General Servant Battersea London England Yes /
Block Number in 1901 Block Number Modern Day Name Relation to Head of Household Age and Year of Birth Occupation Birthplace On 1901 Census In 1901 Kelly's Directory
2 145 to 150 Miss Smallfield Head No Yes
2 145 to 150 Frank H Anderson Head 36 -1865 Clerk Lambeth London England Yes Yes
2 145 to 150 Edith Anderson Wife 33 -1868 Ireland Yes /
2 145 to 150 Margt E Anderson Daughter 7 -1894 Lambeth London England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Maud Rogers Head 29 -1872 Living on own means BrixtonLondon England Yes Yes
2 145 to 150 John Cecil Constable Head 29 -1872 Physician/Surgeon Click here for more info... Lambeth London England Yes Yes
2 145 to 150 Hester F Constable Wife 28 -1873 Guckeridge Hertfordshire England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Douglas C J Constable Son 2 -1899 Hullavington Wiltshire England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Edwin John Allen Head 44 -1857 Civil Service (Post Office) Hornsey London England Yes Yes
2 145 to 150 Ronna A Allen Wife 38 -1863 Nice France Yes /
2 145 to 150 Amy A S Allen Daughter 13 -1888 Eastbourne Sussex England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Noel Morel Head 44 -1857 Professor of Music Paris Yes Yes
2 145 to 150 Nellie L Morel Wife 38 -1863 Paris Yes /
2 145 to 150 Toome M Morel Daughter 16 -1885 London England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Lawrence Morel Daughter 8 -1893 London England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Margt Morel Daughter 7 -1894 London England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Lucie Morel Daughter 4 -1897 London England Yes /
2 145 to 150 Marion Morel Daughter 2 -1899 London England Yes /
Block Number in 1901 Block Number Modern Day Name Relation to Head of Household Age and Year of Birth Occupation Birthplace On 1901 Census In 1901 Kelly's Directory
3 7 to 12 Thomas E Tutton Head No Yes
3 7 to 12 Louisa M Wood Head 38 -1863 Notting Hill London England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Louisa M D Wood Daughter 2 -1899 Hospital Nurse Peckham London England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Arthur Walter Head 26 -1875 Journalist Ditcheat Somerset England Yes Yes
3 7 to 12 Mabel M Walter Wife 27 -1874 Newington London England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Alfd Walter Brother 20 -1881 Clerk, Financial S Wales Yes /
3 7 to 12 George Albert Clarke Head 30 -1871 Hosiery Buyer Yes Yes
3 7 to 12 Minnie Clarke Wife 23 -1878 Shoreditch London England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Maude Burnard Sister-in-law 27 -1874 Walworth London England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Albt E Clarke Visitor 26 -1875 Uxbridge Middlesex England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Henry P Stephens Head 48 -1853 Writer and Author Leicester Leicestershire England Yes Yes
3 7 to 12 Florence H Stephens Wife 32 -1869 Bloomsbury London England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Christobel T Stephens Daughter 10 -1891 Camden London England Yes /
3 7 to 12 Stephanie N Stephens Daughter 8 Months -1900 Stockwell London England Yes /
Block Number in 1901 Block Number Modern Day Name Relation to Head of Household Age and Year of Birth Occupation Birthplace On 1901 Census In 1901 Kelly's Directory
4 139 to 144 Nora Turner Wife 25 -1876 Painswick Gloucestershire England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Irene Turner Daughter 1 -1900 Kennington London England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Frank M Barton Head 35 -1866 Newspaper Proprietor Derby Derbyshire England Yes Yes
4 139 to 144 Jno H Adams Stepson 7 -1894 West Kennington London England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Kathleen M Adams Daughter 4 -1897 Lambeth Surrey England Yes /
4 139 to 144 George Gogny Head 42 -1859 Silk France Yes Yes
4 139 to 144 Alice Gogny Wife 25 -1876 France Yes /
4 139 to 144 Lucien Gogny Son 2 -1899 London England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Maggie Healey Wife 48 -1853 Scotland Yes No
4 139 to 144 Lavinia T Healey Daughter 30 -1871 Cashier - Secretary Scotland Yes /
4 139 to 144 Adelaide F Oxley Wife 46 -1855 Bath Sussex England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Frederick E Oxley Son 22 -1879 Stockbrokers Clerk Pington London England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Cecil G F Oxley Son 20 -1881 Part time Imperial Yeomany Pington London England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Francis D Oxley Son 19 -1882 Stockbrokers Clerk Thornton Heath Surrey England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Percy G Oxley Son 15 -1886 Stockbrokers Clerk Selhurst Surrey England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Graham B Oxley Son 12 -1889 Brighton Sussex England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Aubert H Oxley Son 10 -1891 Brighton Sussex England Yes /
4 139 to 144 Lionel J Twork Nephew 22 -1879 Stockbrokers Clerk Camberley Surrey England Yes /
Block Number in 1901 Block Number Modern Day Name Relation to Head of Household Age and Year of Birth Occupation Birthplace On 1901 Census In 1901 Kelly's Directory
5 13 to 18 Mrs Howard Head No Yes
5 13 to 18 Edward Vallis Head 78 -1823 Chartered Accountant Devizes Wiltshire England Yes Yes
5 13 to 18 Harriet S Vallis Wife 63 -1838 Great Marlow Buckinghamshire England Yes /
5 13 to 18 Anselm Pick Head No Yes
5 13 to 18 Emelia Pick Head 32 -1869 Finsbury London England Yes /
5 13 to 18 Emery Pick Wife 23 -1878 ? Bow London England Yes /
5 13 to 18 Daisy Edson Visitor 21 -1880 Bow London England Yes /
5 13 to 18 William Arthur Church Head 31 -1870 Coachsmith Hunts, Godmanchester Yes Yes
5 13 to 18 Elsie Church Wife 25 -1876 Woolwich Kent England Yes /
5 13 to 18 Hy G Mare Boarder 25 -1876 Assistant Stage Manager Opera House France Yes /
Block Number in 1901 Block Number Modern Day Name Relation to Head of Household Age and Year of Birth Occupation Birthplace On 1901 Census In 1901 Kelly's Directory
6 133 to 138 George Scales Head No Yes
6 133 to 138 Miss Bingley Head No Yes
6 133 to 138 Cecil P Adridge Head No Yes
6 133 to 138 William Richard Tuckwell Head 59 -1842 Publican London England Yes Yes
6 133 to 138 Manon Tuckwell Wife 34 -1867 Yes /
6 133 to 138 Sarah A Earp Head 78 -1823 No occupation Westminster London England Yes No
6 133 to 138 Alfred Earp Son 30 -1871 Law writer Clapham London England Yes
6 133 to 138 Julia M Corfield Visitor 30 -1871 Hertfordshire England Yes
6 133 to 138 George Towerzy Head No Yes
7 19 to 24 Mrs Parland Head No Yes
Block Number in 1901 Block Number Modern Day Relation to Head of Household Age and Year of Birth Occupation Birthplace On 1901 Census In 1901 Kelly's Directory
7 19 to 24 Mrs Parland Head No Yes
7 19 to 24 James Moore Head No Yes
7 19 to 24 Charles William Tinckham Head No Yes
8 127 to 132 Solomon Cohen Head No Yes
8 127 to 132 Edward Fenn Head No Yes
8 127 to 132 J. Blake Harold Head No Yes
9 25 to 30 Henry William Elliott Head No Yes
9 25 to 30 Thomas W Rogers Head No Yes
9 25 to 30 Ernest Wilkinson Head No Yes
9 25 to 30 Augustine O Hall Head No Yes
9 25 to 30 Robert S Greir Head No Yes
11 31 to 36 Frederick Bridge Head No Yes
11 31 to 36 Charles Seymour Head No Yes
11 31 to 36 John H Hockey Head No Yes
Onto part 7 – Cranworth Gardens on the 1901 Census in Statistics