~ BURGATE LANE ~
CANTERBURY
"A.D. 1635, the wooden pipes of the city conduit were taken up, and leaden ones provided to supply their place. In the drainage excavations of 1868, some of these old wooden conduit pipes were exhumed im Burgate Lane, and by one of the engineers they were supposed to be Roman!" cot
In Canterbury Cholera prevailed from the 17th of July to the end of the month, in the neighbourhood of the river; and when it had nearly ceased there, namely, from the 2nd of October to the 10th, it raged with great violence in Burgate Lane in St. George's parish, which is distant from the river. Reports on Epidemic Cholera, 1854 *Canterbury Dr. Lochee, The majority of the cases were in a part of the city close to the river, where causes of insalubrity abounded. (1848-1849?)
Cases of measles attended to in an epidemic of this disease in Burgate Lane, Canterbury during 1852 by G. Rigden, Esq. (138 cases total in the city)
15 cases were fatal - one in Burgate Lane, Male 10 months, death April 26th, Nature of District - Unhealthy Association Medical Journal
1838 - listed under lodging house keepers - Mrs. Sarah CULMER, Burgate Lane
No. 1
Thomas Mason, Newsman %
Henry Jordan, Butcher, Slaughterman
Early 1880's - 1889 William Cairns, Drummer in the Militia
No. 2
Mary Newport, Shoe Binder %
James Burt, Blacksmith / Gas Fitter *
1889 William Laker, Labourer
No. 3
John Kelth, Tailor %
Henry R. Pockett, Bricklayers Labourer *
Richard Ells, House Painter
J. C. ELVY, Builder
*Dec 1905 - To let, Guildford Lodge, Nunnery Fields. For particulars apply, J. C. Elvy, Burgate Lane, Canterbury
No. 4
1850's - 80's Edward N. Philpot, Ostler %
No. 5
Thomas Holtum, Ostler %
John Maple, Labourer
William Francis, Drapers Porter *
1870's - 80's Alfred Bishop, Gardener
1889 John Miller, Mason
No. 6
1838 Charles Thomas HAYWARD, Bookbinder, 6 Burgate Lane
Charles T. HAYWARD, Bookbinder %
1855 Charles HAYWARD, Binder, Burgate-Lane (Hodson's booksellers, publishers and stationers' directory)
1860's - 70's Charles T. HAYWARD, Bookbinder, son Edwin B. Hayward, bookbinder
Edwin B. HAYWARD, Bookbinder *
Alfred G. HAYWARD, Bookbinder *
1889 Hayward Brothers, Bookbinders
1891/92, East Kent Natural History Society - Assistant Secretary, Mr. E. B. HAYWARD, 6 Burgate Lane, Canterbury
1903 Hayward Brothers, Bookbinders, 6 Burgate Lane
No. 7
William Bamble, Gentlemans Servant %
1870's - 80's George Sands, Bootmaker, his wife Sarah Ann Sands is a School Mistress (Blue Girls School)
*bankrupt list July 14, 1888 - William UDEN, late wholesale potato and fruit merchant, 7 Burgate lane, late 3 Kings Bridge, Canterbury, Ct. Canterbury. Order June 30. (Gazette, July 3, 1888) - there is a William Linten Uden, fruit and potato merchant in Sturry in 1889
1889 vacant
No. 8
Henry Godsmark, Stableman
Stephen Ratcliff, Weaver *
1889 Mrs. Holness
No. 9
Samuel Linscott, Weaver
early 80's to 1889 Mrs. Ann E. Linscott, Linen Worker / Needlewoman
No. 10
William Smith, Cab Driver &
Ethelbert Carter, House Painter
1889 John Burt, Painter
No. 11
William Bax, Cab Driver &
James W. Dray, Printer & Compositor
1889 Henry Kennett, Labourer
No. 12
Frederick Bennett, Stableman &
John Prett, French Polisher
1889 Stephen Ratcliff, Weaver
No. 13
John Amess, Carpenter &
Caroline Ames, Laundress
1889 William Ramsden
No. 14
Richard Webster, Shoemaker &
1889 Charles Parsons, Fitter
St. George's Street
1889 A. Goodban, Carver & Guilder
No. 15
Charles Austen, Porter &
Jane Streahman
1889 Mrs. Gull, Dressmaker
No. 16
Henry Godsmark %
John Moss, Horse Keeper
1889 William Tice's Workshop
No. 17
Thomas Peake, Hand Loom Weaver %
John Harris *
No. 18
James Dodd, Horse Dealer %
Robert Wood *
1889 James Savage, Dealer
No. 19
Godfrey Grewcock, Licensed Hawker %
Edwin Clegg, Tailor *
1889 James Cheeseman, Labourer
No. 20
George F. Pearce, Flyman *
1889 Thomas Tomalin, Labourer
No. 21
John Ells, Blacksmith %
Henry Green *
1889 William Forwell, Labourer
1889 Joseph Philpot, Cooperage
No. 22
Jane A. Taylor %
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1805-7
James MAXWELL, farrier