Upper Bath Road

Number 10

We have no photograph of the house and don't know when it was built and we would love to hear from anyone with any knowledge of the house.

At the time of the 1840 Tithe Survey the house and garden was referred to as Plot 114 which was owned by John Dorney and occupied by Richard Greenwood.

The house was sold by John Dorney to Jesse Cossham.  The Rate Books of 1876, 1880 and 1885 show that the owner of the property was then Jesse Cossham. In his will dated 10th March 1886, Jesse described as a gentleman of Thornbury devised the property to Esther Saise.   Jesse died on 20th May 1887.  Esther was Jesse's niece, the daughter of his sister Ursula and her husband, Thomas Saise.  She was born on 19th May 1838 and she died on 22nd December 1914.  In her Will dated 11th July 1906, Esther devised her real estate to her trustees, William Davis Canning and William John Allen, to sell.  William Davis Canning died before Esther Saise so it was left for William John Allen to sell the property. 

The sale took place at an auction on 22nd March 1916.  At the time of the auction in March 1916, the property was described as 'A freehold cottage containing two front rooms and kitchen and two bedrooms with large and productive garden and outbuildings comprising large stone-built shed or stable and pig sty situate at Upper Bath Road, Thornbury and let to Mr. Thomas Boulton at a rent of £8 10s 0d per annum. Landlord pays rates.'

The property was purchased by Thomas Exell for £125.  The indenture arising from that sale refers to the property as 'All that messuage or dwellinghouse with the outbuildings garden and …. situate in Upper Bath Road in the town of Thornbury in the County of Gloucester now in the occupation of Thomas Boulton bounded on the north by property of the representatives of Mary Martin deceased on the east by Upper Bath Road on the south and west by property of Mrs Shepherd.

We have no more knowledge about the ownership of the house.  It was demolished about 1960.

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 This page was last updated: 05/11/2008