11 Pullins Green

Edward and Lucy Liddiatt

Edward Liddiatt was born in Thornbury in 1856, the son of William Liddiatt and his wife, Margaret (nee Mitchie).  William was a sawyer from Thornbury.  He and Margaret had married and lived in Clifton for a few years which is where Edward was born.  They moved back to live in Castle Street in 1861.  By 1871 William was living in Pullins Green, but Edward was not at home and we have been unable to find him.

The marriage of Edward Liddiatt and Lucy Tucker was registered in Bristol in the first quarter 1880.  Lucy was the daughter of Thomas Tucker, a carpenter who lived in St John Street.

In the 1881 census, Edward and Lucy were living in the house now known as 21 Pullins Green.  Edward was a wood sawyer, aged 25 born in Clifton and Lucy was a dressmaker, also aged 25, from Thornbury.  They had a baby daughter, Matilda just 4 months old. 

He appears to have given up wood sawing.  In 1889 he is listed in trade directories as running a fishmongers on The Plain.  The 1891 census shows he had now opened his shop at 11  Pullins Green.  He is listed there in the census as a fishmonger and greengrocer.    He and Lucy have had several children by now; Maud aged 10, Daisey aged 9, Herbert aged 8, Percy aged 5, Florence aged 2 and William aged 1.

Edward seems to have been heavily involved in the Baptist Church as their records show he acted as chairman in various special meetings.

He died in 1898 aged 43 years and he was buried in the Baptist Burial Ground 1st January 1899. 

Edward left Lucy to look after the business for the next 30 years.  In 1901 she was shown in the census as a fishmonger.  Maud seems to have left home.  Daisey was still there aged 19, as well as Herbert, a carpenter's apprentice aged 17,  Percy a fishmonger's assistant aged 15, and Florence aged 12 and William Thomas who was aged 10 and had an unusual occupation described as 'Local'.

Lucy carried on the fish and fruit business until she was approaching 80.  She left Thornbury to live with her daughter, Mrs Arnold Whittaker in Ipswich.  Following the death of her daughter, she moved to Southampton to live with her son, Percy.  She died there in 1941 aged about 87.

At least, Herbert and Percy carried on living in Thornbury.  Herbert became a carpenter and joiner with Tucker Brothers, and Percy was known to be living in Silver street in the 1940's.        

This page was last updated: 23/06/2008