11 St John Street

Owners

Although we haven't seen the documents to confirm this, we have seen other documents showing that on his death Luke Withers gave other property which he owned at 2 Crispin Lane to the Cullimore family.

The Rate Books of 1876 to 1899 show that the house and the two houses next to it (numbers 13 and 15 ) were owned by Hester Cullimore.  Hester Cullimore was born Hester Smart in 1821.  She married James Cullimore in 1840.  Luke Withers (the previous owner - see the earlier page.)  left property to Hester Cullimore when he died in 1st April 1868.  We do not know why the property was left to Hester rather her husband.  It may have been because James was ill, because he died soon afterwards on  22nd July 1869.  By December quarter 1899 Hester Cullimore died.

By 1905 the Rate Books show this house and the two next door were owned by Luke Cullimore.  Luke was Hester Cullimore's younger son.  Luke Cullimore died on 28th April 1917 aged 71.  In his last will dated written in 1901 he had given his property in trust for the benefit and use of his wife, Amy Lucy Cullimore and after her death it should be sold by his trustees.

Mrs Amy Lucy Cullimore died 21st December 1925.  The Trustees were Arthur Daniel Cullimore of 179 Westbourne Grove Bayswater London butcher and Wallace James Cullimore of Exton House, Second Avenue, Hove, Sussex,  Retired officer of the Merchant Service.  They sold the property in March 1926 to Frank Tucker, Thornbury builder.

Frank Tucker died on 7th August 1937 and put into trust for the benefit of his wife Alice.  His Trustees were Norman Frank and Ronald George Edward Tucker, builders and Frederick Thomas Sainsbury, house decorator.  They sold the house in December 1951 to Francis Arthur White, described as a Viewer at Aeroplane Works.

Francis still owned the property until his death in 2008.

This page was last updated: 30/10/2008