15 St John Street
Owners and Occupants
No. 1 St John Street
No. 1A St John Street
No. 3 St John Street
No. 5 St John Street
No. 7 St John Street
No. 9 St John Street
No. 11 St John Street
No. 13 St John Street
No. 15 St John Street
No. 17 St John Street
No. 19 St John Street
No. 21 St John Street
No. 23 St John Street
No. 2 St John Street
No. 4 St John Street
No. 6 St John Street
No. 8 St John Street
The Withers family - the earliest occupant of the house was Luke Withers, but we know he inherited it from his fathers, James. Click here to read more about the Withers family
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 to it 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.
We have not yet seen the deeds of this house and so we do not know who acquired it from the Trustees of the Cullimore family.
William Young Sainsbury - in the censuses of 1871 and 1881 the house was occupied by William Young Sainsbury, a relieving officer and his family. Click here to read more about this family
Frank and Alice Tucker - The Rate Book of 1885 says that Frank Tucker was the tenant of the house and he and his family occupied it in the 1891 census and they were to remain there until their deaths, Frank in 1937 and Alice in 1951. Click here to read more about the Frank Tucker and his family
Mrs Fox - from 1954 the house was occupied by Mrs Emily Fox and she was to live there up to 1978 when she sold the house to Miss Joan Higgins of number 13 Pullins Green. At the time of the sale Emily's address was given as Woodmans Close, Chipping Sodbury. Miss Higgins died in March 2008.
After 1978, the house was divided into two separate maisonettes and let by Miss Higgins to various tenants.
This page was last updated: 30/10/2008