28 and 28A Castle StreetThomas and George Danvers Crossman |
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Click here to read about the earlier owners of the houses. We cannot be sure exactly when the ownership of the house passed from Thomas Freeme but we know that he died insolvent in June 1856 and it seems likely that the mortgage holder about that time became the owner of the houses. We have the schedule of deeds and it seems that the mortgage holder at that time was William Turner. When William Turner died on the 18th day of January 1864 his remaining executor was James Willshen. In the 1841 Census James Willshen was an attorney's clerk living in a house in Pullins Green owned by Thomas Crossman. It is possible that James Willshen actually worked for Thomas Crossman. By 1861 James Willshen was a "solicitor's managing clerk". The indenture dated 1852 has an addition which refers to an indenture made 9th July 1869 between James Willshen of Thornbury in the County of Gloucester, accountant and Thomas Crossman, gentleman. This indenture appears to pass the property to Thomas Crossman. We have found a record that Thomas Crossman died in the June quarter of 1873 aged 96 in Thornbury. In the Rate Book of 1877 the owner of the houses appears as G D Crossman.
Click here to read about the Eddington family who owned the houses. Click here to read about the Mills family who owned the houses. This page was last updated: 21/03/2012 |