The Residents of Bradshaw Street and Spring Gardens, Leyland 1871 - 1963

A particular interest of mine is in the residents of Spring Gardens and Bradshaw Street in Leyland, Lancashire, beginning in 1870. My interest in genealogy was first sparked during a conversation with May, my Dad's sister, who mentioned that, during her childhood in the 20's and 30's, there were six or so families, all with the surname Wiggans, living in Spring Gardens and Bradshaw Street. I now have information on these families but have yet to find conclusive information to connect back to individuals shown in the 1891 and 1901 census.


Bradshaw Street and Spring Gardens were built around 1830. Bradshaw Street ran west off Towngate, Spring Gardens continued west from the end of Bradshaw Street. At the junction of the two streets Orange Square, comprising around eight properties, ran in a northerly direction. Initially Spring Gardens only had buildings on the south side of the street, the north side being open land. Later, in the 1960s additional housing, which remains today, was build on the north side.

The original buildings comprised mainly 'Step Houses' which have a partly submerged cellar with windows, at pavement level, to allow in light. These cellars were used as workshops by Hand Loom weavers who lived 'above the shop' in the upper two floors. Hand Loom weaving declined in the late 1800s and by 1910 little or no hand weaving took place in the area.

Around 1940 Bradshaw Street was combined with Spring Gardens and the houses were renumbered to accommodate the change. I have not been able to find any official details of how the houses were renumbered and so below have made a best guess. In the 1970s the area was redeveloped and the majority of the original buildings were demolished. Much of the site is now occupied by a library although one or two of the original buildings still remain. As far as I am aware, only one Step House remains in Orange Square, the bricked in lower windows still visible from the outside.

In the table below the first column shows house numbers, the abbreviations BS and SG refer to Bradshaw Street and Spring Gardens. The columns for census only show head of household and spouse. Electoral Registers show residents of a voting age, although in some cases I have been able to add other individuals as a result of information drawn from the registers of nearby St Andrews Church. You can use your browser's text search function to search for a particular surname. I would be absolutely delighted to receive any information you might have on the streets and their residents.
No.
 UK Population Census - 1861 UK Population Census - 1871 UK Population Census - 1881 UK Population Census - 1891 Register of Electors Jan - Dec 1900 Register of Electors Jan - Dec 1905 Register of Electors Jan - Dec 1908-10 Register of Electors Jan - Dec 1910 Register of Electors - 1914/16 Register of Electors - 1918 Register of Electors 1934/35 Barrett's Directory of Preston and District - 1940 No. Register of Electors 1945 Register of Electors 1946 Barrett's Directory of Preston and District - 1948 Barrett's Directory of Preston and District - 1952 Leyland and District Directory - 1963
1 - BS
   John Tomlinson   John and Margaret Unsworth               Mr Richard Alty 1 Richard and Margaret Alty Richard and Margaret Alty Richard Alty R Whalley  
2 - BS
   Richard Gregson   none   John Core Daniel Trafford   Daniel Trafford Daniel and Jane Alice Trafford Richard and Margaret Alty              
3 - BS
   Susan Jackson Mary Heaton Catherine Heaton   James Hunter Thomas Heaton   Joseph Henry Corcoran Bertram George Lea Henry and James Southworth Mr J Southworth 3 Henry and James Southworth Henry and James Southworth H Southworth H Southworth Edward Southworth
4 - BS
   Robert Bamber Kate Heaton Unoccupied George Southworth George Southworth George Southworth   Edward Southworth Edward and Jane Southworth Edward, Jane and George Southworth Mrs J Southworth 5 Edward and Jane Southworth Edward and Jane Southworth George N Almond George N Almond George N Almond
5 - BS
   Thomas Bennett Unoccupied Unoccupied   Thomas Heaton Thomas Southworth     John Thomas(1) and Alice Wiggans John Thomas and Alice Wiggans Mr John T Wiggans 7 John Thomas and Alice Wiggans        
6 - BS
   uninhabited Unoccupied Unoccupied William Rhodes   William Brindle   Arthur Langton William Wiggans William and Mary Ellen Wiggans Mr William Wiggans 9 Mary E and William Wiggans Mary E and William Wiggans Mr William Wiggans Mr William Wiggans Harry G Lambert
7 - BS
   Mary Ann Worden Henry and Elizabeth Melling Joseph and Sarah Ann Kay John Hesketh John Hesketh Henry Bennett   Henry Bennett Henry and Sarah Rebecca Bennett George Barret and Ethel Wiggans Mr G Ward 11 Ethel and George B Ward Ethel and George B Ward George B Ward George B Ward George B Ward
8 - BS
   Jane Jackson James and Margaret Walmsley James and Elizabeth Malloy John William Watson John William Watson William Towers     David and Maria Jane Towers Thomas and Mary Jane Hewitson and Stephen and Florence Porter Mr J Marsden 12 Arthur Crook and Bertha, Frank and John Marsden Arthur Crook and Bertha and John Marsden J Marsden, B Pickup & Co J Marsden, B Pickup & Co Jean Southworth
9 - BS
   Thomas Malley James Lancaster Unoccupied Thomas Wiggans Thomas Wiggans James Evan Brindle   Robert Towers Robert and Margaret Ann Towers Robert and Emily Towers Mrs E Howarth 13 Elizabeth and Violet Howarth Elizabeth and Violet Howarth Mrs E Howarth Mrs E Howarth Arnold P Woods
10 - BS
   Samuel Davis Betty Adamson Unoccupied James Brown   Richard Woods     John and Elisabeth Ellen Monk Elizabeth Ellen and Joseph McCormick   14 Doris and Mary Longworth Doris and Mary Longworth     Thomas Longworth
11 - BS
   James Wilding James and Nancy Barker Unoccupied James Melling Richard Woods William Coulton Ann Rigby John William Watson John William Watson Robert, Annie and Arthur Wiggans Mr S Porter 15 Florrie and Stephen Porter and Robert Towers Florrie and Stephen Porter and Robert Towers Stephen Porter Stephen Porter Stephen Porter
12 - BS
   Thomas Lancaster Richard and Mary Jane Wilson Mary Moss James Wiggans Joseph Lewis Thomas Wiggans     David Aspinall and Esther Fisher David and Esther Aspinall Mrs M Darbyshire 16 Maria and Mary I Derbyshire Harry , Maria and Mary Derbyshire Mrs M Derbyshire Mrs M Derbyshire Harold Lang
13 - BS
   Mary Pemberton Unoccupied Unoccupied     Samuel Langton     James Harper John William and Elizabeth Ann Shepherd Mr J McCormick 17 Joseph (jnr), Bernard, Elizabeth and Joseph McCormick Joseph (jnr), Bernard, Elizabeth and Joseph McCormick J McCormick J McCormick Albert Fairbrother
14 - BS
   Seth Crook Unoccupied Unoccupied               Mr Hy Darbyshire 18 Annie Atkinson and Hannah E Holmes Hannah E Holmes Mrs B Holmes G W Curtis Keith M Holt
15 - BS
   Elizabeth Cooper Thomas and Margaret Blundell Unoccupied               Mr A Lake 19 Alfred and Mary E Lake Alfred and Mary E Lake A Lake A Lake Frederick Wright
16 - BS
   William Cross William and Mary Ann Watson Unoccupied William Coulton William Rigby John Wiggans   Samuel Langton Samuel Langton, William Iddon, Henry Bentham and James Rothwell John Henry and Elizabeth Langton Mr H Parker 20 Esther A and Hugh Parker Esther and Hugh Parker H Parker P W Wright Parker W Wright
17 - BS
   Nancy Wignall Thomas Wignall Edward and Mary Bowling James Evan Brindle James Evan Brindle   Jane Brown David Towers William James Hoskinson William and Nellie Heyes Mr D Aspinall 21 Esther Aspinall Esther Aspinall Mr D Aspinall Mr D Aspinall Keith Bibby
18 - BS
   John Cocker John and Margaret Cocker James and Margaret Cross James Barker James Barker James Barker   James Barker James and Susan Barker Richard George and Alice Leach Mrs M Southworth 22 Ellen Anderton Thomas and Ellen Anderton T Anderton W Southworth  
19 - BS
   Henrt Turner Thomas and Ann Cross James and Mary Blundell William Watson James Wiggans James Wiggans   James Wiggans James and Esther Wiggans Fazakerley Benison Mr J Shields 23 Joseph McMahon, Agnes and John Shields Agnes and John Shields J Shields J Shields John Shields
20 - BS
   Oliver Worden Oliver and Ann Worden Hugh and Ann Craven       Oliver Worden Thomas Hunt Thomas and Edith Elizabeth Hunt and George Hoole Giles and Isabella Coulton Mr E Higham 24 Edna and Thomas Higginbottom Edna and Thomas Higginbottom T Higginbottom T Higginbottom Alan Smith
21 - BS
   Richard Morris Margaret Morris Unoccupied   William Smalley William Smalley   William Smalley William and Ellen Smalley, John Rigby, Robert Heaton, James Smalley and Bertie Smalley Robert Heaton, Margaret Alice and Eugena Smalley Mission Room 25     Mission Room Mission Room  
22 - BS
   Edmund Threlfall   Elizabeth Akers Thomas Cross Thomas Cross   Ann Cross   Ann Cross Esther Cross and Alice Wareing Mrs M Lee 26 Mary E Lee and Winfred Lee Arthur Wiggans, Mary E Lee and Winfred Wiggans Mrs M Lee Mrs M Lee Hilda Curtis
23 - BS
   John Rigby   William and Ellen Smalley Richard Nelson Henry Brown Henry Brown   Henry Brown Henry and Jane Ellen Brown and Thomas Henry Brown Harold and Mary Brown Mr R. Wiggans 27 Annie, Emma C. and Robert Wiggans Annie, Emma C. and Robert Wiggans Mr R. Wiggans Mr R. Wiggans Anne Higham
24 - BS
   James Wilson   Unoccupied     Thomas Heaton     Edward and Beatrice Towers Edward and Beatrice Maude Towers Mrs E Richardson 28 James Burke, John Doyle, Anthony Dunleavey, Jerry Dunleavey and Elizabeth Richardson James Burke, John Doyle, Arthur Dunleavey Mrs E Richardson A McGuire Leslie B Durant
25 - BS
   Robert Tomlinson Mary Moss Susannah Jackson   George Hoole (possibly married one Elizabeth Wiggans 19 May 1900 VRI) James Neil   James ONeil Mission Room - Thomas Sumner, James Almond, William Booth, Joseph Ashcroft, John Moran Effie Jane Moreland, Richard Hall, Wilfred Hoilden, William Walker McKenzie Baxter and John Cliffe Mr T Brown 29   Joseph and Alice Iddon T Brown J Iddon Bella Iddon
26 - BS
   Richard ???ose Thomas and Martha Cooper Edward and Susannah Whittle   William Heywood   Catherine Heaton   George and Lena Wiggans James, Lena and Eva Morris Mr A Heald 30 Albert and Catherine Heald Albert and Catherine Heald A Heald A Heald Henry Kitchen
27 - BS
   Roger Dawson James and Elizabeth Monks Unoccupied   Thomas Southworth John Marsden   John Marsden John and Bertha Marsden John, Bertha and Frank Marsden and Emily Heaton Mr T Fitzpatrick 31 Edith and Thomas Fitzpatrick Edith and Thomas Fitzpatrick T Fitzpatrick T Fitzpatrick  
28 - BS
   William and Catherine Wareing William and Hannah Wareing Ann Rigby   William Watson     Thomas Watson Thomas and Mabel Watson and Alfred Watson     32          
29 - BS
   John Standhope James and Mary A Blundell John and Alice Cross           Joseph and Precilla Colley   Mr F Bennison 33 Fazackerley Bennison Fazackerley Bennison Fazackerley Bennison J McCormick Barbara Graham
30 - BS
   Alice Crook Unoccupied Elizabeth Wareing John Wilson       Thomas Heaton Mary Cogley Mary Cogley   34          
31 - BS
   Elizabeth Almond Samuel Almond Mary McGrath         John Craven John Craven   Mr R Bowling 35 Richard H and Susan J Bowling Richard and Susan Bowling Mr R Bowling Mr R Bowling Elsie Ragongsa
32 - BS
   John Berry Lawrence and Margaret Standin George Parker George Parker Henry Bennett   Mary Ann Hesketh Joseph Kay John and Mary Ellen Lee   Mr H Finch 36 Horace and Mary R Finch Horace and Mary R Finch Horace Finch Horace Finch Horace Finch
33 - BS
   Thomas Parker Henry and Mary Watson Alice Dawson               Miss E Smalley 37 Elsie Wallwork Ernest and Elsie Wallwork E Wallwork E Wallwork Eric W Broughton
34 - BS
   Margaret Parker Unoccupied Ann Pennington James Crook             Mrs E Heaton 38 Emily Heaton Emily Heaton Emily Heaton Emily Heaton Frederick Perigo
35 - BS
   Richard Morris William and Alice Cross William and Mary Ann Watson               Mr W Ibbotson 39 Rose and William Ibbotson Rose and William Ibbotson W Ibbotson W Ibbotson William Ibbotson
1 - SG
 Richard Bowling Robert Moss Edward and Mary Bowling Robert and Jane Ann Coulton Robert Coulton Samuel Langton     James Bowling Henry and Winifred Bowling John and Margaret Alice Watkinson Mr G Coulton 40 Giles and Isabella Coulton Giles and Isabella Heaton Giles Coulton Giles Coulton Giles Coulton
2 - SG
 William Finch Robert Bowling Robert and Mary Bowling Mary A Brown James Blundell and James Mally James Blundell James Blundell Mary Murrie   Thomas and Jane Heaton Thomas and Jane Heaton Mr W Towers 41 William Towers William Towers Mrs E Kewley R Hope Thomas Hunt
3 - SG
 Ann Bamford John Booth Unoccupied     James Malley James Malley   James Malley Elizabeth Malley and James McKenna Thomas and Thomas (jnr) Malley Mr E Wallwork 42 Tobias Crook and Maud Fiddler Tobias Crook and Maud Fiddler J Pedder J Pedder  
4 - SG
 Isabella Kenyon Isabella Kenyon Alexander and Alice Parkinson Oliver and Ann Worden           Elizabeth Malley and James McKenna Harold and Edith Rigby Mr A Southworth 43 Alice A Kay, Austin and Edith Southworth Austin and Edith Southworth A Southworth A Southworth Austin Southworth
5 - SG
 Henry Turner Nancy Turner Henry Turner Richard Bowling Richard Bowling Richard Bowling Richard Bowling     Jane Ellen Bowling Jane Ellen, May, Richard Henry and Susan Jane Bowling Mr G Eccles 44 George and Margaret Eccles George and Margaret Eccles   Edward Jackson Edward Jackson
6 - SG
 Joseph Morris William Bamber William and Martha Bamber Thomas and Alice Bennett Robert Bennett     Jane Bennett   Jane Bennett Henry and Mary Elizabeth Nelson Mr Henry Forest 45 Sidney and Margaret Hewitt George and Hilda Arkwright H Forrest G Arkwright Colin Brown
7 - SG
 William Sumner Elizabeth Astley Thomas and Elizabeth Afflick Joseph and Sarah Ann Kay Thomas Sumner Thomas Sumner Thomas Sumner   Thomas Sumner Arthur and Margaret Sumner Alice Sumner Mrs E. Wiggans 46 Herbert, Isabella and Richard Wiggins Herbert, Isabella and Richard Wiggins Mrs E. Wiggans Mrs E. Wiggans Mr Richard Wiggans
8 - SG
 Thomas Pemberton Thomas Pemberton Unoccupied William and Martha Bamber William Bamber Edward Bowling Edward Bowling   Edward Bowling Edith Bowling John Henry and Maggie Wiggans Miss A Bowling 47 Amy Bowling Amy Bowling Miss A Bowling Miss A Bowling  
9 - SG
 James Wilding William Sumner Joseph Pimbly and Sarah A Kay   Henry Brown Joseph Kay Joseph Kay   Michael Gibbons Michael and Ellen Gibbons Eliza Ridley Mr H Leigh 48 Edward Butler and Jessie Leigh Harold Leigh, Edward Butler and Jessie Leigh Harold Leigh Harold Leigh Harold Leigh
10 - SG
 John Rigby Thomas Gregson Thomas and Alice Gregson Thomas and Mary A Wilson Thomas Wilson     Mary Ann Wilson Thomas Southworth Ellen Turner Edward and Maude Butler Mr Hy Nelson 49 Mary Nelson Rosie, Sidney and Alice Wiggans Mr H Nelson Jack and Audrey Wiggans and Alice Wiggans John P Wilds
11 - SG
 Margaret Berry Robert Beardwood James and Catherine Sumner John and Elizabeth Ann Wareing John Wareing John Wareing     Robert Hatch Robert Hatch William Henry and Esther Wiggans and Ernest Exton and Margaret Brown Mrs M Pickup 50 Phillis Billington and Margaret Pickup Margaret Pickup M Pickup John J Harvey John J Harvey
12 - SG
 Samuel Bamber John Almond John and Ann Almond Henry and Ellen Lancaster William Smalley Thomas Watson Thomas Watson Samuel Wilkinson Thomas Baldwin Margaret Baldwin Henry and Margaret Kay Mrs A Sumner 51 Alice Sumner Annie Westbrook Miss A Sumner J Tyrer George MacNamara
13 - SG
 Elizabeth Rigby Thomas Pickering Elizabeth Harrison Elizabeth Harrison     John Harrison   John Harrison John and Elizabeth Harrison William and Elizabeth Pincock Mrs M O'Donnell 52 Peter Appleton, Elizabeth Hampson, Margaret and Mary O'Donnell John and Elizabeth Hampson Mrs M ODonnell John Hampson John Hampson
14 - SG
 Henry Cocker Henry Cocker Richard and Lydia Banister Eliza Heaton       Eliza Heaton   Eliza Heaton Thomas and Annie Corbett Mr J. Wiggans 53 John H and Maggie Wiggans John H and Maggie H. Wiggans Mr J. Wiggans Mr J. Wiggans Mr John H. Wiggans
15 - SG
 Thomas Blackledge William Crook Thomas and Alice Bennett Ralph and Affida Nelson     John William Watson     John and Ada Holland Edward and Doris May Trafford Mr H Hall 54 Harold and Mary M Hall Harold and Mary M Hall Harold Hall Harold Hall Harold Hall
16 - SG
 Richard Gregson John Gregson John and Elizabeth Gregson John Gregson John Gregson John Gregson John Gregson     Richard and Alice Ann Lang Edward and Margaret Lang Mrs E Ridley 55 Eliza and John Shuttleworth Eliza and John Shuttleworth Mrs E Ridley Eliza Shuttleworth Eliza Shuttleworth
17 - SG
 William Blackledge John Jackson William and Margaret Pincock Mary A Garth William Carter William Carter William Watson     Joseph and Margaret Kay Alice Ann Kay and Austin and Edith Southworth Mrs A Lyon 56 Annie M Lyon Annie M Lyon Mr A Lyon Mr A Lyon Richard L Keeling
18 - SG
 Robert Jackson John Lazenby William and Alice Sharland Alice Sharland         John Wiggans John and Alice Ann Wiggans and Walter Wiggans Peter Exton and Mary Ann Brown, Elsie Seed Mr E Butler 57 Maud Butler Maud Butler F Butler F Butler Ernest E Butler
19 - SG
 John Clarkson Richard Hunt Jane Hunt                 Mr D Lewis 58 David and Ethel M Lewis David and Ethel M Lewis D Lewis D Lewis Geoffrey Lewis
20 - SG
 Peter Elston Jane Hall Thomas and Margaret Lancaster Margaret Lancaster Richard Nelson Richard Nelson Richard Nelson   James Morris James and Eliza Morris Albert Edward and Elizabeth Brown Mrs E. Wiggans 59 Ernest E and Margaret Brown, William H and Esther Wiggans Ernest E and Margaret Brown Mrs E. Wiggans Mrs E. Wiggans Ernest E Brown
21 - SG
   John Kenyon John and Alice Kenyon Thomas and Ann Wilcock John Henry Wilson John Henry Wilson John Henry Wilson   John Heaton John and Maria Heaton and Archhibald Little John and Maria Heaton Mr H Roscoe 60 Hugh and Mary Roscoe Hugh and Mary Roscoe Hugh Roscoe Hugh Roscoe Hugh Roscoe
22 - SG
 John Fowler James Sumner James and Margaret Bennett Thomas and Elizabeth Seed John Brown John Pincock   Elizabeth Wallbank Fredrick Harrison Frederick and Eliza Harrison William Towers Mr Hy Kay 61 Henry Kay George W and Hilda Curtis Henry Kay Henry Kay Henry Kay
23 - SG
   James Johnson Edmund and Elizabeth Threlfall Daniel and Ann Marsden Daniel Marsden Daniel Marsden John Pincock   John Pincock John and Mary Pincock John, Mary and Maude Harriet Pincock Mr W Wright 62 Annie and William Wright Annie and William Wright W Wright Mary B S Carr Mary B S Carr
24 - SG
   Thomas Morley Richard Lancaster Mary Nelson     William Wiggans   Thomas Wiggans Robert and Elizabeth Ellen Wiggans   Mr W Pincock 63 Elizabeth and William Pincock Linda Lee, Elizabeth and William Pincock William Pincock William Pincock William Pincock
25 - SG
   uninhabited   William and Margaret E Noble Robert Hargreaves             Mr J W Baker 64 John W and Mary E Baker Eric, John W and Mary E Baker J W Baker J W Barker Brian Lee
26 - SG
   Richard Lancaster   Alice Eastham Thomas Seed Thomas Seed           Mr T Corbett 65 Annie, Doris and Frederick W Corbett Annie, Doris and Frederick W Corbett Thomas Corbett Thomas Corbett Thomas Corbett
27 - SG
       James and Mary E Green   Joseph Hunt           Mrs M Barker 66 Margaret Barker and Norah Southworth James and Margaret Barker and William Norah Southworth Mrs M Barker Mrs M Barker James Barker
28 - SG
       Thomas and Ann Cross George Wallbank             Mr E Trafford 67 Doris M and Edward Trafford Doris M and Edward Trafford E Trafford E Trafford  
                        Mr W Wareing 68 Harold Goodburn, Jennie and William Wareing Jennie and William Wareing William Wareing William Wareing William Wareing
                        Mr F Lang 69 Edward and Margaret Lang Edward and Margaret Lang E Lang