Creswell and Cresswell Graves, Parish Church, All Saints, Marlow (also Gudgin)

John Creswell, 1843, age 66 years, 

AND 

William Creswell Died 1869 age 92. (This is William formerly of The Compleat Angler. John on the grave above is his brother, a husbandman and race horse owner etc. Read more on William here)

CWC 1842, MAC 1843, AEC 1855, M C 18?? - these initials represent people marked on the larger grave below. 

 

The Creswell area, some graves unreadable now.

J C 18(43?) and W C  - date unreadable.  

JC 1873, above. Footer of James Creswell grave below. 

Above, grave of :

Charlotte Winifred Cresswell d. Sept 13 1842, age 17

ALSO  - Mary Ann Cresswell d. Jan 6 1843 age 7. 

ALSO - Ann Esther Cresswell d. Jul 16 1855 age 17 ( The monumental mason forgot the second Cresswell S and had to put a mini one in at the last by the looks of it! )

ALSO - Martha, Wife of James Cresswell Feb 11 18?7 age 42. 

Above and below, nestled next to John, is the grave of Charlotte Winifred Gudgin, nee Cresswell. She is his married sister. Her husband Robert worked in the paper mills and the couple lived in St Peter's Street.

Charlotte Winifred Gudgin. D.Jul 21 1872 age 82. 

James Creswell, above d. 1873 age 72/3. James was the nephew of the John, William and Charlotte above. There were several other names on this grave but they have now vanished. 

In a separate area to the above graves can be found this grave "In loving memory of my dear parents - Eliza Ann Creswell d Jan 25 1903 aged 73 and Henry Creswell d. June 9th 1913 age 79 years. [Henry was the son of George and Charlotte Creswell of The Swan and would later run The Cross Keys for a few years himself]

Rear of the grave: Also Ellen Creswell, date unreadable. Likely the daughter of the above Eliza and Henry who was known as Nellie. 

**Some Creswells converted to catholicism so are buried at St Peter's Church in Marlow**

Post on William Cresswell junior, the notorious miser, farmer, and barge owner - and son of William above can be found here

More graves for Marlow, Little Marlow and Hurley indexed here.

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The Hackshaw Family Of West Street

 John and Thomas Hackshaw, trading as Hackshaw and Sons saddlers and harness maker dissolved their partnership in 1821, seemingly through financial difficulties though Thomas the father was 64 years old and may have wished to wind things down a bit work wise. John managed to carry on the business but he became insolvent in his own right in 1823. His financial matters were still unsettled in 1828. Once again however he recovered and continued trading. 

The premises he occupied are photographed below in the modern day. In 1832 they were assessed as being worth £11 a year and consisted of a house, garden, workshop and shed. Thomas Hackshaw operated as a collar maker (this meant of horse collars not human!) in Marlow by 1789 but I cannot say for certain that this was in the same premises. It is very likely that it was however. As well as making saddles and harnesses he had a sideline in making ropes and supplied some to the church in Marlow for the bellringers to use. Thomas is likely also be the same Thomas who was a volunteer (elected) parish constable from at least 1791-1799. John's mother was Mary (nee Burgin) who looks to have died in 1811. Thomas had previously been married to a Catherine Russell. 

Above: the black and white building is the Hackshaw family home and premises. The Lovegroves lived in the house on the right. The black and white woodwork of the Hackshaw building does not date from the time of their occupancy. It is a later addition.

John's first wife Harriet died aged only 40 in 1832 and in 1835 John Hackshaw married Harriet Lovegrove the widow from next door. Harriet had been running a boarding and day school for young ladies with her step daughter daughter Mary until Mary's death aged just 23 in 1832. 

Mary left most of what she had to Harriet. A summary of her will can be found on the blog here.

Thomas Hackshaw the father of the family died in 1838. A happier event that year for John and Harriet came with the baptism of their son John who would grow up to be a saddler and harness maker himself as well as a rope maker.

Four years later John senior was one of those called as a witness during an official investigation into widespread voter fraud in Marlow in 1842. Marlow was famous for it's dirty elections! John testified that another West Street resident had moved out of the town prior to the previous election, thus losing his right to vote in contests for a Marlow M.P. Despite this the man had cast a vote.

In 1856 John became bankrupt again. He and Harriet must have suffered greatly as a result of this because it meant the forced sale of not only his tools, equipment and stock but also the couples household furniture to pay their debts. Beds, tables, carpets and kitchen equipment all had to go. John's stock included brushes for horses and whips as well as the obvious horse bits and harnesses. From the full list of items that he had John was clearly catering for both agricultural, "sporting" (hunting) and general customers.

Some stock and tools were probably in the name of his son John junior who still lived at home and worked with his father. John junior continued in the trade but John senior became a tailor.

Harriet and John died within weeks of each other in 1869. At this point the administration of her stepdaughter Mary Lovegrove's will was apparently still not completed as it had to be passed on to someone else! John Hackshaw junior soon became bankrupt himself.

Note: there was a slightly older John Hackshaw who lived in nearby Oxford Lane and who was married to a Sophia. Don't confuse the two John seniors!

Our John and his first wife had children Charles, Christopher, Frederick, George, Harriet, Henry, and an earlier John.

Thomas Hackshaw was baptised 1757 Great Marlow to Geoffrey and Mary Hackshaw.

For every mention of a person on this blog see our A-Z index where you find over 6,000 people listed. More historic West Street residents and stories can be found indexed here. More biographies of historic Marlow families here

Written and researched by Charlotte Day. 

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Sources:

1841,51 censuses my transcription from microfilm. 1861 census Rootspoint.com. 1871 census -Jane Pullinger transcript from microfiche. All censuses remain Crown Copyright.

Great Marlow Parish records transcribed from the original register book by Alan Day.

1833 parochial assessment notebooks in my possession, transcribed by me.

Reading Mercury 16th Feb 1856 via the BNA and British Library Archives.

1839 Robson's Directory, University of Leicester Archives.

Dutton, Allen, & co.'s directory & gazetteer of the counties of Oxon, Berks & Bucks. United Kingdom, n.p, 1863.

Slater, Isaac. Slater's, late Pigot & co., Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the Counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire. United Kingdom, n.p, 1852.

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Etheredge - see Moore

Elliott, 

MARRIAGE - 1685, Elizabeth Elliott of Great Marlow, spinster aged about 22, daughter of William Elliott, butcher, to Richard Stocke of St Trinity in the Minories, citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, bachelor age 22.  

Fitzpatrick - Henry of Great Marlow to Esther Swift of Brentford, Middlesex. By licence. March 1745, At George's Chapel, Hyde Park Corner. 

Frewing - Rev J J, eldest son of James Frewing of Oxford Road, Marlow. MARRIAGE - 11 August 1892, to Blanche Maria Harris, daughter of Charles Harris of Tewkesbury. At the Congregational Church, Tewkesbury.  (South Bucks Standard 26 August 1892)

Hackshaw, Henry

MARRIAGE: Henry, eldest son of Mr J Hackshaw of Great Marlow to Emma Harrison of "Mead-Row, near Godalming". At Holy Trinity Church, Paddington. 3 October 1850. [Sussex Advertiser, 15 October 1850]

Hone, Susanna: 

1. DEATH Paris, November 1844. Eldest daughter of late John Hone, Esq of Great Marlow. Age 22. [Morning Herald, London 25 November 1844] 

2. DEATH At Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Age 70. February 1869. Widow of John Hone of Great Marlow. 

Hone, Annie - MARRIED at Tunbridge Wells, April 10 1850. To Rev George Goldney M.A. of Southfield.  [Gentleman's Magazine, 1850] Only surviving child of the late John Hone, Esq of Great Marlow. 

Harris, Mrs (no first name given)

DEATH - May 28 1894, St Mary Cray Kent. "Born Chapel Street 1826", 48 years resident in Marlow. (Newspaper cutting, untitled,  June 1894.)

Jorden, Elizabeth - See Morsender. 

Lovegrove, Miss Charlotte

Died age 83 in Brixton on March 29th 1865 [Bicester Herald April 7th 1865]

Lovelace, Lydia MARRIAGE - of Great Marlow to John Butler of Wooburn. St James Chapel, Mayfair, January 1746. 

Mealing, Robert

MARRIAGE - Robert, of Great Marlow to Sarah, daughter of William Evans of Cheddar Somerset. Marriage took place at St Michaels Church, Chester Square, London, by Rev J H Hamilton on 7th October 1862. (South Bucks Free Press, 11 October 1862)

Moore, Catherine

MARRIAGE - April 1683, Catherine Moore, spinster of Great Marlow, to Sir James Etheredge age 26 bachelor of The Inner Temple. She age 20, and married with consent of her mother her father being dead. At "St Bennet Finck, London", by licence. 

Morsender (qv), Robert 

MARRIAGE - widower and labourer of Great Marlow to Elizabeth Jorden widow also of Great Marlow. St James Chapel, Mayfair April 8th 1729. 

Plumeridge, Joseph

MARRIAGE  - Joseph of Great Marlow to Rebecca Woodley (of Harwell?) Berks. At Harwell, 12 Feb 1779. By licence. 

Salter, Agnes 

MARRIAGE - October 1607 to Richard Sanders, at Chesham. Both of their mothers are widows. (Transcript Chesham Parish Registers by John W B Pegge, 1904)

Smith, Mathias

MARRIAGE - April 1680, Mathias Smith of Great Marlow, widower age about 55 to Mary Glew, spinster of St. Pauls, Covent Garden, Middlesex, aged about 45. At All Hallows in the Wall, London. Mary married "at her own despose" that is needed no parental consent as she was an adult according to her testimony. 

Trew, William. Surgeon of Great Marlow. 

DEATH - at father's residence in St Peter's, Thanet, Kent. Age 36. February 24th 1851. Father given as Thomas Trew, Esq. (Medical Directory of Ireland.  John Churchill 1852. Does not just list Irish doctors)

Wilcocks, Joseph

DEATH - at "Slow nr Windsor" (Slough?) Of Great Marlow, July 1793 (Bath Chronicle, 18 July 1793)

Additional Sources:

The Register of Baptisms and Marriages at St George's Chapel, Mayfair, edited by Sir George J Armymage, (Mitchell & Hughes, 1889.)

Notes from the parish registers of Harwell, Berks taken by Rev F J Williams, 1909. 

Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Vicar General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, edited by George Armytage (Mitchell & Hughes 1890) 

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