ACREFIELD COTTAGE (continued):

Owners and Occupiers

1835-1840
On Bennison's map of 1835 J. Turton is shown at this house and Joseph Turton (born 1796) is confirmed as owner by the 1840 Tithe Map and Schedule, William Burnett being the occupier. The extent given was 1 rood 18 perches. (In the 1841 census for Little Woolton Joseph Turton is shown as the farmer at Grange Farm, Grange Lane with his wife Ann aged 43 and James Turton aged 67, born in Halewood - his father ? with them).

1841-1856
Harriet Evans 25, Catherine Evans 23 & Emma Evans 22, all teachers, appear as occupiers in the 1841 census with one servant; and we see from the Liverpool Directory of 1843 that the Misses Evans were running a ladies boarding school here. By the 1851 census Emma Evans, teacher, was still here with a visitor John Marshall, a barrister-at-law, born in Hull with 1 female servant. (Emma later moved on to Elm Cottage in Gateacre).

1856-1877
Joseph Stubbs (c.1821-1885) a seed merchant, born in Stafford was living here in 1861 with his wife Jane nee Rowe born at Northwich, Cheshire their 2 daughters and an 11 month old son with 1 female servant.

The 1867 Rates Book shows the house owned by William Rowe, the father of Jane Stubbs, and occupied by Miss Ann Sutton, R..V. £30; however the garden, also owned by William Rowe was occupied by Henry Mee, R.V. £20; together having an extant of 1 rood 22 perches. Ann Sutton continued to live here until 18779 the 1871 census disclosing that she was unmarried, born in Liverpool c.1816, with her two younger sisters Sarah and Catherine who were born in Linacre - and no occupations are recorded. They had 2 servants, one Mary Whitefield, born in Hale, being a ladies maid.

On the 11th February 1875 William Rowe (c.1801-1875) a retired hatter, died 'at Rainhill', his will being proved by Wm. Croft of Hollybank, Woolton, book keeper, the estate was under £200. So in 1876 Jane Stubbs, Rowe's daughter, as executor became the owner; with in 1876 & 77 the garden occupied by Samuel Healey, Ann Sutton being in the house.

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