The butchers arms has been traced back right to the early 1800’s. We couldn’t let it lie and not know more about this building, its memories and facts its bricks and mortar hold. So we did some digging.
We found a family & skills that match what we believe was the start of the butchers arms as we know it today.
Lets take a look into them!
1870
01 Jan
Birth Of John Henry Wells
John Henry Wells was born in 1870 in Woodsetts, Yorkshire, to Elizabeth Margaret WHITTAKER, age 35, and William WELLS, age 30.
01 Jan
Resideance
John Henry Wells lived in Nottinghamshire in 1871.
1892
01 Jan
Marriage
John Henry Wells was married in Sheffield, Yorkshire, in January 1892 when he was 22 years old.
1899
01 Oct
Death Of Mother
His mother Elizabeth Margaret passed away in October 1899 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at the age of 64.
1903
01 Jan
Birth of Daughter
His daughter Vera A was born in 1903 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
1908
01 Jan
Birth Of 2nd Daughter
His daughter Brenda E was born in 1908 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
1911
01 Jan
Residence
John Henry Wells lived in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, in 1911.
Residence Age: 41; Residence Enumeration District: 03; Residence Enumeration District Name: ALL; Residence RegistrationDistrict: Southwell; Residence Registration District Number: 431; Residence Sub-Registration District: Southwell; Residence Sub Registrat
01 Jan
The National Insurance Act of 1911
The National Insurance Act of 1911
With the passage of the National Insurance Act in 1911, John Henry Wells may have been among the first to contribute to the new government-backed insurance system.
17 Jul
England Heatwave 1911
John Henry Wells no doubt suffered along with other residents of Southwell, Nottinghamshire when an oppressive heatwave ravaged all of England from July through September 1911
The butchers arms has been traced back right to the early 1800’s. We couldn’t let it lie and not know more about this building, its memories and facts its bricks and mortar hold. So we did some digging. We found a family & skills that match what we believe was
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