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Steeraway Wellington Telford
My Kitson (or Kidson) and Dabbs relatives were
born in Steeraway in Wellington in the 1890’s to 1900’s. My Grandmother
Alice Emma Kitson grew up there, with her brothers Edward, Jack
and William and sisters Minnie (twin of Alice), Sarah Jane, Esther
and Bessie (Elizabeth).
Their parents were William Kitson (born Monkhopton
Bridgenorth) and Eliza Dabbs who also grew up in Steeraway with
parents John and Sarah.
Above is my father Eric Jones on
the left, his brother Dennis Allan (known as Allan) and their
mother Alice Emma Jones (Nee Kitson) in front of the cottage at
Steeraway where she grew up and her parents still lived.
Above is a picture of the cottage on its own.
The cottage in 2005, now called Rose Cottage,
still a very beautiful property!
Im 29 so I don’t remember any of the following
it is just what I have found out whilst researching my tree so
any corrections or additions would be most welcome.
I understand there were Limestone mine workings
in Steeraway and I believe there to be a quarry? My father remembers
going there with his father Frederick Gordon Jones.
In 1841 approximately 100 men and 20 boys were
employed there.
The mine in Steeraway was owned by Steeraway
Lime Co. In 1896 and the agent is listed as John O Owen at that
time there were 7 workers underground and 3 on the surface. In
1908 it was called “Hatch Level” and owned by the same company,
with 5 workers below and one above and the agent was a J Goodall.
Apparently this mining continued into 1918, at that time the agent
was still J Goodall and the owner is listed as a J Cetti from
Wellington. The operation had been scaled down and there were
3 workers below ground and none above.
This area fascinates me, as I have taken a
few drives into the area. I have been into Lime Kiln woods and
seen a limekiln these are all at the end of Limekiln lane just
off Bayley road in Arleston.
My family according to the 1891 census occupied
two properties in the aree, one was where Edward Kitson my Great
Great grandfather lived, he was widowed by then, and the other
was where my great grandfather William Kitson lived.
The 1881 census for them reads as follows (courtesy
of the Church of the Latter Day saints website…
www.familysearch.org
- a fantastic site!)
DWELLING : STEERAWAY WELLINGTON 1881
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
KITSON FAMILY
EDWARD
45
ASTON EYRES
AGRICULTURAL LABOURER
KITSON(HEAD)
MARGARET
45
CLEE ST MARGARET
WILLIAM
19
MONKHOPTON
AG. LAB
BENJAMIN
13
BEGGARLY BROOK
SCHOLAR
EDWARD
8
THE SMYTHIES
SCHOLAR
MARY
COOPER
81
TUGFORD SHROPSHIRE
MOTHER IN LAW
In 1881 the Steeraway settlement wasn’t very
big with only 11 households, a summary of these from 1881 are…
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
WILLIAM
60
STEERAWAY
STONE MINER
POOLE
ANN POOLE
59
STEERAWAY
EMILY HILL
5
LANCASHIRE
THOMAS
41
WELLINGTON
STONE MINER
DABBS (LODGER)
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
GOUGH FAMILY
JAMES
38
LITTLE WENLOCK
LABOURER
GOUGH
EMMA
30
WROXETER
ALICE
6
LITTLE WENLOCK
SCHOLAR
SARAH J
5
LITTLE WENLOCK
SCHOLAR
WILLIAM T
1
WELLINGTON
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
RICKARDS FAMILY
HERBERT
41
DIDDLEBURY
AG LAB
RICKARDS
ANN
33
MUNSLOW
WILLIAM
14
MUNSLOW
SCHOLAR
ELIZABETH
3
MUNSLOW
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
THOMAS FAMILY
EDWARD
54
WEM
FARM BAILIFF
THOMAS
ELIZABETH
52
BURLTON
WILLIAM
26
BERWICK WHARF
WOOD TURNER
FANNY
19
WELLINGTON
GENERAL SERVANT
ANNIE M
14
STEERAWAY
GEN SERV
EDWARD
11
STEERAWAY
SCHOLAR
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
JONES FAMILY
ROBERT
34
WELLINGTON
ENGINE DRIVER
JONES
MARY
40
WELLINGTON
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
SUMNALL FAMILY
JOHN
40
LAWLEY
COAL MINER
SUMNALL
MARY
35
ARLESTON
EMMA
13
STEERAWAY
SCHOLAR
MARY ANN
11
STEERAWAY
SCHOLAR
JOHN H
9
STEERAWAY
SCHOLAR
ELIZABETH
7
STEERAWAY
SCHOLAR
HANNAH
6
STEERAWAY
MARTHA
5
STEERAWAY
THOMAS
2
STEERAWAY
KATE
1 MONTH
STEERAWAY
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
HARRIS FAMILY
JAMES
51
KINGSLAND HEREFORD AG LAB
HARRIS
ANN
34
EYTON HEREFORD
ELIZA
8
LEOMINSTER HEREFORD
SCHOLAR
WILLIAM
4
SQUARE GATE YORK
LAURA
2
BERWICK WHARF
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
HOWELLS FAMILY
HENRY
38
STEERAWAY
COAL MINER
HOWELLS
EMMA
36
NEW WORKS
JOHN H
14
NEW WORKS
AG LAB
LUCY
12
NEW WORKS
SCHOLAR
WILLIAM
11
NEW WORKS
SCHOLAR
EMILY
9
NEW WORKS
SCHOLAR
JAMES
5
STEERAWAY
SELINA
4
STEERAWAY
HARRIET
2
STEERAWAY
My Dabbs Family…
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
JOHN
37
DUDLEY WORCS
BLACKSMITH
DABBS
SARAH
35
MUNSLOW
WILLIAM
13
WELLINGTON
SCHOLAR
ELIZA
11
WELLINGTON
SCHOLAR
HARRY
8
WELLINGTON
SCHOLAR
JOHN H
5
WELLINGTON
SCHOLAR
ARTHUR
3
WELLINGTON
MINNIE
5 WKS
WELLINGTON
Another Dabbs family not sure if related yet
though.
NAME
AGE
BIRTHPLACE
OCCUPATION
RICHARD
54
WELLINGTON
STONE MINER
DABBS
SARAH
47
WELLINGTON
RICHARD
21
WELLINGTON
GENERAL LABOURER
HERBERT
19
WELLINGTON
GEN LAB
HENRY B
16
WELLINGTON
GEN LAB
ALFRED
14
WELLINGTON
GEN LAB
AGNES
10
WELLINGTON
SCHOLAR
ADA
7
WELLINGTON
SCHOLAR
WILLIAM
7
WELLINGTON
SCHOLAR
I also have the 1851 census and the families
living there at that time are…
(please excuse any errors as these images are
extremely difficult to read)
BOLAS
TAYLOR
GITTINS
PUGH
OWEN
CORFIELD
JONES (no relation to my Jones’s they are from
Asterley Pontesbury)
PIDGEON
BENNETT
POOLE
FROST
HOWELLS
DAVIES
JOHNSON.
(CD courtesy of Gordon W Beavington)
The M54 Bridge off LimeKiln Lane
A lime Kiln in the woods!
The entrance to Lime Kiln woods
Steeraway / Limekiln Lane.
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