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Hannah GibbsAge: 77 years17901867

Name
Hannah Gibbs
Given names
Hannah
Surname
Gibbs
Birth about 1790
MarriageWilliam George LovelockView this family
5 November 1827 (Age 37 years)
Text:

1827 Nov 5 William Lovelock, St Mary Wallingford, licence & Hannah Gibbs. Witnesses: John Lovelock, Ann Stratton

Shared note: 1841 Census
Birth of a son
#1
Henry Gibbs Lovelock
about 1829 (Age 39 years)

Christening of a sonHenry Gibbs Lovelock
10 August 1829 (Age 39 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1829 Aug 10 LOVELOCK Henry Gibbs s. William, victualler Hannah, Market Place

Birth of a son
#2
Charles Gibbs Lovelock
about 1831 (Age 41 years)
Christening of a sonCharles Gibbs Lovelock
15 May 1831 (Age 41 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1831 May 15 LOVELOCK Charles Gibbs s. William, victualler & Hannah, St Martins St

Birth of a son
#3
Francis Lovelock
about 1834 (Age 44 years)
Census 1841 (Age 51 years)

Note: St Martins St, St Mary, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Death of a husbandWilliam George Lovelock
22 December 1845 (Age 55 years)
Burial of a husbandWilliam George Lovelock
25 December 1845 (Age 55 years)
Source: MI
Text:

Also Headstone in St Mary's, Wallingford churchyard close to the tower reads: In memory of Willm Lovelock who died 1845 ...... Also Kitty his wife died Dec 2, 1824 aged .... H L died Jan 3 1867 aged 77 years". Plot M33.

Text:

Wallingford St Mary Le More Burials 1845 Dec 25 LOVELOCK Wm 59 yrs St Martin's St of this parish

Census 1851 (Age 61 years)

Note: Mermaid, Market Place, Wallingford, St Mary Le More, Berkshire, England
Marriage of a childCharles Gibbs LovelockAnnis AldermanView this family
between April 1858 and June 1858 (Age 68 years)
Text:

Marriages Jun 1858 Alderman Annis St Geo Hanover Sq 1a 375 Lovelock Charles St. Geo. Hanover Sq. 1a 375

Shared note: 1861 Census
Marriage of a childHenry Gibbs LovelockSusannah AldermanView this family
between January 1862 and March 1862 (Age 72 years)
Text:

Marriage1862 Lovelock Henry Gibbs Kensington 1a 201(?) 1 Also FreeBMD

Death 3 January 1867 (Age 77 years)

Text:

St Mary Le More Churchyard Plot M33 On the north side of the churchyard close to the tower. In Memory of WILLM LOVELOCK who died 1815 Also KITTY his wife died Dec 2 ___ aged ___ _____ died Jan 3rd aged 77 years. Footstone [still there in 1994] W L 1815 K L 1824 H L ___ [Note: Kitty Lovelock who died Dec 2 [1824] is the wife of William George Lovelock who died [22 Dec] 1845 NOT 1815. The H L who died 3 Jan ___ aged 77 is presumeably Hannah Gibbs who was buried at St Marys Wallingford 31 Jan 1867 aged 77.]

Burial 31 January 1867 (28 days after death)
Text:

Wallingford St Mary Le More Burials 1867 Jan 31 LOVELOCK Hannah 77 yrs, Market Place of this parish

Family with William George Lovelock - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 5 November 1827Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England
2 years
son
3 years
son
Charles Gibbs Lovelock
Birth: about 1831St Leonards, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Death: between January 1883 and March 1883Registration District, Wantage, Berkshire, England
4 years
son
William George Lovelock + Kitty Cherril - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: 24 September 1810Warborough, Oxfordshire, England
3 months
step-son
3 years
step-son
3 years
step-son
4 years
step-son
2 years
step-son
4 years
step-son
3 years
step-son

Birth1851 England Census
MarriageOxfordshire PR
Text:

1827 Nov 5 William Lovelock, St Mary Wallingford, licence & Hannah Gibbs. Witnesses: John Lovelock, Ann Stratton

DeathWallingford St Mary Le More MIs
Text:

St Mary Le More Churchyard Plot M33 On the north side of the churchyard close to the tower. In Memory of WILLM LOVELOCK who died 1815 Also KITTY his wife died Dec 2 ___ aged ___ _____ died Jan 3rd aged 77 years. Footstone [still there in 1994] W L 1815 K L 1824 H L ___ [Note: Kitty Lovelock who died Dec 2 [1824] is the wife of William George Lovelock who died [22 Dec] 1845 NOT 1815. The H L who died 3 Jan ___ aged 77 is presumeably Hannah Gibbs who was buried at St Marys Wallingford 31 Jan 1867 aged 77.]

BurialWallingford St Mary PR
Text:

Wallingford St Mary Le More Burials 1867 Jan 31 LOVELOCK Hannah 77 yrs, Market Place of this parish

Marriage

1841 Census Wallingford Registration District (HO107/023/23: Folio 9/10: Wallingford St Mary) Address: St Martins St

Surname Forenames Age Occupation Born in County LOVELOCK William 53 Butcher Y LOVELOCK Hannah 40 Y LOVELOCK George 20 Butcher Y LOVELOCK Henry 12 Y LOVELOCK Charles 10 Y LOVELOCK Frederick 50 Ind. Y LOVELOCK Francis 7 Y MILLS Hannah 19 FS N

In 1842 Pigot & Co's Directory for Berkshire: Wallingford, William is listed under Taverns & Public Houses as Mermaid, Market place

In 1847 PO Directory for Berks and Oxon: Wallingford: Traders: Mrs Hannah & George Lovelock, 'Butchers & Mermaid', Market Place and in Billings Directory & Gazetteer of Berks & Oxon 1854 Hannah and George Lovelock, victuallers & butchers, The Mermaid, Market pl.

1851 Census Registration District (Folio 268: Wallingford, St Mary Le More) Address: Mermaid LOVELOCK Hannah Head Married 59 Innkeeper Barton(?), WAR LOVELOCK Henry G Son Unmarried 21 Butcher Wallingford, BRK LOVELOCK Charles G Son Unmarried 19 Clothier's Asst Wallingford, BRK LOVELOCK Thomas Nephew Unmarried 16 Lawyer's Clerk Wallingford, BRK PAYNE Dinah Servant Unmarried 14 House Servant Woodcot, OXF

THE MERMAID

According to the Register, John Lovelock was the licensee in 1784, and various members of the family continued as licensees until 1875. The Licence was not renewed in 1876.

Riches White was the innkeeper when the Mermaid was relicensed in 1650/51, and the Museum has a trade token issued by him in 1669.

The Charity Commissioners Reports of 1819 ? 1837 reveal that the Mermaid Inn had been lands belonging to St. Mary's Church "from time immemorial." At the time of the Report, the Inn was let to Edward Wells for 21 years from Lady Day 1821. The Churchwardens were paying a Quit Rent of 1/- in 1849.

Banbury given Thomas Lovelock as the occupier, who also ran a butcher's shop, but by the following year (Kelly) he had been succeeded by Hannah & G. Lovelock, who was George Lovelock . At the 1851 Census, Hannah was head of the household, and her eldest son, Henry G., was only 21.

Peter Davies (WM 26.10.79) says that on market days, William Lovelock (1812-1818+) provided a pen in the yard where buying and selling of pigs was carried out, until the authorities made him stop it in 1821. For a time, it was called "Butchers and Mermaid".

Both Davies and Hutchinson say that it was sometimes called "The Mere Maid".

Hutchinson also says there was a slaughterhouse on the premises.

The G.P.O. stands on the site, and Mr. Hutchinson says that in 1927 the premises "were occupied by Mr. A. H. Wilkins, florist and fruiterer. The same business belonged to Mrs. M. Harding till 1919." I'm told by someone in Croft Road that before the Post Office, it was Horrabins the greengrocers.

In the Charities Report above mentioned:-

"There has been paid for a great number of years, by the Wells family, a sum of £2, which is distributed by the Churchwardens annually on Good Friday to poor widows. This charge is stated in the Parliamentary Reports of 1786 to be then vested in the Minister and Churchwardens, but the donor is returned as unknown. There is a tradition in the Parish that it originated in a small portion of land forming part of the Mermaid premises in St. Mary's Lane (belonging to the Churchwardens) being railed out as a garden opposite the mansion of Mr. Wells' family for which they were to pay a perpetual rent of £2 but there is no documentation."

Census

St Martins St, St Mary, Wallingford, Berkshire, England HO107 23/23 F4 P2

William Lovelock;53;Butcher;born in Berks Hannah Lovelock;40;;born in Berks George Lovelock;20;Butcher;born in Berks Henry Lovelock;12;;born in Berks Charles Lovelock;10;;born in Berks Frederick Lovelock;50;;born in Berks Francis Lovelock;7;;born in Berks Hannah Mills;19;FS;not born in Berks

Census

Mermaid, Market Place, Wallingford, St Mary Le More, Berkshire, England HO107 1690 F268 P10

Hannah LOVELOCK;Head, Married;59;Innkeeper;Barton(?), WAR Henry G LOVELOCK;Son, Unmarried;21;Butcher;Wallingford, Berks Charles G LOVELOCK;Son, Unmarried;19;Clothier's Asst;Wallingford, Berks Thomas LOVELOCK;Nephew, Unmarried;16;Lawyer's Clerk;Wallingford, Berks Dinah PAYNE;Servant, Unmarried;14;House Servant; Woodcot, Oxon

Shared note

1851 Census Registration District (Folio 268: Wallingford, St Mary Le More) Address: Mermaid LOVELOCK Hannah Head Married 59 Innkeeper Barton(?), WAR LOVELOCK Henry G Son Unmarried 21 Butcher Wallingford, BRK LOVELOCK Charles G Son Unmarried 19 Clothier's Asst Wallingford, BRK LOVELOCK Thomas Nephew Unmarried 16 Lawyer's Clerk Wallingford, BRK PAYNE Dinah Servant Unmarried 14 House Servant Woodcot, OXF