Laburnum Terrace

No. 10 Gloucester Road, Thornbury

The 1840 Tithe Map shows that there was a workshop and yard on the land now occupied by number 10. The workshop and yard were owned and used by John Hodges who was living just down the road and was building the properties which were to become Laburnum Terrace.  To the rear of the workshops was a garden also owned and used by John Hodges.

We have no precise knowledge as to when number 10 was built.  The census taken in 1861 suggests that the house was not built before that time.  It was built by the time of the 1871 census so we have to assume that the house was built between 1861 and 1871.  In this case, it is likely that the house was not built by John Hodges who would have been about aged about 75, but built by his son, George Hodges.

We know that when John Hodges arranged for the transfer of his property to his children before his death, ownership of number 10 was transferred to George Hodges.  It was listed in the 'estate of George Hodges' administered by his trustees up to and including 1958.  The house was then described as '2 Laburnum Terrace'.

Click on the following links to see information on the OWNERS of No. 10 and the families who occupied the property as TENANTS

This page was last updated: 23/03/2007