Laburnum Terrace

Owners of No. 14 Gloucester Road

We have not seen the deeds of this property, but we believe that the house was transferred from John Hodges, the original owner, to his daughter, Emma and her husband, John Williams on August 27 1858.  Other properties, including numbers 12, and 22 were transferred to John and Emma at the same time.

John & Emma Williams continued to own the house until their deaths, both in 1897.  Before Emma died, she made arrangements for properties to be transferred to her son, John Hodges Williams.  John accumulated a large estate of property in central Thornbury - click here to see more details of their landholdings.

Following the death of John Hodges Williams in 1934, the property was transferred to his son, Henry William Williams. Henry moved to London and died in 1960 aged 88.  The properties continued to be managed by his trustees ever since.  Number 14 was eventually sold off to Cyril Williams and his wife, Hilda about 1965. 

There was no connection between Cyril and the family of John & Emma Williams who had owned the property earlier.  Cyril was a  builder who had worked as an apprentice with Jack Hodges in Castle Street.  He later set up his own business in conjunction with a friend, before branching out on his own.

Cyril and Hilda lived at 27 St Mary Street until the late 1960's when they moved into Selwood, 22 Gloucester Road.  Around 1972, Cyril and Hilda moved down the Gloucester Road to live in one of his two properties at Millpond Cottages, Morton.  Cyril died about 2000.

Click here to see information on the families who occupied the property as TENANTS

This page was last updated: 28/08/2007