Leicestershire Blacksmiths

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Surname	Given Name	Trade	Year	Notes
AINGE	Alban	Blacksmith	1716	Alban Ainge, blacksmith & framesmith for hosiery machine industry. Born 1716 in Wigston, Leicestershire, England. Some of his descendants (also on this Index) moved to Syston, Leicestershire and worked as blacksmiths. For more information and URL to family tree..
AINGE	George	Blacksmith		George Ainge, blacksmith & framesmith for hosiery machine industry. Father was Thomas Ainge (see this Index for contact person)..
AINGE	John	Blacksmith		John Ainge , blacksmith & framesmith for hosiery machine industry. Father was George Ainge (see this Index for contact person)..
AINGE	Thomas	Blacksmith		Thomas Ainge, blacksmith & framesmith for hosiery machine industry. Father was Alban Ainge (see this Index for contact person)..
AINGE	William	Blacksmith		William Ainge, blacksmith & framesmith for hosiery machine industry. Father Alban Ainge ((see this Index for contact person)..
BRAMLEY	William	Blacksmith	1768	William Bramley, blacksmith. Born circa 1768 at Wymeswold, Leicestershire. Died 14 July 1841, cause fo feath "dropsy". 1841 Census for Syerston lists him as a blacksmith, aged 70, not born in county. Married Ann (Nanny) Wragby in 1792. The 1851 census lists his children as: James 30yrs (ag.labourer); Catherine 45yrs(?died E Stoke on 3 MAR 1850); Eliza 15yrs; Thomas Marshall, 10yrs; Joseph Oliver 7yrs. In 1826 he made the gates for Syerston Hall, but they were apparently destroyed when the original owner went bankrupt about 1990. The hinges on the new gates (2000) have his name written on them. In 1996 these had been recently outlined in gold. The name of the owner of the hall was also on the hinges..
BRIGGS	Thomas	Blacksmith	1831	Thomas Briggs, blacksmith. Born about 1831 at Lobro, Civil Parish of Cossington, Leicestershire. Apprenticed to blacksmith Charles & Lucy Walker, living at Cossington Village, Leicestershire. See Census 1851 and 1861..
DALBY	John	Blacksmith	1841	John Dalby, blacksmith, mechanic & fitter. Born 1841 at Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. 1861: 20yrs, with his father, master blacksmith William (. 1871: Married. Mechanic at Hosiery Factory, Loughborough. 1881: 49yrs, Heanor, Derby, Mechanic. 1901 at Nottingham, Fitter Lace Machinist..
DALBY	William	Blacksmith	1811	William Dalby, born about 1811, Willoughby, NOTTS. He married Sarah Harriman of Loughborough in 1839. 1861: 50yrs, at Mill Hill, Loughborough LEICS. 1871: 62yrs, 'On the Banks' Seagrave. 1881: 69yrs, Widower at 68 Woodgate, Loughborough. 1891: 80yrs, by then had re-married, 68 Woodgate,Loughborough. Died: 1892 aged 82yrs..
HINES	John	Blacksmith	1839	John Hines, blacksmith & coachbuilder. Born in 1839 in Weston Favel, Northamptonshire, England. Married Elizabeth Smith, in Caldecot, Rutland in 1869. The marriage certificate states he was a Coachmaker. He then moved to Market Harborough and moved to Birmingham, Warwickshire. On his sons bith certificate in 1873 it states he was a coachsmith. The 1901 Census states he was a Blacksmith living at Hanover street in Birmingham. He died on he 18 November 1908 age 69 years as a Coachsmith Journeyman at 38 Bell Barn road in Birmingham. Also listed in Blacksmiths of Northamptonshire & Warwickshire. Also listed in Cartwrights Index..
KILWORTH	Arthur Thomas	Blacksmith	1866	Arthur Thomas Kilworth, blacksmith. Born in 1866 at Stoke Green near Coventry, Warwickshire, England.. He died on the 27th of May 1910 in Scofton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was the son of blacksmith John Kilworth (1813).1837. Arthur appears in the 1881 census as a 15-year-old apprentice, living with his father. In the 1891 census, he is 25 years old, a blacksmith, working in the family Smithy in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire.
KILWORTH	John	Blacksmith	1806	John Kilworth Snr, blacksmith. Born in 1806 in Welford, Northamptonshire, England. Died 2nd Dec 1866 in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire. He is listed as a blacksmith in the 1841 census for Bruntingthorpe, and in the 1846 Directory of Leicestershire and Bruntingthorpe. The 1851 and 1861 censuses list him a blacksmith in Bruntingthorpe..
KILWORTH	John	Blacksmith	1837	John Kilworth Jnr, blacksmith. Born about 1837 in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England. He died in Bruntingthorpe on the 4th of March 1913. He was the son of blacksmith John Kilworth (1806-1866). 1851 Census a blacksmith in Bruntingthorpe.1870 Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland, a blacksmith, Bruntingthorpe. 1877 Whites Directory: a blacksmith in Bruntingthorpe, 1881 Census, a blacksmith in Bruntingthorpe. 1883 Directory of Leicester and Fifteen Miles Around, a blacksmith, Bruntingthorpe.1891 Census, blacksmith and Inn Keeper at Arnesby, Leicestershire.1901 Census, blacksmith, Bruntingthorpe. Fathers Probate: listed as a blacksmith and grazier in Bruntingthorpe..
KILWORTH	John William	Blacksmith	1864	John William Kilworth, blacksmith. Born about 1864 at Stoke Green near Coventry, Warwickshire, England and died 23 February 1942 at Heath Ed Road, Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The son of blacksmith John Kilworth (1837-1913). The 1881 Census lists him as a blacksmith at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire. 1891 Census, a blacksmith at Tugby, Leicestershire. In 1901, he was a blacksmith in the village of Bulkington, in Warwickshire. In 1911, a blacksmith in Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire..
KILWORTH	Samuel	Blacksmith	1839	Samuel Kilworth, blacksmith. Born in 1839 in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England. Died 29 Mar 1919 in Shearsby, Leicestershire. Samuel was the son of blacksmith John Kilworth (1806-1866). Samuel is recorded as a blacksmith in Shearsby in 1861. In 1871, a blacksmith in Arnesby, Leicestershire, 1876: UK and County Directories, a blacksmith in Arnesby. 1877: Whites Directory, a blacksmith in Arnesby. 1881 finds him back in Shearsby, and in 1891, he is at 1 Church Lane, Shearsby. Census 1901 in Arnesby and recorded as a blacksmith and Inn Keeper of the 'Shoulder of Mutton' Pub. In the 1911 census, he is still in Arnesby but is recorded as the 'Shoulder of Mutton� publican and a grazier..
KILWORTH	Tom Read	Blacksmith	1866	Tom Read Kilworth, blacksmith. Born in 1866 in Leicestershire, England. And died 22 Oct 1926 in Leicester, Leicestershire. Tom was the son of blacksmith Samuel Kilworth (1839 -1919). Tom Read Kilworth is shown in the 1891 census. Tom is 25 years old, a blacksmith, living with his father (57 years old) at 1 Church Lane, Shearsby, Leicester. Also listed is Arthur Hubbard, 14 years old, a blacksmith's apprentice. In the 1911 census, Tom Read Kilworth, 45 years old, a blacksmith, living in Shearsby. Also listed is George William Spencer, a blacksmith's labourer aged 26 years..
KILWORTH	Walter	Blacksmith	1875	Walter Kilworth, blacksmith. Born about 1875 in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England and died 22nd March 1937 in Leicestershire, aged 62 years. The son of blacksmith John (1837-1913) and his wife Ann. The 1891 census lists Walter as an apprentice blacksmith in Bruntingthorpe. Lliving with his parents and siblings. In the 1901, 1911 and 1921 censuses, he was recorded as a blacksmith of Bruntingthorpe. In the 1916 issue of the Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland, under the village of Bruntingthorpe, he is shown as the blacksmith..
KILWORTH	William	Blacksmith	1844	William Kilworth, blacksmith. Born about 1844 in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England. Died in 1908 in Leicester, Leicestershire. The son of blacksmith John Kilworth (1806-1866). In the 1871 census re is recorded as a blacksmith, living at 22 Gartree St, St Margaret, Leicester. The 1881 census records him as a blacksmith now living at 57 High Cross St, Leicester. In the 1891 census, he is recorded as a blacksmith now of Healey St, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire..
KILWORTH	William	Blacksmith	1908	William Kilworth, blacksmith. Born in 1908 in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England and died in 1844 in Leicester. Son of blacksmith John Kilworth (1806 -1866). In 1871 census, records William as a blacksmith, living at 22 Gartree St, St Margaret, Leicester. In 1881 he was a blacksmith, living at 57 High Cross St, Leicester. 1891: he is a blacksmith, now of Healey St, Wigston Magna Leicestershire..
SKELLETT	William	Blacksmith	1812	William Skellett, blacksmith & farrier in Appleby (on the Leicester, Derbyshire border) in 1851. He was born and baptised in Appleby and was there in 1841, but had not remained in Appleby throughout as his sons William and Arthur and daughter Theodora were born in Tamworth, Warwickshire between 1845-1850. In 1861, he was in Edingale, Staffordshire a blacksmith. He was still described as a blacksmith in 1881 in Stapenhill, Derbyshire. Listed on Blacksmiths of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire. Indexes and on the Farriers Index..
TEMPLER	Charles	Blacksmith	1829	Charles Templer, blacksmith & farrier. Born 1829 at Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. The son of blacksmith Jacob Templer. 1853: he married Hannah Tee, and they had five children. Charles and Hannah stayed in Gretton until 1855. From 1856 to 1858, they were in Caldecot, Rutland and by 1860, they had moved to Great Easton, Leicestershire, where they spent the rest of their lives. Charles and Hannah both died in 1892. Also listed in Blacksmiths of Northampstonshire & Rutland..
WALKER	Charles	Blacksmith	1809	Charles Walker, born about 1809 at Cossington, Civil Parish of Cossington, Leicestershire. Wife Lucy born about1808 at Maycuh,Peick, Leicestershire. Living at Cossington Village,Leicestershire. See Census 1851 ..

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