The Holt Family of The Banks
James Holt, listed in the 1841 census as living on The Banks, was identified by the Bingham local history group as occupying plot 293 on the tithe map of 1841. The map shows a building in he North East corner of the plot, and this building continued to feature on maps until 1910. In 1910 Albert Squires built Ebenezer House on part of this plot. The Holt family are listed as being on the Banks for each census between 1841 and 1901, so it is reasonable to suppose occupied this plot until then.
| 1841 (adult ages were rounded down to nearest 5 or 0) |
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| James Holt | 45 |
agricultural labourer | |
| Ann | wife | 50 |
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| Mary | daughter | 25 |
lace runner |
| Henry | son | 10 |
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| Alfred | son | 3 |
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| 1851 | |||
| Ann Holt | married | 60 |
seamstress |
| Mary | daughter | 35 |
seamstress |
| Henry | son | 20 |
farm labourer |
| Alfred | son | 13 |
scholar |
| 1861 | |||
| John Holt | 67 |
widower | |
| Henry | son | 31 |
labourer |
| 1871 | |||
| Henry Holt | 42 |
agricultural labourer | |
| Elizabeth | wife | 36 |
dressmaker |
| 1881 | |||
| Henry Holt | 51 |
agricultural labourer | |
| Elizabeth | wife | 45 |
dress maker |
| 1891 | |||
| Henry Holt | 61 |
general labourer | |
| Elizabeth | wife | 56 |
dressmaker |
| 1901 | |||
| Henry Holt |
71 |
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| Elizabeth | 67 |
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Some questions arise with the above list:
Was James (1841) and John (1861) the same person; if so where was he in 1851? Ann was shown as married but also head of household, so he probably would not have been away just for the night.
Presumably as eldest son Henry would have inherited the tenancy. When he died sometime after 1901 he property was probably left vacant. The presence of narrow bricks and pantiled roof suggest the cottage seems to have become the outbuilding east of Ebenezer House.