in Stoke-on-Trent
in Stoke-on-Trent
| Area Hanley (Shelton) |
Street 1 Cemetery Road |
Heritage No. 54A |
Grade II |
Date Listed 15 March 1993 |
Building:
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Description:
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Cemetery Road was built for Hanley Borough Council by Mr Durber, along with the drainage and boundary walls for £1808.
The house like the other two lodges was built of white bricks with stone dressings to the design of Henry Ward and Son, who designed Stoke Town Hall.
William Marsh was appointed in 1860 as one of the labourers and sexton at the cemetery to live in the lodge on Stoke Road. Wages at 18s a week for 7 days work and any overtime that may be required.
View of Cemetery Road from Stoke
Road
on the left is the Sexton's Lodge
and on the right is the Registrar's House.
No 1 Cemetery Road - The Sexton's
Lodge
Entrance to the lodge on Cemetery
Road
photos: Jan 2001
1861 census returns:
Shelton Park (sextons Lodge)
| Name | Position | Status | Age | Employment | Place of Birth |
| William Marsh | Head | Married | 44 | Sexton to cemetery | Staffs, Tean |
| Sarah Marsh | Wife | Married | 46 | Cheshire, Milwich | |
| Albert Marsh | Son | Single | 17 | Potter | Staffs, Hilderstone |
| William Marsh | Son | Single | 12 | Scholar | Staffs, Hilderstone |
| Eliza Marsh | Daughter | Single | 11 | Scholar | Staffs, Hanley |
| Jane Marsh | Daughter | Single | 7 | Scholar | Staffs, Hanley |
1891 census returns:
1 Cemetery Road (sextons Lodge)
| Name | Position | Status | Age | Employment | Place of Birth |
| John Waltho | Head | Married | 31 | Bricklayer | Staffs, Barlaston |
| Elizabeth Waltho | Wife | Married | 33 | Staffs, Hanley | |
| Alice Waltho | Daughter | Single | 12 | Scholar | Staffs, Hanley |
| Nellie Waltho | Daughter | Single | 7 | Scholar | Staffs, Hanley |
| Florance Waltho | Daughter | Single | 5 | Scholar | Staffs, Hanley |
| Ethel Waltho | Daughter | Single | 2 | Staffs, Hanley |
| The Registrar's lodge | The cemetery
chapels |
