{"id":196,"date":"2026-03-11T21:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timpson.nz\/?page_id=196"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:25:53","slug":"chapter-four","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/timpson.nz\/index.php\/chapter-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Timpson & Ann Wheelband Marry \u00b7 1860"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Henry Timpson (TE6)<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1860 \u2013 1861<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Henry Timpson Marries Ann Wheelband<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The happy day had arrived and the wedding of Henry Timpson and Ann Wheelband was performed by the Rev Edward Wells, the Rector in the local All Saints Parish Church, at Kings Cliffe on Thursday 5 January 1860.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pair having attended church there for the last three Sundays for the reading of the Banns.  For the civil registration document Henry had given his occupation as shepherd and age as 27 and Ann her age as 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The witnesses were both from the bride\u2019s family signifying their approval of the marriage. They were John Wheelband (we assume Ann\u2019s father, as her brother John had married a widow in Devon and changed his name) and Ann\u2019s older sister Sarah Elizabeth Wheelband. It was a time of celebration for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"All
All Saints Church Kings Cliffe where Henry and Ann were married.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The couple had decided to live in Kings Cliffe as with a population in 1860 of around 1,200 people it offered the opportunity of going into business and Henry\u2019s sister Mary Ann was living there with her husband James Loweth who had been Innkeeper at The Wheel Inn since 1847.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Circa
Photo taken outside \u201cThe Wheel Inn\u201d Kings Cliffe. Circa 1861 \u2013 early 1862 according to the children\u2019s ages. <\/em>
Back row – James and Mary Ann Loweth n\u00e9e Timpson – Innkeepers
Second row – Unknown (Loweth?) male relative (with his hands on Charles Loweth\u2019s shoulders), Ann Timpson n\u00e9e Wheelband, Harriet Loweth, Henry Timpson (with his hands on Emma Loweth\u2019s shoulders).
Third row \u2013 Charles Loweth, Emma Loweth.
In Front sitting \u2013 Henry Timpson Loweth. (Note infant boys were dressed the same as girls in those days).
This is the first known photo of Henry and Ann Timpson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About Kings Cliffe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

KINGS CLIFFE was a royal manor, part of the ancient demesne of the crown. Until the mid-1800s, a market cross stood at the crossroads in the centre of the village, an area known as \u201cThe Cross\u201d.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018town\u2019 of Kings Cliffe was of some importance relative to neighbouring Stamford in the early Middle Ages, but its fortunes declined in the 15th century.  Hunting visits by the royal household had dwindled and around 1439, possibly as a consequence, many houses were recorded as \u2018waste\u2019 and returning no revenue to the King. In 1462, a serious fire is said to have destroyed 100 houses, the \u2018King\u2019s House\u2019 among them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual fair and market were suspended and not reinstated until 1604.  In 1592, Queen Elizabeth I granted \u2018Cliffe Park\u2019 to the Earl of Essex and, on his fall from favour, Lord Burghley took keepership of it.   The royal connection continued until 1812 when the Earls of Exeter (the Burghley\u2019s of Stamford) bought it outright from the Crown.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Map
Map showing Kings Cliffe in relation to Apethorpe and Laxton<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With no resident \u2018Lord of the Manor\u2019, Kings Cliffe was an open town, attracting people to settle here who had left their own parishes for whatever reason.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Old
Old buildings in modern day Kings Cliffe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Kings Cliffe Church from the South
A view along one of the many narrow lanes in the town of Kings Cliffe.
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

1861 Census<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The next time we see Henry and Ann is in the 1861 Census held on 7 April 1861. Henry and Ann are living at West Street in Kings Cliffe and are looking after Henry\u2019s widowed mother.  Henry is aged 28 and Ann 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Actual
Actual Census record of Henry and Ann Timpson in 1861<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Of interest is that Henry now gives his occupation in the Census as Grocer & Shepherd. After expert consultation and the lack of any reference in the local trade directories we must assume that Henry and Ann would have operated a small grocery business from home, probably with Ann doing a lot of the work and Henry supplementing their income as a shepherd.\u00a0
The grocery business can\u2019t have been very profitable as by September 1864 it is no longer mentioned.

89 West Street Kings Cliffe as it is today. Henry and Ann and family would have lived on the right hand side with the white door.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

\"89<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Henry and Ann would both have worked at \u201cThe Wheel Inn\u201d when it was busy for some extra funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Henry’s sister Frances in Chapter Five<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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