Wallingford Berks Line

William George LovelockAge: 59 years17861845

Name
William George Lovelock
Given names
William George
Surname
Lovelock
Birth 1 March 1786

Christening 21 June 1786 (Age 3 months)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1786 Jun 21 LOVELOCK Willm s. John and Mary

Birth of a brotherThomas Lovelock
about 1788 (Age 22 months)

Occupation
Butcher/Victualler

Christening of a brotherThomas Lovelock
10 March 1788 (Age 2 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

Wallingford St Mary 1788 Mar 10 LOVELOCK Thomas s. John and Mary

Birth of a sisterMary Maria Lovelock
about 1790 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherStephen Lovelock
about 1791 (Age 4 years)

Christening of a brotherStephen Lovelock
26 October 1791 (Age 5 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1791 Oct 26 LOVELOCK Stephen s. John and Mary

Birth of a brotherJob Lovelock
about 1793 (Age 6 years)
Christening of a brotherJob Lovelock
29 May 1793 (Age 7 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1793 May 29 LOVELOCK Job s. John and Mary

Death of a motherMary Whitwick
6 June 1804 (Age 18 years)

Text:

Plot M34 In memory of JOHN LOVELOCK who died Aug 5th 1817 aged 77 yrs Also Mary his Wife died June 6th Aged 50 Yrs.

Burial of a motherMary Whitwick
6 June 1804 (Age 18 years)
Publication: John Talbot responded to a letter John Lovelock put in the Wallingford Herald. John provided a Family Tree but no other information.
Text:

MI Wallingford Plot M34. In memory of John Lovelock who died Aug 5th 1817 aged 77 Yrs Also Mary his Wife died June 6th Aged 50 Yrs. PR Wallingford: 1804 Jun 6 LOVELOCK Mrs Mary

Text:

Wallingford St Mary Le More Burials [Modern Transcript] 1804 Jun 6 LOVELOCK Mrs Mary

MarriageKitty CherrilView this family
24 September 1810 (Age 24 years)
Text:

1810 Sep 24 William Lovelock, St Mary Wallingford and Kitty Cherrill, Dorchester. By Licence. Witnesses: Vincent Cherrill, Mary Lovelock

Birth of a son
#1
William Lovelock
about 1810 (Age 23 years)
Christening of a sonWilliam Lovelock
25 December 1810 (Age 24 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1810 Dec 25 LOVELOCK William s. William and Catharine

Birth of a son
#2
John Lovelock
17 May 1813 (Age 27 years)

Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1813 Jul 4 LOVELOCK John s. William, victualler and Catherine, Market Place born May 17

Christening of a sonJohn Lovelock
4 July 1813 (Age 27 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1813 Jul 4 LOVELOCK John s. William, victualler and Catherine, Market Place born May 17

Birth of a son
#3
Thomas Lovelock
about 1815 (Age 28 years)

Christening of a sonThomas Lovelock
4 June 1815 (Age 29 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1815 Jun 4 LOVELOCK Thomas s. William, victualler Catherine, Market Place

Death of a fatherJohn Lovelock
5 August 1817 (Age 31 years)

Source: MI
Text:

MI reads: "In memory of John Lovelock who died 5 August 1817 aged 77 years also his Wife Mary who died June 6th 1804 aged 50".

Burial of a fatherJohn Lovelock
18 August 1817 (Age 31 years)
Publication: John Talbot responded to a letter John Lovelock put in the Wallingford Herald. John provided a Family Tree but no other information.
Text:

Also Wallingford MIs, Oxon FHS. Plot M34. In memory of John Lovelock who died Aug 5th 1817 aged 77 Yrs Also Mary his Wife died June 6th 1804 Aged 50 Yrs. Wallingford PR: 1817 Aug 18 LOVELOCK John 77 yrs Fish St of this parish

Birth of a son
#4
James Lovelock
about 1818 (Age 31 years)

Christening of a sonJames Lovelock
18 January 1818 (Age 31 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1818 Jan 18 LOVELOCK James s. William, victualler and Catherine, Market Place

Birth of a son
#5
George Lovelock
about 1819 (Age 32 years)
Christening of a sonGeorge Lovelock
10 October 1819 (Age 33 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1819 Oct 10 LOVELOCK George s. William, victualler and Catherine, Market Place

Birth of a son
#6
Henry Lovelock
about 1822 (Age 35 years)

Christening of a sonHenry Lovelock
25 September 1822 (Age 36 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

Wallingford St Mary 1822 Sep 25 LOVELOCK Henry s. William, victualler and Catherine, Market Place

Birth of a son
#7
Henry Lovelock
about 1824 (Age 37 years)

Death of a sonHenry Lovelock
1824 (Age 37 years)

Burial of a sonHenry Lovelock
22 May 1824 (Age 38 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

Wallingford St Mary 1824 May 22 LOVELOCK Henry 2 yrs Market Place of this parish

Burial of a sonHenry Lovelock
27 November 1824 (Age 38 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

Wallingford St Mary 1824 Nov 27 LOVELOCK Henry, infant, Market Place, of this parish

Death of a wifeKitty Cherril
2 December 1824 (Age 38 years)

Source: MI
Text:

St Mary Le More Churchyard Plot M33 On the north side of the churchyard close to the tower. In Memory of WILLM LOVELOCK who died 1815 Also KITTY his wife died Dec 2 ___ aged ___ _____ died Jan 3rd aged 77 years. Footstone [still there in 1994] W L 1815 K L 1824 H L ___ [Note: Kitty Lovelock who died Dec 2 [1824] is the wife of William George Lovelock who died [22 Dec] 1845 NOT 1815. The H L who died 3 Jan ___ aged 77 is presumeably Hannah Gibbs who was buried at St Marys Wallingford 31 Jan 1867 aged 77.]

Burial of a wifeKitty Cherril
27 December 1824 (Age 38 years)
Text:

Wallingford St Mary Le More Burials 1824 Dec 27 LOVELOCK Kitty, 33 yrs, Market Place, of this parish

Death of a brotherStephen Lovelock
1826 (Age 39 years)

Burial of a brotherStephen Lovelock
9 June 1826 (Age 40 years)
Text:

1826 Jun 9 Stephen Lovelock, aged 35, Thame

MarriageHannah GibbsView this family
5 November 1827 (Age 41 years)
Text:

1827 Nov 5 William Lovelock, St Mary Wallingford, licence & Hannah Gibbs. Witnesses: John Lovelock, Ann Stratton

Shared note: 1841 Census
Birth of a son
#8
Henry Gibbs Lovelock
about 1829 (Age 42 years)

Christening of a sonHenry Gibbs Lovelock
10 August 1829 (Age 43 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1829 Aug 10 LOVELOCK Henry Gibbs s. William, victualler Hannah, Market Place

Death of a sisterHannah Lovelock
1830 (Age 43 years)

Burial of a sisterHannah Lovelock
18 May 1830 (Age 44 years)
Text:

Wallingford St Leonard 1830 May 18 Hannah Readings, aged 44, Church Lane [Source: Berkshire Burial Index; also checked in PR by Berkshire FHS. '44' is correct.]

Birth of a son
#9
Charles Gibbs Lovelock
about 1831 (Age 44 years)
Christening of a sonCharles Gibbs Lovelock
15 May 1831 (Age 45 years)
Source: Berkshire PRs
Text:

1831 May 15 LOVELOCK Charles Gibbs s. William, victualler & Hannah, St Martins St

Birth of a son
#10
Francis Lovelock
about 1834 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam LovelockMary HudswellView this family
24 September 1834 (Age 48 years)
Text:

1834 Sep 24 William Lovelock, Licence & Mary Hudswell. Witnesses: John Lovelock, Mary Lovelock

Shared note: 1841 Census
Census 1841 (Age 54 years)

Note: St Martins St, St Mary, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Death of a sisterElizabeth Lovelock
1845 (Age 58 years)

Burial of a sisterElizabeth Lovelock
31 January 1845 (Age 58 years)
Text:

Wallingford St Leonards Burial 1845 Jan 31 CHILD Elizabeth 64yrs, of St John's Walk

Death 22 December 1845 (Age 59 years)
Burial 25 December 1845 (3 days after death)
Source: MI
Text:

Also Headstone in St Mary's, Wallingford churchyard close to the tower reads: In memory of Willm Lovelock who died 1845 ...... Also Kitty his wife died Dec 2, 1824 aged .... H L died Jan 3 1867 aged 77 years". Plot M33.

Text:

Wallingford St Mary Le More Burials 1845 Dec 25 LOVELOCK Wm 59 yrs St Martin's St of this parish

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 15 November 1779St Leonards, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
14 months
elder sister
23 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
14 months
himself
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Family with Kitty Cherril - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 24 September 1810Warborough, Oxfordshire, England
3 months
son
3 years
son
3 years
son
4 years
son
2 years
son
4 years
son
3 years
son
Family with Hannah Gibbs - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 5 November 1827Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England
2 years
son
3 years
son
Charles Gibbs Lovelock
Birth: about 1831St Leonards, Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Death: between January 1883 and March 1883Registration District, Wantage, Berkshire, England
4 years
son

ChristeningBerkshire PRs
Text:

1786 Jun 21 LOVELOCK Willm s. John and Mary

MarriageOxfordshire PR
Text:

1810 Sep 24 William Lovelock, St Mary Wallingford and Kitty Cherrill, Dorchester. By Licence. Witnesses: Vincent Cherrill, Mary Lovelock

MarriageOxfordshire PR
Text:

1827 Nov 5 William Lovelock, St Mary Wallingford, licence & Hannah Gibbs. Witnesses: John Lovelock, Ann Stratton

DeathWill of William Lovelock 1847
BurialMI
Text:

Also Headstone in St Mary's, Wallingford churchyard close to the tower reads: In memory of Willm Lovelock who died 1845 ...... Also Kitty his wife died Dec 2, 1824 aged .... H L died Jan 3 1867 aged 77 years". Plot M33.

BurialWallingford St Mary PR
Text:

Wallingford St Mary Le More Burials 1845 Dec 25 LOVELOCK Wm 59 yrs St Martin's St of this parish

Marriage

1841 Census Wallingford Registration District (HO107/023/23: Folio 9/10: Wallingford St Mary) Address: St Martins St

Surname Forenames Age Occupation Born in County LOVELOCK William 53 Butcher Y LOVELOCK Hannah 40 Y LOVELOCK George 20 Butcher Y LOVELOCK Henry 12 Y LOVELOCK Charles 10 Y LOVELOCK Frederick 50 Ind. Y LOVELOCK Francis 7 Y MILLS Hannah 19 FS N

In 1842 Pigot & Co's Directory for Berkshire: Wallingford, William is listed under Taverns & Public Houses as Mermaid, Market place

In 1847 PO Directory for Berks and Oxon: Wallingford: Traders: Mrs Hannah & George Lovelock, 'Butchers & Mermaid', Market Place and in Billings Directory & Gazetteer of Berks & Oxon 1854 Hannah and George Lovelock, victuallers & butchers, The Mermaid, Market pl.

1851 Census Registration District (Folio 268: Wallingford, St Mary Le More) Address: Mermaid LOVELOCK Hannah Head Married 59 Innkeeper Barton(?), WAR LOVELOCK Henry G Son Unmarried 21 Butcher Wallingford, BRK LOVELOCK Charles G Son Unmarried 19 Clothier's Asst Wallingford, BRK LOVELOCK Thomas Nephew Unmarried 16 Lawyer's Clerk Wallingford, BRK PAYNE Dinah Servant Unmarried 14 House Servant Woodcot, OXF

THE MERMAID

According to the Register, John Lovelock was the licensee in 1784, and various members of the family continued as licensees until 1875. The Licence was not renewed in 1876.

Riches White was the innkeeper when the Mermaid was relicensed in 1650/51, and the Museum has a trade token issued by him in 1669.

The Charity Commissioners Reports of 1819 ? 1837 reveal that the Mermaid Inn had been lands belonging to St. Mary's Church "from time immemorial." At the time of the Report, the Inn was let to Edward Wells for 21 years from Lady Day 1821. The Churchwardens were paying a Quit Rent of 1/- in 1849.

Banbury given Thomas Lovelock as the occupier, who also ran a butcher's shop, but by the following year (Kelly) he had been succeeded by Hannah & G. Lovelock, who was George Lovelock . At the 1851 Census, Hannah was head of the household, and her eldest son, Henry G., was only 21.

Peter Davies (WM 26.10.79) says that on market days, William Lovelock (1812-1818+) provided a pen in the yard where buying and selling of pigs was carried out, until the authorities made him stop it in 1821. For a time, it was called "Butchers and Mermaid".

Both Davies and Hutchinson say that it was sometimes called "The Mere Maid".

Hutchinson also says there was a slaughterhouse on the premises.

The G.P.O. stands on the site, and Mr. Hutchinson says that in 1927 the premises "were occupied by Mr. A. H. Wilkins, florist and fruiterer. The same business belonged to Mrs. M. Harding till 1919." I'm told by someone in Croft Road that before the Post Office, it was Horrabins the greengrocers.

In the Charities Report above mentioned:-

"There has been paid for a great number of years, by the Wells family, a sum of £2, which is distributed by the Churchwardens annually on Good Friday to poor widows. This charge is stated in the Parliamentary Reports of 1786 to be then vested in the Minister and Churchwardens, but the donor is returned as unknown. There is a tradition in the Parish that it originated in a small portion of land forming part of the Mermaid premises in St. Mary's Lane (belonging to the Churchwardens) being railed out as a garden opposite the mansion of Mr. Wells' family for which they were to pay a perpetual rent of £2 but there is no documentation."

Census

St Martins St, St Mary, Wallingford, Berkshire, England HO107 23/23 F4 P2

William Lovelock;53;Butcher;born in Berks Hannah Lovelock;40;;born in Berks George Lovelock;20;Butcher;born in Berks Henry Lovelock;12;;born in Berks Charles Lovelock;10;;born in Berks Frederick Lovelock;50;;born in Berks Francis Lovelock;7;;born in Berks Hannah Mills;19;FS;not born in Berks

Shared note

Listed in 1823-24 Pigot & Co Directory for Berkshire: Wallingford under Inns & Public Houses: Mermaid, William Lovelock.

Listed in 1830 Pigot & Co's Directory for Bucks, Gloucs, Hants and Oxon under Butchers, Market place and under Taverns and Public Houses: Mermaid, Wm Lovelock, Market place.

Probably the William Lovelock who provided dinner of the Court of Leet Jury in 1831/32. [Ref: Wallingford - A History of an English Market Town, 1994]

Shown in 1841 census living in St Martins Street [Wallingford]: William[bn 1786], Catherine[wife], George[bn 1819], Henry Gibbs[bn 1829], Charles Gibbs[bn 1831]. Also a Francis Lovelock age 7, a Frederick Lovelock age 50 and one servant. (Letter John Talbot 8.11.00]

In 1841 Pigot & Co's Directory for Berkshire: Wallingford, William is listed under Butchers, Market place

In 1851 census family living at Mermaid Public House. Family members shown as Hannah [wife of William L. bn 1786], Thomas [bn 1834, nephew, lawyers clerk and Charles Gibbs [bn 1831, Clothier's Assistant]

Butcher. Line of Bill Lovelock of Junee, NSW, Australia.

Beneficiary in his father's Will 1818.

Left Will dated 5 Nov 1845 and proved 11 Dec 1847. William stated he was of Wallingford, Berkshire and a butcher. He left all his estate to his wife Hannah Gibbs Lovelock and his son George Lovelock. He appointed his sons William and James as executors. Witnessed by John Lovelock and Richd Deacon. William died 22 Dec 1845.