Sunday, August 17, 2008

Northampton - Sidney Cox's boyhood homesites..

As always, click a photo to view a larger image.

All of these locations are in the area of city center, Northampton. The present day city center likely comprised the whole of Northampton in the late 1800s.

In 1881, the William Cox family lived at 61 Cyril Street.



61 Cyril Street, the black door on the left.

By 1891, the William Cox family had moved just around the block to 21 Edith Street. Thus, Sidney was born in 1887 at either 61 Cyril or 21 Edith.




21 Edith Street, the black door on the left.

By 1901, the William Cox family had moved several blocks away to 1 Derby Road. Sidney would have been 14 years of age at this time.



1 Derby Road, the brown unit on the left.
For research and other reasons, it would be helpful to know the church parish of the family. We are not sure which parish they were a part of; however, all of the residential addresses would lead me to believe they likely were part of the St Giles Parish. If so, they would have attended the St Giles Church (of England). It is a beautiful church, over 1000 years old. We searched the church graveyard for Cox graves, to no avail.

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