LIFE GOES ON: AN INTRODUCTION

MY GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

THE SIXTEEN FAMILIES

KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER

CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN

CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR

MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

THE WORKHOUSE

WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II

simonknott.co.uk I home I e-mail

LIFE GOES ON


1893 Map of the Medway


A MAP OF THE MEDWAY TOWNS AND SURROUNDING AREA IN KENT IN 1893 depicting places of significance to the KNOTT, WATERS, BOWLES and HARRELL families in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries

Click to see a huge, high resolution map of the whole of the Medway area in 1893.   A MAP OF THE MEDWAY TOWNS AND SURROUNDING AREA IN KENT IN 1893 depicting places
of significance to the KNOTT, WATERS, BOWLES and HARRALL families in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

All of these places still exist today. The key to the map is below.

Click on the map above to see a much larger high resolution version.

Click on the smaller map on the left to see a huge, high resolution map of the whole of the Medway area in 1893.

 
           


The key to the map:

t  
            ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A GILLINGHAM. My great-great-grandfather George Knott was born here in 1842.

B LOWER HALSTOW. My great-great-grandfather George Waters was born here in 1849.

C HIGHAM. My great-great grandmother Mary Ann Harrall was born here in 1850.

D UPCHURCH. My great-grandfather William Knott was born here in 1869.

My great-great-grandmother Mary Ann Bowles was born in Faversham, just to the east of this map.
My great-grandmother Mary Ann Waters was born in Llanferres, north Wales.

E ST MARY'S CHURCH, NEWINGTON. My great-great-grandparents George Waters and Mary Ann Harrall were married here on 15th October 1871

I have not yet traced the marriage of my great-great-grandparents George Knott and Mary Ann Bowles. If it happened, it was probably in the Gillingham area in 1862.

F ST MARY'S CHURCH, STROOD. My great-grandparents William Knott and Mary Ann Waters were married here on 3rd December 1892.

G ST NICHOLAS'S CHURCH, STROOD. Most of the children of William Knott and Mary Ann Waters were baptised or married here.

H ROCHESTER. William and Mary Ann Knott and their family lived here from about 1920 onwards.

I ROCHESTER CEMETERY. William (1951) and Mary Ann (1952) Knott were buried here, as, probably, were several of their children.

   
                 
            George Knott (1842-1921) My great-great-grandfather.
1
1851 CENSUS: 8 Church Street, Gillingham
2
1861 CENSUS: 1 Hillington Square, Gillingham
3 1871 CENSUS: Halstow Road, Upchurch
4 1881 CENSUS: 8 Reeves Cottages, Gillingham
5 1891 CENSUS: 14 Grange Road, Frindsbury
6 1901 CENSUS: 58 Grange Road, Frindsbury
7 1911 CENSUS: 58 Grange Road, Frindsbury
   
                 
            Mary Ann Knott née Bowles (1843-1916) My great-great-grandmother.
1851 CENSUS: Faversham Union Workhouse, Faversham
2
1861 CENSUS: Pleasant Row, Chatham
3 1871 CENSUS: Halstow Road, Upchurch
4 1881 CENSUS: 8 Reeves Cottages, Gillingham
5 1891 CENSUS: 14 Grange Road, Frindsbury
6 1901 CENSUS: 58 Grange Road, Frindsbury
7 1911 CENSUS: 58 Grange Road, Frindsbury
   
                 
            George Waters (1849-1911) My great-great-grandfather.
1
1851 CENSUS: Lower Halstow
2
1861 CENSUS: Lower Halstow
1871 CENSUS: not found, but possibly in Newington
1881 CENSUS: 8 Upper Brents, Preston-next-Faversham (just off map to the east).
5 1891 CENSUS: 7 Broads Terrace, Strood
1901 CENSUS: Horse & Jockey public house, Hitchin, Hertfordshire (possibly travelling for work).
1911 CENSUS: One Bell public house, Wilmington, Dartford (just off map to the west).
   
                 
            Mary Ann Waters née Harrall (1850-1914) My great-great-grandmother.
1
1851 CENSUS: Upper Higham
2
1861 CENSUS: Upper Higham
3 1871 CENSUS: Church Lane, Newington
1881 CENSUS: 8 Upper Brents, Preston-next-Faversham (just off map to the east).
5 1891 CENSUS: 7 Broads Terrace, Strood
1901 CENSUS: Horse & Jockey public house, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
1911 CENSUS: One Bell public house, Wilmington, Dartford (just off map to the west).
   
                 
            William Knott (1869-1951) My great-grandfather.
3
1871 CENSUS: Halstow Road, Upchurch
4 1881 CENSUS: 8 Reeves Cottages, Gillingham
5 1891 CENSUS: 14 Grange Road, Frindsbury
6 1901 CENSUS: 12 London Road, Strood
1911 CENSUS: 16 Providence Street, Greenhithe (just off map to the west)
   
                 
            Mary Ann Knott née Waters (1872-1952) My great-grandmother.

1881 CENSUS: 8 Upper Brents, Preston-next-Faversham (just off map to the east).
5 1891 CENSUS: 7 Broads Terrace, Strood
6 1901 CENSUS: 12 London Road, Strood
1911 CENSUS: 16 Providence Street, Greenhithe (just off map to the west)
   
           



Grange Road 58 Grange Road 12 Strood Hill
River Medway ancestral churches

LIFE GOES ON: AN INTRODUCTION

MY GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

THE SIXTEEN FAMILIES

KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER

CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN

CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR

MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

THE WORKHOUSE

WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II

simonknott.co.uk I home I e-mail

LIFE GOES ON