Boot, Aston, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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Boot, Aston, Stevenage - circa 1912
Kindly provided by Michael Bennett
Residents at this address
1866/W Munt/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/John Pallett/Wheelwright & Publican/38/Aston, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Harriett Pallett/Wife/39/South Hine, Lincolnshire/Census
1871/Frederic Pallett/Son/4/Aston, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/John Pallett/Publican & carpenter/47/Aston, Herts/Census
1881/Harriet Pallett/Wife/48/Anwick, Lincoln/Census
1881/Frederick Pallett/Son/14/Aston, Herts/Census
1881/Mary Harrison/General Servant/14/Aston, Herts/Census
1882/John Pallett/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Mrs Harriet Pallett/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/Mrs Harriet Pallett/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Harriett Pallett/Publican, Widow/59/Alnwick, Lincs/Census
1891/John Moss/Boarder, Agricultural Labourer/40/Aston End, Herts/Census
1891/Thomas Barrell/Boarder, Agricultural Labourer/28/Aston, Herts/Census
1891/William Snowdon/Lodger, Tomber Carter/22/Silverstone, Northants/Census
1901/Caleb Prout/Publican/52/Cornwall/Census
1901/Elizabeth A Prout/Wife/55/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1911/Ernest William Sparke/Publican/32/Burnham on Crouch, Essex/Census
1911/Ethel Ellen Sparke/Wife/29/Writtle, Essex/Census
1911/Constance May Sparke/Daughter/8/St Margarets, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Arthur Robert Sparke/Son/6/Bennington, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Winifred Alice Sparke/Daughter/5/Bennington, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Florance Ada Sparke/Daughter/1/Aston, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/William Cannon/Lodger, Reservist, General Labourer/39/Windsor/Census
1911/Frederick Paternoster/Lodger, General Labourer/24/Porton Green,
Hertfordshire/Census
My great grandfather, Walter Bennett ,who was a dray driver for Wrights
Brewery in Walkern. It seems that he met his end outside The Boot pub by
falling off his dray and running over his own neck. *
Fatal Accident to a Walkern man.
On Thursday Mr T J Sworder, coroner, held an inquest at the Boot Inn, Aston,
respecting the death of Walter Charles Bennett, a carman, aged 33 years, in
the employ of Messrs Wright & Co, of Walkern, brewers and mineral water
manufacturers, who was killed by being run over by a van which he was
driving on Tuesday night.
Henry James, of Walkern, said he was with the deceased on a two-horse van on
Tuesday night. At 9.50 they left the Boot public house, Aston, where they
had left some minerals. They drove on slowly until they reached Brook's
Hill. There the deceased pulled up for witness to put on a skid. The horses
became restive, and backed knocking down a post. When witness looked up he
found the deceased was gone off the vehicle. He obtained assistance, and the
body was found under the van, near one of the wheel-tracks, life being
extinct.
David Warren, of the Boot Inn, deposed to finding the body, and stated that
in his opinion the wheel of the van had passed over deceased's neck.
Police Constable Brackley, of Aston, stated that when he saw the body
deceased's head was lying in the wheel track.
Dr Dunn, of Stevenage, stated that death was due to injuries received by
being run over by a van. Witness considered there was quite a ton weight on
the van.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. *
1912/Ernest W Sparke/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Ernest W Sparke/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/Ernest W Sparke/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/Ernest W Sparke/../../../Post Office Directory
1933/Ernest W Sparke/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Ernest W Sparke/../../../Post Office Directory
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