OMBERSLEY WW1 REMEMBERED RESEARCH COLLECTION FORM Items marked with * represent the basic level of information we aim to find for each 'Blue Plaque' KELSO (now Leigh House) Another of Lord Sandys' tenants, James Whiley Taylor was destined for success from the outset. The son of a solicitor's clerk from Droitwich, James was educated at Malvern College and Cambridge University. After a brief period as a schoolteacher, he returned to Ombersley where he held several important posts. James was the district Relieving Officer and had to assess all applications for poor relief and make recommendations to the Board of Guardians. He was district Registrar of Births and Deaths and the local School Attendance Officer, so would have worked closely with headmaster, Mr Page. He and his wife, Ethel, were also enumerators for the 1911 census. James was 13 years older than his wife and they had two young daughters, Ethel and Eileen. RESEARCHER NAME(S) Jenni Waugh *House name In 2017 Leigh House In 1914 Kelso *Road *Where in the parish? *What purpose during WW1? Main Road, Ombersley Opposite the church Residential house.
*RESIDENTS OF HOUSE ACCORDING TO 1911 CENSUS Name Head of Household or Relationship to Head Age Marital status Occupation Employer, worker or working on own account? Working at Home? Birthplace Nationality if not British Infirmity James Whiley Taylor Head 40 Married Relieving officer, Droitwich Board of Guardians & Registrar of Births and Deaths Droitwich Ethel Taylor Wife 27 Married Ombersley Ethel Kathleen Taylor Daughter 3 Ombersley Eileen Nora Taylor Daughter 2 months Ombersley Winifred Ellen Barrow Servant 14 London No of rooms in the dwelling (including kitchen, but not counting scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom, warehouse, office or shop: 8
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE OF PROPERTY/ RESIDENCE: KELLY'S COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY 1912 1916 1921 1924 NAME James Whiley Taylor ELECTORAL REGISTERS 1914 1915 1918 NAME James Whiley Taylor 'Kelso' Ethel Taylor Ethel qualifies for the vote because of her husband's occupation 'Kelso' 'Church Terrace' 'Church Terrace' WHAT DID THE FAMILY DO IN WW1? CONTINUED TO TRADE IN USUAL OCCUPATION? Extract of page from Kelly's Directory, 1916, showing James Taylor's local government offices: School attendance officer Relieving Officer and Registrar of Births and Deaths, Droitwich Poor Law Union He retained these positions throughout the war James was the district Enumeration Officer for the 1911 census and his wife was one of three sub-district census officers.
HISTORIC ENGLAND: Entry on the Listed Buildings Register Entry Name Kelso the Storks SO 8463 OMBERSLEY CP WORCESTER ROAD (east side) Listing Date 21 March 1985 9/210 Kelso and The Storks Grade II Source Historic England Source ID 1081109 English Heritage Legacy ID 148106 Location Ombersley, Wychavon, Worcestershire, WR9 County Worcestershire District Wychavon Civil Parish Ombersley Traditional County Worcestershire GV II Pair of houses. Early to mid-c19. Brick with plain tiled roofs and kneeler brackets, gable verges and integral brick stacks at ends and at centre of main ridge with drip mould. Two storeys and attic with gabled dormers; symmetrical front of six bays with slight breaks to second and fifth (main entrance) bays. Tudor Gothic detailing. Front elevation: windows and doors all have hoodmoulds with returns; ground and first floor windows are all glazing bar sashes; large gabled dormers above each bay have a 2-course band set above and corbelled out from the main eaves level; each gable contains a round-lobed quatrefoil light; entrance doors are part-glazed. Interior not inspected. Above the first floor windows of the entrance bays is a Norwich Union fire insurance mark. The houses are of similar design and contemporary with Redmarley House (qv). Listing NGR: SO8452463566 Church of England Parish Church of England Diocese Ombersley Worcester