A-Z of Entries

Woollams, Thomas & Mary

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Thomas Woollams 44 (45) Poland St ratebooks 1783-94 Mary Woollams 1795-1800 / perhaps Thomas Woollams bach = St Leonard Shoreditch 23.7.1776 Mary Bryer wid botp / or less likely Thomas Woollams wid = Christchurch Spitalfields 13.6.1784 Mary Nordman both of the Liberty of the Old Artillery Ground / Thomas & Sarah twins bapt 1780, Thomas bapt 1781, William bapt 1783 & Thomas bapt 1785 all at St James of Thomas & Mary Woollams / Thomas Woollams perukemaker of Poland St voted 1784 Fox / coroners jury 1792 Thomas Woolams…


Woolley, John

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John Woolley 23 Poland St (Kings Arms) ratebooks 1788-9 / SunFire 1783 John Woolley victualler of Greek St, Soho but he may have been the John William Woolley victualler of Westminster whose will was proved 19.10,1786 PCC by his widow Mary Ann, no children mentioned / perhaps SunFire 1790 John Woolley victualler of the Three Mariners, Oare, nr Faversham Kent (his will PCC 1815) / perhaps John Woolley bur 15.2.1819 St Geo Han Sq age 69 of Lee's Mews


Wray, Henry

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Capt Henry Wray ratebooks 7 PolandSt 1788 / Henry Wray RN = 24.4.1783 St James Elizabeth Ideson / Luke Henry son of Henry & Elizabeth Wray bapt 6.2.1784 St James / Anjel dau of Henry & Elizabeth Wray bapt 1.9.1786 Westminster / will PCC 1825 Henry Wray Guernsey dated 13.12.1819 all to Angel Wray proved 30.12.1825 by Angel Wray Rosetti wife of Anthony Rosetti

Nat Arch ADM 254/223/59 Henry Wray of Seagull sloop 1796. Commander 1795-1817 Henry Wray Nat Arch ADM 9/4/888 . See Ideson, Luke


Wright, Mrs

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

6 Poland St ratebooks 1780-9 Mrs Wright (poor). The note poor may imply she was let off paying the rates. This does not necessarily mean she was living in greater poverty than some of her neighbouring householders.  Others marked as poor in the ratebooks were Joseph Bennett at 20 Poland St and John Heslop at 25 Poland St. The name Wright was very common but two burials around the time her tenancy ended were Elizabeth Wright adult bur St Martin in the Fields 21.3.1789, Sarah Wright adult bur 3.9.1789 St James


Wright, William

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

William Wright 23 Poland St (Kings Arms) ratebooks 1785-6 / a very common name, three William Wright  victuallers voted 1784 Westminster, Shug Lane St James voted Hood & Wray, Haymarket voted Fox (and SunFire 1779 there), Oxendon St, St Martin i t Fields voted Fox, also in 1780 wine merchant Tothill St voted Fox, in 1790 victualler Peter St, St Margaret & St John voted Fox, in 1818 Audley St St Geo Han Sq voted Burdett & Kinnaird. In SunFire 1777 victualler Billericay, Essex, 1777 wine merchant Barnaby St, 1777…


Wylde, Francis

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

Francis Wylde 15 Poland St ratebooks 1780-1782 / 1779 Francis Wylde mantua maker St James took appr Dorothy Ingry / SunFire 1780 Francis Wilde gent Poland St / Francis Wild gent Poland St voted Fox 1784 / will PCC 1792 Francis Wild of Bishopsgate, Surrey