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The Long Crendon Connection Redditch Heritage

6. Phillip Spencer, born c1844 Long Crendon. Not located in 1861 but known to have been
working for Kirby Beard around that time. Assumed to have migrated with his sister Emma,
was living in Ipsley St Redditch in 1871.

7. Emma Spencer, born c1848 Long Crendon. Sister of Phillip she married William Shrimpton
in 1868 and was living in Britten Street, Redditch in 1871.

Needle workers found living in Long Crendon in 1861 but not positively located in 1871.
1. Eliza Alcock, born c1824 Redditch area. Recruited (with her husband Joseph who died 1855
in Long Crendon ) by Kirby Beard c1853 for their Long Crendon factory. Not located in 1871
but it seems almost certain that she would have returned, with her daughter Emma, to
their home town Redditch when the Long Crendon factory closed.

2. Emma Alcock, born c1846 Redditch area and daughter of Eliza. Assumed to have migrated
to Redditch with her mother in 1862.

3. Samuel Hill, born c1833 Redditch area and recruited by Kirby Beard c1855 for their Long
Crendon Factory. A single man he has not been located in 1871 but is assumed to have
returned to his home town Redditch in 1862 when the Long Crendon factory closed.
4. Charles Spiers, born c1822 Redditch area and recruited by Kirby Beard c1850 for their Long
Crendon factory. Not located in 1871 but it seems almost certain that he would have
returned to his home town Redditch with his wife Nancy and their children Sara, Ann,
Catherine and Charles when the Long Crendon factory closed. This tends to be confirmed
by rinding Sara, Catherine and Charles Spiers in the Redditch area in 1881.
5. Nancy Spiers, born c1820 Redditch area and recruited by Kirby Beard for their Long Crendon
factory. Wife of Charles she is assumed to have returned with him to Redditch in 1862.
Source: K D Govier - November 1995

Kink-stamp operators “eyeing” needles in a Redditch factory

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