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After Thomas Boyce died in 1920, Dandy Row, Pleasant Row and three houses in Chestnut Street were left to his son Rowland. In July 1936 it was proposed that the city council purchase Dandy Row, Pleasant Row and the land between from Rowland O’Hara Boyce for the purposes of widening Severn Street. Demolition orders had...

At No. 2 Dandy Row, lived Nathaniel Wale and his wife Ellen. Nathaniel married Ellen Morgan in 1870 and the newlyweds moved into their home in Severn Street where in early 1871 their first child Ellen Maria was born. Sadly, their baby daughter died the following year, but they had five further children: Anne Marie...

The Webb Family who lived at no 4 were one of the many fishing families that lived in the area. Isaac Webb baptised in 1790 was the founder of this fishing dynasty. He was an apprentice fisherman. He completed his apprenticeship and received his freedom of the City in 1812. He married and had 11...

John Baylis was born around 1868. His father Samuel Baylis is also a previous resident of Dandy Row. John and his wife Susan (who died in 1908) had five children, Sidney, Gertrude, Edith, Arthur and Bertram. For many years John worked at Worcester Porcelain as a china printer, although in some sources he has also...

Fanny Martin and her only child Henry William came to live at Dandy Row after her husband William died in 1891. Henry William Martin was born in 1887, and we have found that he attended St Peter’s School.  Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, ref: b899:749, BA9294/49(iii) Henry Martin died, aged 30, on 15th September 1917...

   This piece of land was purchased in 1792 from a Mrs Ann Gamidges widow, by Mr Fincher and the row was built soon after. In early years of the 19th century the top half of Frog Lane that was behind the city wall became High Timber Hill Street. The rest of the lane remained...

While sorting through a small collection I came across a photograph taken from Worcester Cathedral looking across the Worcester Porcelain works and surrounding area. It showed Worcester when the Bath Road took you to open Countryside. With thanks to Mr Gwillam for use of this photograph We were intrigued by the photograph and began trying...

Explore Your Archive Box from Archives & Records Association on Vimeo. The 2014 Explore Your Archive campaign will be running from 10th to 16th November and Worcestershire Archive Service is lending its voice to encourage the nation to engage with and value the archives that make up our national treasures.  Taking inspiration from the first...

This week’s Treasure is a watercolour, which has been chosen by Carol Wood, Archive Assistant: This watercolour was found in the front of one of the design sketch books created by Phillip Grazebrook, an architect from Hagley. His sketch books are full of pencil drawings of decorative features and designs.  A number of these are...

Here is the second instalment of Emma Heatherley’s post detailing her time at WAAS on a university work experience placement: I spent a lot of time working with the User Services team on level two of The Hive, mainly on the ‘Explore the Past’ desk shadowing the Archivists and Archive Assistants as they carried out different roles...