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Richard Spurrell BRADFORD
1847 - 1922 (~ 75 years)
Has 10 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Richard Spurrell BRADFORD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Jun Q 1847 St. Budeaux, Devon, England 
- GRO ref: Bradford, Richard Spurrell q2 1847 Plympton St Mary RD 9 412; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Spurrell
Baptised 30 Nov 1851 St. Budeaux’s Church, St. Budeaux, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Sep 2012):
Gender Male Education 1861 College School, Wellington Terrace, Bishops Hull, Somerset, England Scholar Occupation From 1871 to 1881 Budshead Farm, St. Budeaux, Devon, England Farm Bailiff - In the 1871 census Richard appears as Farm Bailiff at Buttshead Barton, with the next entry being for Buttshead Farm where William Tozer was farmer of 24 acres. After that is Buttshead Mill, where the King family were millers.
In 1881 the Tozers and the Kings were all shown as separate households at Buttshead Mill, with Richard Spurrell now shown at Buttshead Farm. William Tozer was still shown as a farmer of 24 acres. I suspect noone had moved but the buildings were simply being referred to differently.
Although both censuses show Buttshead, the usual spelling appears to be Budshead. It seems there had once been an impressive Manor House at Budshead, but by the C19th parts were in ruins and parts adapted to a farmhouse, where Richard would have been living. A picture from some years before Richard's time but how it may have looked can be seen here, along with some of the history of the place. It is a listed building, although little now remains; outlines of buildings can be seen zooming in on Google map (satellite view).
There may have been some unusal plants surrounding the farm, as when it was in the possession of the Trelawny family Sir Harry Trelawny specialised in ornamental gardens. Sir Harry was the nephew of, and his wife Laetitia the daughter of, Bishop Trelawny made famous by the eccentric Parson Hawker in the Song of the Western Men. (The Bishop famous? - I'm not quite sure how famous, he seems famous to me because we learnt the song when I was at junior school!)
Budshead Mill, although the adjacent census entry, was about three quarters of a miles to the west - there simply weren't any other dwellings in the vicinity. (Some information and pictures of the Mill, now demolished can be found here, along with some other history of St. Budeaux, as well as here).
Died 8 May 1922 - Date from gravestone as recorded on PWDRO website
Buried St. Budeaux’s Church, St. Budeaux, Devon, England [1] Siblings1 brother and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Richard BRADFORD, d. Bef 1853 (Grandfather)
Elizabeth EMBLING, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Person ID I12741 All Last Modified 27 Jul 2024
Father George BRADFORD, b. 21 Jun 1800, d. 13 Dec 1856 (Age 56 years) Mother Elizabeth SPURRELL, bap. 24 Jul 1803, St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England , d. 19 Oct 1858, Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 55 years) Married 21 Aug 1831 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Apr 2013)
Family ID F5626 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary Catherine DANIEL, b. Dec Q 1844, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales , d. 5 May 1922, Devonport Reg Dist, Devon, England (Age ~ 78 years) Married Jun Q 1872 Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: BRADFORD, Richard Spurrell to Daniel, Mary Catherine q2 1872 Plympton RD 5b 409
One of those families where the children go on living at home into middle age or beyond. At the time of the 1911 census Richard and Mary had had 7 children, two had died but the other 5 although aged 27 to 38 were all still living at home, all still single.
Children7 children Last Modified 6 Jul 2013 Family ID F5625 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Jun Q 1847 - St. Budeaux, Devon, England 
Baptised - 30 Nov 1851 - St. Budeaux’s Church, St. Budeaux, Devon, England 
Occupation - Farm Bailiff - From 1871 to 1881 - Budshead Farm, St. Budeaux, Devon, England 
Married - Jun Q 1872 - Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England 
Child - Algernon Daniel BRADFORD - Mar Q 1873 - King’s Tamerton, Devon, England Child - Arthur Richard BRADFORD - Sep Q 1874 - King’s Tamerton, Devon, England Child - Mary Louise BRADFORD - Abt 1876 - King’s Tamerton, Devon, England Child - Beatrice Alberta BRADFORD - Abt 1878 - King’s Tamerton, Devon, England Child - George Albert BRADFORD - 1880 - Budshead Farm, St. Budeaux, Devon, England Child - Lily Blanche BRADFORD - Abt 1883 - St. Budeaux, Devon, England Child - Marguerite BRADFORD - Jun Q 1886 - Plympton Reg Dist, Devon, England Buried - - St. Budeaux’s Church, St. Budeaux, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S120] PWDRO "of the Parish" headstone project, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, (http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/oftheparish ), 15 Apr 2013, Entry for the grave of Arthur Richard and his father Richard Spurrell BRADFORD (Reliability: 4).
Catalogue Ref: 3768/4/21
Description: Headstone detailing the death of: Arthur Richard Bradford, ? October 1890, aged 22 years, Richard SPurrell Bradford, 8th May 1922, aged 76 years, St Budeaux Church burial ground, Plymouth.
Date: 1 Jul 2011
Photo on website very low quality and illegible