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James Bartlett HAMBLING
1849 - 1930 (81 years)
Has 131 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.
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Name James Bartlett HAMBLING Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Residence From 1849 to 1874 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England 
- He lived here until moving to London in 1874, with his parents in censuses up to and including 1871. In 1874 he married in Devon but his first son was born in London later the same year.
Because censuses largely show just "village" for the address it is hard to know quite where he lived.
Born 20 Jan 1849 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England - GRO ref: Hambling, James Bartlett q1 1849 Kingsbridge RD 9 405; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Trant
Birth certificate for James Bartlett Hambling (b 1849) Baptised 18 Feb 1849 St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England [1] Gender Male Education 1861 Scholar Character - A stern figure from what I can gather, as he appears in photos.
Disapproved of the marriages of both his son (James Bartlett) and his granddaughter (Florence, my grandmother) - see notes on them for more details. His other son kept on the right side of him and only married late in his father's life.
Having disowned by grandmother he refused to see my mother, his first great grandchild and the only one born during his lifetime. His wife only saw her without his knowledge.
His wife enjoyed a drink - perhaps he had driven her to it - but had to do so secretly, with my grandmother smuggling drink in / bottles out (although I believed he also enjoyed a drink himself).
Occupation From 1871 to 1901 Carpenter - Shown as a carpenter on the 1871, 1881, and 1901 censuses, as a joiner in 1891. Although he was retired by the time he died according to his death certificate he had been a Master Carpenter.
Listed as "Hambling, James Bartlett, carpenter"in the commercial part of the entry for Stoke Fleming in "Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall" of 1914.
Residence 1876 34, Delamere Crescent, Paddington, London, England - This was the address given at the time of the birth of his son James Bartlett on 6 May 1876 and when two of his sons were baptised, Wm Trant on 23 Jan 1876 and James Bartlett on 23 Nov 1876.
They were probably sharing a house with several other families, but this may not have been as bad as it sounds as the houses were 4 storeys and look quite spacious. A picture of some of the houses in the Crescent can be seen on this English Heritage website and the London Canals website gives a good introduction to the area.
Residence From 1876 to 1881 Paddington, London, England - Between 1886 and 1903 Charles Booth conducted a survey into life and labour in London, and the fascinating details - his notebooks and poverty maps can be found online on a special website.
Although a little after James moved to Paddington it is interesting to see what Charles Booth reported about the roads James and his family lived in:
Delamere Crescent: "bad repute. 3½ st. Kept women & prostitutes. Knight knows of 3 brothels in this st. no good stirring them up. they wd only move elsewhere. pkbd rather than red of map."
link to notebook
link to map
(actually coloured red on the map i.e. Middle class - Well-to-do; was this a mistake)
Blomfield Mews: "2 st. some private carriages. a sw cep. a boot maker shop at sw end. purple on map" (actually coloured light blue on the map - one grade poorer than purple - "Poor. 18s. to 21s. a week for a moderate family")
(links as for Delamere Crescent)
Blomfield Mews is not easy to read on the Booth map - it is the blue road running SW to NE, below Warwick Crescent.
Modena Street: "3½ st. lb [light blue - Poor. 18s. to 21s. a week for a moderate family] to purple [Mixed. Some comfortable others poor] 4 families to a houses. rent 5/6 [27½p] to 6/- [30p] for 2 rooms. 'These are the houses that pay' said Hawke but he added that a fair number of tenants never pay at all."
link to notebook
link to map
(I can't read the road name on the map; it is in the centre, the 1st road running from the south up to the canal to the west of Carlton Bridge, i.e. the bridge where Carlton Terrace meets the canal.)
Residence 1878 15, Blomfield Mews, Paddington, London, England - The family were living here when son Charles was baptised in 1878. It's a poorer address than Delamere Crescent, according to Booth, and on maps the houses appear tiny - but perhaps they had a house to themselves instead of sharing, and they may have moved to get away from a road with a "bad repute".
Or maybe I am not looking at houses but at stables / carriage houses, given that this was a Mews. In which case where were they living - rooms over the mews not needed by coach drivers or grooms?
Residence 1881 8, Modena Street, Paddington, London, England - 4 homes at this address, where the family (James with his wife & 2 surviving sons) were at the time of the 1881 census.
The page James and his family are on shows the road as Medona Street but other pages show Modena and googling shows other references to this, but not Medona. (The road doesn't exist now).
This is one of several parallel short streets running at right angles up to the Grand Union Canal. On an 1870-1880 map of the area they had not been built, and the area had a smaller number of well spaced out buildings - quality homes or warehouses? There was a wharf shown alongside the canal so possibly the latter.
A modern picture of the area can be found here - I think the road would have run up to the canal just to the right of this photo.
The family might not have had much space but at least being new ly built the house should have been in good condition and with the latest comforts.
Residence 1891 92, High Street, Harlesden, Willesden, Middlesex, England - Living in 3 rooms, with another family in 2 rooms at the same address. James was with his wife and 2 surviving sons.
Residence From 1895 to 1930 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England - Back in Stoke Fleming by 1896 when he stood in the Parish Council election. I guess he moved back about 1894-5 when his son James set up his own business in London.
Because censuses largely show just "village" for the address it is hard to know quite where he lived.
When my grandmother was living with him he lived at least part of that time in a cottage by (now part of) The Green Dragon, which I think was known as Britannia Cottage (verbal information from my mother). And I think this is where he was in 1911.
In 1918 his son James and family moved from Britannia House (where the Tuck Shop was) to Dartmouth and my grandmother took over running the Tuck Shop. So did they go on living by the Green Dragon or move to Britannia House? I don't know. And what happened after my grandmother left? - I don't know whether my grandmother ran the shop, or they got someone in, or it closed. His death, lihe his birth certificate, simply shows the "where" as Stoke Fleming.
Civic duty 1896 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England Stood in Parish Council election Occupation 1930 Retired carpenter (Master) - Recorded on his death certificate
Died 31 Dec 1930 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England Cause: Died of 1(a) carcinoma of oesophagus, no post-mortem. - GRO ref: Hambling, James B q1 1931 aged 81 Kingsbridge RD 5b 324; GRO online index shows middle name as Bartlett
Death registered by his son Charles, present at the death.
Death certificate for James Bartlett Hambling Buried 1931 St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England Probate 18 Feb 1931 London, England - HAMBLING James Bartlett of Laurel Cottage Stokefleming Devonshire died 31 Dec 1930 Probate London 18 February to Charles Henry Hambling carpenter. Effects £2435 0s. 7d.
(I have a copy of his will - not yet transcribed)
Residence 1974 58, Alfred Road, Paddington, London, England - From his son William's birth cert.
Siblings1 brother Patriarch & Matriarch 
John HAMBLING, b. Est 1654, d. Nov 1732, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England (Age ~ 78 years) (4 x Great Grandfather) 
Grace PENNY, b. Est 1691, d. May 1775, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England (Age ~ 84 years) (3 x Great Grandmother) Person ID I37 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 13 Mar 2022
Father James HAMBLING, b. 1814, Blackawton, Devon, England , d. 16 Jan 1900, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England (Age 86 years)
Other Partners: Ann Jarvis LAMBLE m. 11 Mar 1876Mother Elizabeth TRANT, b. 1812, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England , d. 28 Sep 1872, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England (Age 60 years) Banns of marriage 4 Sep 1842 to 18 Sep 1842 St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England - "[Page 48] The Year 1842-3
(No. 95) Banns of Marriage between
James Hamblyn a Sojourner
in this Parish, Bachelor
and Elizabeth Trant, of this Parish
Spinster
1st Time, Sunday, 4 Sepr. by Arthur Farwell
2nd Time, Sunday, 11 Sepr by Arthur Farwell
3rd Time, Sunday, 18 Sept. by Arthur Farwell"
Married 28 Sep 1842 St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England - GRO ref: Hambling, James to Trant, Elizabeth q3 1842 Kingsbridge RD 9 385
"James Hambling, of full age, Bachelor, Carpenter, residence: Stokefleming, father: William B. Hambling, Blacksmith to
Elizabeth Trant, of full age, Spinster, of no occupation, residence: Stokefleming, father: William Trant, Carpenter
after Banns, by Arthur Farwell, Rector
between { James Hambling, Elizabeth Trant [both signed]
in the Presence of { William Trant, Ann Ford Trant"
Family ID F21 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Florence ISSELL, b. 11 Sep 1854, Stokenham, Devon, England , d. 26 Feb 1933, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England (Age 78 years) Banns of marriage From 5 Apr 1874 to 19 Apr 1874 St. Peter’s Church, Stoke Fleming, Devon, England Married 29 Apr 1874 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England - GRO ref: Hambling, James Bartlett to Issell, Florence q2 1874 Kingsbridge RD 5B 373
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 10 Sep 2020)Florence's 1st cousin Louisa Jane PITTS was a witness; although she lived in Stoke Fleming she was close to Florence in age which might have encouraged a friendship, although the cousins lived a few miles apart. She was also related to James (2nd cousin once removed) and probably knew him also as both lived in Stoke Fleming. Had she introduced the couple to each other?
Wedding Anniversary 29 May 1924 Stoke Fleming, Devon, England Golden - This Anniversary is noted in Auntie Ivy's date book but I have not found evidence of any celebration, or of any photo. Have not (yet) looked in local papers.
However, according to marriage certificate it would have bee 29 April 1924!
Children3 children Photos 
James Bartlett and Florence Hambling and family
James Bartlett Hambling (b 1849), his wife Florence nee Issell and their sons, Charles Henry Hambling (left) and James Bartlett Hambling (right)Last Modified 10 Sep 2020 Family ID F6 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- He lived here until moving to London in 1874, with his parents in censuses up to and including 1871. In 1874 he married in Devon but his first son was born in London later the same year.
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Photos 
Histories 
A Royal Tuck Shop
An account of the Tuck Shop and tea rooms that some of my Hambling ancestors ran in Stoke Fleming that enjoyed royal patronage, due to being close to the Dartmouth Royal Naval College.
Sources - [S197] Stoke Fleming - St Peters Church - m/f images, St. Peter’s Church (Stoke Fleming, Devon), Baptism of James Bartlett HAMBLING; DE/REG/57891/1-14 m/f 12, PR 7, 8 (Reliability: 2).
(under heading "Baptisms ... Stoke Fleming ... 1848&9")Febry
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No. 717.James
BartlettJames
ElizabethHambling Stokefleming Carpenter Ar: Farwell
Rector