Watson Close
Named After
WATSON family
Military Service
Service Branch: RAF
Memorial Location
St. Stephens Graveyard
Family Connections
The Watson family lived in the village through the 1900’s and have 6 individual burial plots at St. Stephens Church. In the 1911 census, John Watson is listed as a farmer, living at Poplars Farm with his son John working on the farm. John and Leah Watson (Plot 138) died in 1967 and 1916, aged 97 and 42 respectively. In the 1939 census, John Watson is listed as a heavy worker/packer at Ordinance Dept, living at Ivy Cottage. John and Lucy (Plot 362) died in 1961 and 1994, aged 67 and 96 respectively. Their child Gilbert died in 2003, aged 72. Norman Watson is listed as a dairy farmer at Marsh Farm in 1939, but moved to Poplars Farm sometime after this. Norman Eric and Edith Mabel (Plot 422) died in 1985 and 2000, aged 77 and 94 respectively. They had 3 sons; John, Geoffrey ‘Frank’ (Plot 437) and Peter.
Military Service Details
The Watson family lived in the village through the 1900’s and have 6 individual burial plots at St. Stephens Church. In the 1911 census, John Watson is listed as a farmer, living at Poplars Farm with his son John working on the farm. John and Leah Watson (Plot 138) died in 1967 and 1916, aged 97 and 42 respectively. In the 1939 census, John Watson is listed as a heavy worker/packer at Ordinance Dept, living at Ivy Cottage. John and Lucy (Plot 362) died in 1961 and 1994, aged 67 and 96 respectively. Their child Gilbert died in 2003, aged 72. Norman Watson is listed as a dairy farmer at Marsh Farm in 1939, but moved to Poplars Farm sometime after this. Norman Eric and Edith Mabel (Plot 422) died in 1985 and 2000, aged 77 and 94 respectively. They had 3 sons; John, Geoffrey ‘Frank’ (Plot 437) and Peter.