Land Ownership

Tudor Hill first appears as a named road in the 1871 census when it contained seven properties. I suspect that the land was originally part of the 185 acres being farmed by John Wiggan of Park House in 1861. Park House could be the building your map shows as being in The Barn Close. It still exists as the 'Toby Carvery' (!) at Town Gate, Sutton Park.

By 1871, Wiggan was farming only 150 acres. After his death in 1875, his wife Harriet continued to live at Park House although it no longer seems to be a farm, and she died in 1891.

In 1880, a Matthew Overton commissioned the architect H. E. Lavender to build him a house on Tudor Hill. Lavender is one of those really interesting architects. This house for Overton could well be Lavender's first professional commission.

By 1881, Tudor Hill is mainly middle class occupation: solicitors, gunmaker (the nephew of the Wiggans), teachers, chemist/druggist, doctor (medical), jewellery, etc..

There's a history of brewing in the area, and possibly either a water mill or a windmill.