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Arthur Joseph Colborne

Male 1868 - 1945  (77 years)


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  • Name Arthur Joseph Colborne 
    Born 1868  Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Builder 
    Died 12 Apr 1945 
    Person ID I20619  Lasbury Family
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 

    Father Thomas Colborne
              b. 1843, Wellow, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Louisa Jane Holbrook 
    Married 1868  Bath, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Helen Eliza Sargent
              b. 1869, Bath, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Apr 1942, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 1898  Highworth, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Arthur Kenneth Colborne
              b. 6 Oct 1899, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Apr 1963, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Robert Stanley Colborne
              b. 11 Apr 1901
              d. 1969, Bexleyheath, Kent, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     3. Reginald Alan Colborne
              b. 1904, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Apr 1936, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     4. Leonora Vera Colborne
     5. Ronald Henry Colborne
              b. 1906
              d. 1998  (Age 92 years)
     6. Ralph Douglas Colborne
     7. Edward Bryan Lloyd Colborne
              b. 5 Jun 1910, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1983, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F7453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1868 - Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1898 - Highworth, Wiltshire, England, UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Arthur Joseph, born in Midsomer Norton in 1870, was the son of Thomas Colborne, also a builder and timber merchant who by 1873 was established at the Cross Roads, Stratton St. Margaret.

      From 1876-1940 the Colborne family built a staggering number of properties in Swindon. The father and son firm built houses in a street off County Road close to their business premises which was later named after them, although the spelling has since been changed to Colbourne. Despite being on the verge of bankruptcy in 1911-13 A.J. Colborne continued in business until the late 1930s.

      The Ordnance Survey Map dated 1889 shows Westcott Street School surrounded by fields, however by 1900 the whole length of Birch Street was built up.

      The Bishop and Pritchett sale included eight lots in Birch Street although whether Colborne built these remains unknown. Lots 1-3 comprised nine, two bedroomed houses and lots 6, 7, and 8 a total of 10 houses, numbers 56-65 Birch Street.

      Lot 4 was a shop and dwelling house at 10 Birch Street let at 8s a week (40p about ?31 today). The property included a double fronted window, open space for standing goods and a paved yard with side entrance and garden. The living accommodation consisted of a "Sitting Room, 3 Bedrooms, Good Living Room, Wash house and pantry."

      The Swindon Advertiser reported that Levi Lapper Morse bought two lots, 13 Gloucester Street and 7 Weymouth Street for ?380 (about ?29,500 at today's values).

      The only other lot to change hands was Lot 5, numbers 25-27 Birch Street. Mr. A. Mold paid ?525 (over ?40,700 today) for the three houses described as containing a "Lobby, Passage, Parlour, 3 Bedrooms, Living Room and Back Kitchen with Coal House and WC. The properties had gardens with rear access and 'forecourts with palisading.'

      Despite the pre sale hype and 'a good company present' on the day, the sale proved disappointing - the powers of advertising not quite what they are today!