Originally posted by MrBarnett
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That's interesting, not the smoking gun I'd hoped for, but certainly something to ponder. The fact that we've got somebody called Bradley living on King Street whose a coal porter, is certainly more than a mere coincidence and perhaps adds credence to the Bradley family being resident on King Street and as such why Henry has used this address on his wedding certificate?
The Bradley's are clearly from Deptford and given that William was a manager and Emma's father was a labourer I would hazard not particularly well off and as such could not pay for his daughters wedding, hence the Bradley's funded and arranged? Hence Deptford not Clapham? Whatever the reason I'm satisfied that the reason for being married at St Paul's was no because he was stationed in Deptford but that he was from there. His service history would support this as it gives service in W Division with no change of collar number for 10 years.
Thank you to everyone who has replied to my thread, it has all been most helpful and interesting.
Unfortunately Henry's service in Clapham doesn't make the local papers or warrant any hearings at the Old Bailey, so his first 10 years of service are lost to history. But once he becomes a Sergeant and is posted to Barnet he appears regularly in the local press, so I have been able to put together a snip it of what life was like for a Bobby in that part of London during the period. His service there was far from uneventful!!!
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