The shoe and bootmakers of Lacey Green & Loosley Row.

This photo shoes the usual footware for children in the days when they all walked to school

Footware was extremely important at a time when most people travelled on foot.

A light boot was the normal wear for most women and girls, while the men and boys needed stouter ware.

Finer shoes could be purchased from a shoemaker in Speen

There main work was repairing and making boots although they were registered as shoemakers.

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Lane Farm. date of photo not known

Lane Farm, Church Lane, Lacey Green. Joseph Floyd aged 45 and his son William Floyd aged 15 are shoemakers in 1841.

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In 1851 William Floyd's nephew, Peter Tyler Floyd aged 19 is a shoemaker with William

Floyd at Lane Farm. click Peter and Ann Floyd for Peter's life story

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Also in 1851 William Floyd's nephew Benjamin Hawes aged 22 is a shoemaker with William Floyd at Lane Farm.

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Church Cottage, Church Lane, Lacey Green. Jesse Hawes born in 1811 was a shoemaker/bootmaker.  Jesse died in 1892. click Jesse Hawes for his life story. He had a little workshop next to the footpath beside the Crown Inn.    It was removed when the indoor tennis court was built by the Rev William Robson.

Church

Home Sweet Home, later called Black Firs, Church Lane, Lacey Green, was the home of Moses & Eliza Hawes. Moses Hawes was a shoemaker

Jesse Hawes Jnr Jesse Hawes born 1844 was the son of Jesse & Elizabeth Hawes. He remained single dying in 1923.

Jesse lived with his parents in Church Cottage, Church Lane Lacey Green. He was the only Shoe/bootmaker remaining in 1911

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Wimble End Cottage No 1 , Church Lane, Lacey Green. By the census of 1861 Dan Floyd is recorded as a shoe and boot maker at Wimble End. He had a shop there for several decades. click Dan & Rosehannah Floyd