Staveleys of Bushbury

Bushbury, Staffordshire

Anne Staveley b. 1784 was born in St. Margaret Moses, London, the daughter of Luke Staveley, a London linen merchant. She married Henry HILL in Halifax on April 26, 1821, and the family settled in Wolverhampton. The Staveley-Hills did not acquire the Manor of Oxley until 1870.

Although the Staveley-Hills occupied Oxley Manor in Bushbury, it is doubtful that Anne Staveley ever lived in the house. Oxley Manor was rebuilt by Alexander Hordern in 1854. Alexander had married Jane Hickman Hill and they resided at the manor until they died. Jane was the sister of Henry Hill, a local Banker. Jane died in 1864, and her husband Alexander died a few years later in 1870. After Alexander's death, the Estate passed to Jane's brother Henry. By 1871 Henry is a widower, and found residing at Oxley Manor with one of his daughters, and five of his grandchildren:

1871: Oxley Manor, Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

Henry HILL	Head	W	Male	82	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England	County Magistrate Deputy Lieutenant and Land Owner
Henrietta E. S. Pinhorne	Daur	W	Female	47	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England	Annuitant
Eveline S. PINBORNE	Grand Daur	U	Female	15	Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England	Scholar
Fanny M. PINBORNE	Grand Daur	U	Female	10	Carlise, Cumberland, England	Scholar
Cecil PINHORNE	Grand Daur	U	Female	8	Carlise, Cumberland, England	Scholar
Adela PINHORNE	Grand Daur	U	Female	6	Carlise, Cumberland, England	Scholar
Henry J. HILL	Grand Son	U	Male	5	London, Middlesex, England	Scholar
Elizabeth BURGESS	Governess	U	Female	47	Canterbury, Kent, England	Governess
Margarett WETHERSPOON	Ladies Maid	U	Female	34	Scotland	Ladies Maid
Eliza HILLIER	Nurse	W	Female	42	Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England	Nurse
SARAH PADDOCK	Serv	U	Female	40	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England	House Maid
Emma JONES	Serv	U	Female	32	Wellington, Salop, England	Cook
Hannah HUGHES	Serv	U	Female	23	Ludlow, Salop, England	Serv Domestic
Margaret GRIFFITHS	Serv	U	Female	15	Oldbury, Staffordshire, England	Serv Domestic
Thomas MILLS	Butler	U	Male	40	Middlesex, London, England	Butler
William LOWE	Coachman	W	Male	60	Over, Cheshire, England	Coachman

Grandson Henry is the son of Henry's son Alexander (b. 1825) and his first wife Katherine Cumpstone Florence Ponsonby. Unfortunately Katherine died on May 14 1868.

Henry Hill died at Oxley in 1872 at the age of 82 years.

No members of the Hill family are in residence at Oxley Manor in 1881. Margaret Wetherspoon, the ladies maid, is still residing at the manor house, along with two other servants during the census.

Henry's daughter Henrietta Elizabeth S. Pinhorne remarried in 1873 to Algenon CLARKE, and by 1881 is residing in Worfield, Shropshire with her daughters Adela and Florence Pinhorne.

Henry's son Alexander Staveley Hill married his second wife, Mary Francis BAIRD November 25, 1876 in Brighton, Sussex, and in 1881 is found residing with her in Kensington. Between 1881-1884 Alexander Staveley Hill made regular visits to western Canada, and in 1885 published a book "From Home to Home, Autumn Wanderings in the Northwest of Canada 1881-1884". By 1891 Alexander and his wife are found residing at Oxley Manor:

1891: Oxley Manor, Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

Alexander S. HILL	Head	M	Male	65	Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England	Solicitor Barrister MP 2C
Mary F. S. HILL	Wife	M	Female	52	St. Petersburgh, Russia
Margaret WETHERSPOON	Serv	U	Female	52	Drysdale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland	House Keeper (Domestic)
Charles STRETTON	Serv	U	Male	42	Rugeley, Staffordshire, England	Butler (Domestic)
James RAGGATT	Serv	U	Male	20	Greywall, Hampshire, England	Footman (Domestic)
Sarah A. MOUNTFORD	Serv	U	Female	18	Coven., Staffordshire, England	Housemaid (Domestic)

Alexander's wife Mary died at Oxley on August 2, 1897.

By 1901 Alexander is again residing in Kensington, with his son Henry. Oxley Manor is again empty, except for three servants. Oxley Manor House no longer stands, as it was demolished in 1929.