Albert Setford

Chailey Parish Magazine notes between January and April 1916 that Albert Setford has attested.  He does not however appear elsewhere in the magazine and I am assuming that he was not called upon to serve.

He was born around 1879 in East Chiltington and at the time the 1901 census was taken was a 21 year old grocer’s assistant living at Roeheath Cottage number one with his 23 year old wife Ellen.  The grocer concerned was probably George Martin who ran a grocer’s and draper’s shop at South Street.

 

Also see this post about George Martin and Albert Setford.

George Martin & Albert Setford

I am grateful to Richard Senior who writes:

For information, George Martin, who you refer to, was the brother of my great grandfather, William Martin. There was a connection between George Martin and Albert Setford. For more information, see The London Gazette HERE .

The shop at South Street, Chailey was taken on by Albert (Bert) Setford & then his son, who married Dolly & had a son. George Martin also farmed Shelley's & Tutts Farms, South Common, Chailey, I believe at the same time as running the shop. In about 1930 he went on to farm Courthouse Farm, Hamsey, Lewes, and Allington Farm, Hamsey, Lewes. Circa 1933 he built (or had built) Colinbourne, South Common, Chailey (named after Colin Godmans, Danehill & Wapsbourne Manor, Chailey, which he had helped farm as son of farmer William Martin, snr., prior to running the shop. After William Martin, snr, Wapsbourne was farmed by George's uncle, Frank Martin and then his son, George Stenning Martin. George Martin's descendents still farm in the Lewes area.