
No 28 is the tall house to the right of this photo
According to research by my colleague, Richard Brownfield, residents of this house have been:
in 1851 Charles Wright, a bookseller
1861 Caroline Gates, who had a financial interest in the property (termed interest of money at the time)
By 1871 Louise Pierce was the proprietor
1881 Thomas Scrivens was there, a gardener
Then in 1891: Frederick Vick, a builders clerk
1901 Harry Harris, coal merchant
1911 Harry Harris, a jobmaster
In 1921 Ada Sarah Hewett is recorded there as a Boarding-House Keeper but it is not clear if her business was operating from that house as such
A more recent documentary history shows that:
In 1965 Bertha and Basil Edwin Copeman lived there, with his brother Frederick James Copeman arriving later.
By 1977 Margaret B Cohen and Margaret R Bailward are resident.
By 1979 it looks like Margaret Cohen has died and Margaret Bailward has taken in Brian and Betty Florence Ainley-Smith as lodgers.
In 2009, Betty Florence dies in the property so perhaps the Ainley-Smiths were the owners and Margaret Bailward the lodger. Or did Margaret Bailward leave Betty her house when she died?
More research is called for!