WhowerethevariousCoxfamiliesOFSEDGLEY?

-THOSEASSOCIATEDWITHALLSAINTS’CHURCH;

-THOSEWHOLIVED,WORKEDANDTRADEDINTHE

VILLAGE?

TheMagnificentCoxFamiliesofSedgley(Part1)

StartingPoint–AllSaints’Choirphotos

•  AllSaints’websitecarriesasetofchoirphotosfromthefirstpartofthe20thcentury

•  AnumberofpeoplenamedCoxappearinAllSaints’Choirphotos.

•  TheyhavebeenidentifiedbyKennedySlater,whosangintheChoirandhasbeenanactivememberofAllSaints’sincethe1940s.

AllSaints’Choirphotos

AllSaints’Choir1919ArthurCox

AllSaints’Choir1930sEnochCoxArthurCox

AllSaints’Choir-wartimeMrE(noch)Cox

1950s–ChoirandServersBobCox

AllSaints’Choir1953

WilliamCox

AllSaints’Choir1958-60

AllSaints’Choir1963WilliamCox

AllSaints’Choirandnames1963WilliamCox

AllSaints’Choir1968

BobbyCox

ChoirmemberKenSlatersays:"In1947whenIfirstjoinedthechoirtherewherefourCoxesamongthemen.JackwholefttomovetoSouthAfrica,William(fatherofMargaretWoodhall,oneofourflowerladies)andbrothersArthurandStephen.StephenretiredshortlyafterIjoined.Bothareononeofourchoirphotosc.1945.ArthurgavemeashillingafterIsangmyfirstBIGsolo!"

The18thCentury

NailerStephenCox–‘TheSedgleyFireballIncident’

Earlyreferences–theFireballincident,1797AnearlyreferenceismadetoaSedgleynailerStephenCoxwhosefamilywasinvolvedina

bizarrefireballincidentin1797.InhisarticleforSedgleyLocalHistorySociety'swebsite,thelateTrevorGengespeculatedthatStephenwasanancestorofStephenCoxtheSafemakerofDudleyRoadSedgley."OnMondayApril23rd1797,intheafternoonduringaviolentthunderstorm,whichseemstohavebeengeneralthroughoutStaffordshireandWorcestershire,aballoffirecamedownthechimneyofStephenCox,anailorofSedgley,atthetimeheandhiswifeweresitting,andtheirchildwassleepingonachair,bythefireside.Onhearinganuncommonlyloudclapofthunderandanextraordinarynoiseinthechimney,themotherprovidentiallyandinaninstantsnatchedupthechild,wherebyitslifewassaved,asthepillowuponwhichitwaslainwasmuchscorchedandmanyofthebricksfromthetopofthechimneyhadfallenuponandaboutit.Theelectricfluid,indifferentdirections,passedthroughtwohousesadjoining,inoneofwhich,attractedbyanail,itpenetratedthedoorofabackkitchenandforcedoutapieceofthedoor(whichnowappearsasifithadbeencutoutwithaknife)andpartiallymelted,initspassage,thewardsofthelockandthekeywhichwasinit.Partoftheleadofthewindowsofallthethreehouses,bothatthebackandinfront,waslikewisemelted,andapieceofthewindowframeofoneofthemsplitoff."

Burial:StephenandMarthaCox-Nailers

Relict=WidowIn1797Stephenwouldbeen33andMartha28

Buriallocation–StephenandMarthaCox

AllSaints’Churchyard

Grave:StephenandMarthaCox

The19thCentury

1844SedgleyParish:PoorReliefRegisterandMap

•  TheRegisterlistseveryresidentofSedgleyalphabetically,withareferencenumberassignedtothepropertywheretheylived.

•  AllpropertiesappearonamapcompiledbyWilliamFowlerin1844

Coxesinthe1844PoorLawAssessment(1)

Coxesinthe1844PoorLawAssessment(2)

1843WilliamFowlerParishMap-withpropertyreferencenumbers

1843WilliamFowlerParishMap-withpropertyreferencenumbers(1)

1490RichardCox

1453WilliamCox1488EdwardCox

1471MaryCox

1450AnthonyCox

CoxeslivingattopofBushBank

1843WilliamFowlerParishMap-withpropertyreferencenumbers(2)

1407BenjaminCox

1402JohnCox

1400RichardCox

1843WilliamFowlerParishMap-withpropertyreferencenumbers(3)

1476ElizabethCox

AllSaints’BurialsPhase1:AllSaints’Churchyard–1600sto1808

Phase2:VicarStreetgraveyard–1808to1896

Phase3:GospelEndStreetGraveyard–1896to1960

18th/early19thcenturyburials

OldestCoxburials-AllSaints’churchyard

ReferenceON26–largeEdwardandMaryCoxfamilygrave:interments1799onwards

OldestCoxburials-AllSaints’churchyard

O.N.26part2LargeEdwardandMaryCoxfamilygrave

PlanofAllSaints’Churchyard

EdwardandMaryCoxandfamily

OldestCoxburials-inAllSaints’churchyard

BenjaminandJemimaCoxE14–1811-1829

Buriallocation–BenjaminandJemimaCox

AllSaints’Churchyard

BenjaminandJemimaCoxE14–1811-1829

W6EvaElizabethCox

OldestCoxburials-inAllSaints’churchyard

W6EvaElizabethCox

OldestCoxburials-inAllSaints’churchyard

SarahCox(husbandJames)–achildmortalityaged1year6months–parentburiedwithdaughter

Buriallocation–SarahCoxanddaughter

AllSaints’Churchyard(1834;1837)

SarahCox(husbandJames)–withachildmortalityaged1year6months–parentburiedwithdaughter