Webbs of Redditch A history of the Webb family of Redditch during the past 200 years My site contains plenty of history and nostalgia, with lots of photographs, advertisements, douments etc. which should fascinate anyone with an interest in local and family history. It begins with William Webb, who travelled from Oxfordshire around 1770 to work at Beoley papermill, near Redditch. The story continues into the early 19th century, telling how one of his sons was a servant to Lord Nelson during the French Wars, and one of his grandsons became a Methodist missionary in Roatan, Honduras. The next generation lived in Victorian Britain, both in Birmingham and in Redditch, and it was one of William's great-grandsons who founded the Redditch firm of Webb & Sons in Church Green East. This family business survived for a hundred years until the late 1980s, starting as bakers and confectioners and later also becoming successful seed merchants. Please contact me if you have anything to add, or any modifications to suggest. Click on the Chapters Below to Read the Full Story
WEBB One Name Register researches, pedigrees and references to the surname WEBB(E) and variants The NEEDLE REGION and its RESOURCES by W. T. Heming, with Illustrative Engravings Printed and Produced at 'The Indicator' Office, Redditch, 1877. Old Redditch; an early history of the town by William Avery of Headless Cross Printed at 'The Indicator' Office, Redditch, 1887.	Dedication & Acknowledgements Chapter 1 ~ William the Papermaker; 1737-1810 Chapter 2 ~ William's Sons; Redditch to 1840 Chapter 3 ~ A Sailor's Life in Nelson's Navy Chapter 4 ~ Birmingham Connections; 1820-1861 Chapter 5 ~ Life of a Missionary; 1828-1899 Chapter 6 ~ Victorian Redditch; 1841-1881	Chapter 7 ~ A Nation of Shopkeepers Chapter 8 ~ Founding the Firm; from 1830 Chapter 9 ~ Jubilee & Tragedy; 1887 Chapter 10 ~ A New Century Chapter 11 ~ 1930s & Beyond Chapter 12 ~ End of an Era Family Trees