Person:Arthur Potter (3)

Arthur Potter was born on 3rd August 1879 at South Kyme in Lincolnshire, son of Emma Selina Potter, formerly Barks, and her husband Perrin Potter, an agricultural labourer. Arthur appears to have been their only child. The 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses each find Arthur living in South Kyme with his parents. By 1901 Arthur's father was describing himself as a farmer, and Arthur's paternal grandfather was living with the family.

On 21st April 1907, aged 27, Arthur married Martha Cox. She was originally from Barnack in Northamptonshire, some thirty miles to the south, although her older sister Elizabeth had settled in South Kyme some years earlier. At the time of their marriage Arthur was described as "son of Perrin Potter of Fenmore House, South Kyme". Fenmore Farm stands in open fields a little way to the south-west of the village, off the road called Cow Drove.

Arthur and Martha went on to have two children together: a son in 1908 and a daughter in 1910. The 1911 census finds the family living at South Kyme, with Arthur described as a "farmer's son working on farm" - presumably the farm he was working on was his father's.

In 1920, Martha's brother William was ill and came to live with Martha and Arthur at South Kyme until his death in July of that year. Martha and Arthur were described as living at Poplar Farm at the time. In 1925 Arthur held an auction of all the stock at Poplar Farm, which he appears to have owned. After that time they let Poplar Farm to tenants and went to live with Arthur's father at Fenmore Farm.

In 1927 Arthur was prosecuted for dangerous driving. He was fined 20 shillings and also order to pay 16 shillings costs for almost causing a head-on collison whilst driving his car at about 20 to 25 miles per hour.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Arthur and Martha were living on Low Road in South Kyme with their son and with Martha's sister Catherine. Arthur described himself as a farm labourer.

After the Second World War, in 1946, Arthur put an 80 acre farm up for auction. Whether this was Poplar Farm or Fenmore Farm is not specified.

Arthur died in 1953, aged 73. He died in the Sleaford district, which included South Kyme. Martha outlived him by nearly twelve years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Arthur POTTER, September Quarter 1879, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 473, mother's maiden name Barks

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of South Kyme (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1654-1964. (Lincoln: Lincolnshire Archives).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of South Kyme in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1879
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   739 Born Aug[us]t 3rd 1879	Aug[us]t 31st 1879	Arthur	Perren & Emma	Potter	South Kyme	Labourer	E. Garvey, Vicar

3. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3225; Folio 7; Page 7, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Town Street, South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Perrin Potter, head, married, male, 29 [1851/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Emma Potter, wife, married, female, 24 [1856/7], b. Timberland, Lincolnshire
   Arthur Potter, son, male, 1 [1879/80], b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 2577; Folio 189; Page 4, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Perrin Potter, head, married, male, 39 [1851/2], Cottager, employed, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Emma Potter, wife, married, female, 33 [1857/8], b. Timberland, Lincolnshire
   Arthur Potter, son, male, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Jane Coy, visitor, single, female, 22 [1868/9], b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 3047; Folio 10; Page 11, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Top Street, South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Perren Potter, head, married, 49 [1851/2], Farmer, own account, working at home, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Emma S. Potter, wife, married, female, 44 [1856/7], b. Timberland, Lincolnshire
   Arthur Potter, son, single, male, 21 [1879/80], Farmers son, worker, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   John H. Potter, father, widower, male, 92 [1808/9], Retired Farmer, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire

6. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 19604; Schedule 65, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   5 rooms occupied
   Arthur Potter, head, male, 31 [1879/80], married, Farmers Son working on Farm, worker, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Martha Potter, wife, female, 32 [1878/9], married 4 years, 2 children born, 2 still living, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Neville Arthur Potter, son, male, 3 [1907/8], b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Kathleen Emma Potter, daughter, female, 1 [1909/10], b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire

7. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   East Kesteven Rural District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: Low Road, South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Potter, Arthur / male / 3 Aug 1879 / married / Farm Labourer
   Potter, Martha / female / 13 Jul 1878 / married / Unpaid domestic duties
   Potter, Neville A. / male / 24 Jan 1908 / single / Haulage Contractor - ARP Warden
   Cox, Catherine / female / 25 Feb 1875 / single / Domestic Parlourmaid

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Arthur POTTER, June Quarter 1953, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 3b, page 107, aged 73 [1879/80]

9.   Lincolnshire Chronicle, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 3, 4 Apr 1925.

   SOUTH KYME.
   FARM SALE.-On Thursday week Messrs. Earl and Lawrence dispersed the live and dead stock of Mr. Arthur Potter, farmer, of Poplar Farm. The sale was held at Fenmore Farm. Keen competition resulted in very satisfactory prices. Mr. Potter is not leaving the district but is letting the farm, and will reside in future at Fenmore House, and carry on business was his father, Mr. P. Potter.

10.   Boston Guardian, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 3, Saturday 27 Aug 1927.

    PETTY SESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE
    Horncastle.
    DANGEROUS DRIVING.
    Arthur Potter, of South Kyme, was summoned for driving a motor car to the danger of the public.
    Mr. H.S. Jackson, of Lincoln, defended.
    William Bett, of Boston, said on 21st July he was driving his car between Tattershall Station and Tattershall Bridge. He was approaching a wagon and horses, and behind them was a car. He got to within a few yards of the horses, and was just going to pass them on his proper side of the road, when the driver of the other car, the defendant, who he expected would wait for him to pass, pulled out and tried to pass the wagon at the same time. To avoid a head-on collison witness ran his car on to the footpath and grass. The defendant did not stop, but he managed to get the number of the car and reported him. Both cars would be travelling at from 20 to 25 miles an hour.
    Defendant said he was the nearest to the wagon and thought he had a right to pass first.
    The Chairman said defendant did not apparently know the rules of the road.
    He would be fined 20s. and 16s. costs.

11.   Lincolnshire Standard, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 2, 16 March 1946.

    By instructions from Mr. A. Potter.
    With VACANT POSSESSION at 6th April, 1946.
    SOUTH KYME.
    Lincs.
    Freehold Productive Fen-land
    FARM
    of 80a. 2r. 25p. (more or less) of fertile arable and good grass-land, together with House, ample Farm Buildings, Orchard, etc., as now in the occupation of Mr E.W. Barnett, and situate off the Cow Drove 1 miles South from the village of South Kyme.
    To be sold by Auction by
    MESSRS. EARL & LAWRENCE at the Lion Hotel, Northgate Sleaford, on
    Monday Next, 18th March, 1946, at 3.0 o'clock in the afternoon, subject to Conditions of Sale.
    For further particulars, and permits to view, apply to the owner, Mr. Arthur Potter South Kyme Lincoln; the Auctioneers, Sleaford; or Messrs.
    ERNEST H. GODSON & CO.,
    Solicitors, Sleaford