Person:Henry Freer (1)

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Henry Freer
b.6 Jan 1850 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
d.23 Sep 1881 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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  • F.  George Freer (add)
  • M.  Ann Wright (add)
m. 11 May 1845
  1. Henry Freer1850 - 1881
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m. 14 Nov 1871
  1. Charles Harry Freer1873 - 1947
  2. Sidney Freer1874 -
  3. George Bertram Freer1876 -
  4. Frank Freer1878 -
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Name Henry Freer
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 Jan 1850 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Marriage 14 Nov 1871 Bedford, Bedfordshire, EnglandSt Paul's Church
to Anna Grace Tudball
Occupation[3] 3 Apr 1881 Encaustic Tile Paver
Death[2] 23 Sep 1881 Leicester, Leicestershire, EnglandBelgrave Gate
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April 3, 1881 - United Kingdom Census

277 Belgrave Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Name Relation Condition Male Female Occupation Place of Birth
Henry Freer Head Married 31 Encaustic Tile Paver Leicester
Annie G. Freer Wife Married 32 Liverpool
Charles Hy. Freer Son 7 Scholar Leicester
Sidney Freer Son 6 Scholar Leicester
George B. Freer Son 4 Scholar Leicester
Frank Freer Son 2 Leicester

Class: RG11; Piece: 3170; Folio: 25; Page: 3

References
  1. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Leicester Registration District, Quarter 1, 1850, Volume 15, Page 134.
  2. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Leicester Registration District, Quarter 3, 1881, Volume 7a, Page 149, Age 31.
  3. ↑ Encaustic tiles are ceramic tiles in which the pattern or figure on the surface is not a product of the glaze but of different colors of clay. They are usually of two colors but a tile may be composed of as many as six. The pattern is inlaid into the body of the tile, so as the tile is worn down the design remains. Encaustic tiles may be glazed or unglazed and the inlay may be as shallow as an eighth of an inch, as is often the case with "printed" encaustic tile from the later medieval period, or as deep as a quarter inch.

    What were called encaustic tiles in the Victorian era were originally called inlaid tiles during the medieval period. The use of the word "encaustic" to describe an inlaid tile of two or more colors is technically incorrect. The word encaustic means "burning in" from the Greek en "in" and kaiein "to burn". The term originally described a process of painting with a beeswax-based paint that was then fixed with heat. It was also applied to a process of medieval enameling. The term did not come into use when describing tile until the 19th century. Supposedly, Victorians thought that the two color tiles strongly resembled enamel work and so called them encaustic. Despite the error, the term has now been in common use for so long that it is an accepted name for inlaid tile work.

    Encaustic or inlaid tiles enjoyed two periods of great popularity. The first came in the 13th century and lasted until Henry the Eighth's reformation in the 16th century. These tiles caught the attention of craftsmen during the Gothic Revival who, after much trial and error mass-produced these tiles, making them available to the general public. During both periods tiles were made across Western Europe though the center of tile production was England.
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