William Tilbury born 1793
Crown Lane

Crown Lane
Picture from the SWOP website
Reference number MHW : 01662

I am a smith, William Tilbury my name,
Here’s where I live, they call it Crown Lane,
I have a young son, who’s a smith just like me
And an older one too, a chairmaker he,
There’s plenty of Tilburys both here and around
Cousins have married, I’m sure you’ll have found,
But with all of us doing a much needed trade
We are playing our part in how Wycombe was made.

William Tilbury's son, Frederick, was the father of Georgiana Tilbury who married Charles Edwin Skull.  They are no doubt related to the John Tilbury who sold his factory to Charles Edwin Skull.
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