Individual Details
Henry Harland "Harry" Stainthorp
(17 March 1904 - 3 April 1952)
Events
| Birth | 17 March 1904 | informant: M. A. Stainthorp, mother - 57, Castlereagh Street, New Silksworth, Tunstall, Durham, England |  | ||
| Residence | 7 May 1904 | at the time of his birth - 57, Castlereagh Street, New Silksworth, Tunstall, Durham, England | | ||
| Baptism | 11 May 1904 | St Matthew's Church, Silksworth, Durham, England | | ||
| Census | 2 April 1911 | 82, Second Street, Horden, Durham, England | | ||
| Census | 19 June 1921 | 41, Edwards Road, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England |  | | |
| Residence | From 1928 to 1930 | according to the electoral register - 41, St Oswalds Avenue, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Marriage | 26 December 1928 | witnesses: Basil Grant, Norah Crocker - St Paul's Church, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England - Marion Curry [Stainthorp, Fawcett] | | ||
| Occupation | 26 December 1928 | master butcher | | ||
| Residence | 26 December 1928 | at the time of his marriage - 41, St Oswalds Avenue, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Residence | 29 July 1929 | at the time of the birth of his son William - 41, St Oswalds Avenue, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Property | From 1936 to 1952 | butcher's shop - 215, High Street East, Wallsend, Northumberland, England | | | |
| Residence | 1936 | according to a street directory - 96, Links Road, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Ca 1936 | owned a motorcycle and sidecar, registration number VK 7185 | | | |
| Residence | 11 February 1937 | at the time of the birth of his son Robin - 96, Links Road, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Residence | 29 September 1939 | at the time of the 1939 register - 96, Links Road, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Military | 29 September 1939 | 1/B/3/11, National Defence Transport Group [home guard] - Wallsend, Northumberland, England | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 9 May 1940 | had a poem published in a local newspaper, protesting about the honey-trap agents that he believed the Ministry of Food were using to entrap butchers into breaking rationing laws | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 19 January 1942 | had a letter published in a local newspaper, suggesting that metal lamp posts should be collected for scrap metal, after having walked into one during a blackout | | | |
| Residence | 15 March 1944 | at the time of the birth of his son Norman - 96, Links Road, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Ca 1946 - 1950 | owned an Alvis TA 14 shooting brake motor car | | | |
| Residence | From 1947 to 1952 | according to the telephone directory - 221, Broadway, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Residence | Bef 3 April 1952 | at the time of his death - 221, Broadway, Cullercoats, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Death | 3 April 1952 | cause of death: asphyxia due to hanging and that he committed suicide whilst the balance of his mind was disturbed; informant: W. J. Potts, assistant deputy coroner - Gentlemen's Toilet, Rockcliffe Tennis Courts, Margaret Road, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 5 April 1952 | was the subject of a coroner's inquest - North Shields, Northumberland, England | | | |
| Cremation | 8 April 1952 | Newcastle Crematorium, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | | ||
| Probate | 14 June 1952 | admon - Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England | |
Families
| Spouse | Marion Curry [Stainthorp, Fawcett] (1907 - 1994) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Norman Stainthorp (1944 - 2006) |
| Father | William Stainthorp (1862 - 1924) |
| Mother | Margaret Annie Harland [Stainthorp] (1859 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Madge "Marguerite" Stainthorp [Masterman, Jackman] (1884 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Francis "Frank" Stainthorp (1886 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Charles Stainthorp (1887 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Verita Anne "Rita" Stainthorp [Kay] (1890 - 1968) |
| Sibling | William Harland Stainthorp (1892 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Millicent "Millie" Stainthorp [Lewis, Bell] (1895 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Phyllys Stainthorp [Burr] (1897 - 1966) |
| Sibling | William Stainthorp (1901 - 1919) |
Notes
Census
At the time of the 1921 census, he was employed by Eastmans Ltd, meat importers, High Street East, Wallsend.Property
People who worked with his grandson remembered the butcher's shop from when they sat in their council offices over the road in Wallsend Town Hall. Edith Hodgson remembered his shop too, and knew him as "Harry". I think it's very likely that a photograph of this shop exists somewhere (possibly in North Shields library's local history photo collection), as it was in a prominent location on High Street East, directly opposite the town hall. One photo available from the Francis Frith Collection is from the right era but the butcher's shop is just out of shot.Miscellaneous
According to James Robinson (editor, ''Classic Motorcycle'' magazine), the bike was probably a BSA G14, a 1000cc V-twin [alternatively possibly a Panther], while the sidecar was probably built by Watsonian, rather than being one of BSA's own.Military
Wartime stories told about Henry Harland Stainthorp include:1 Throwing hand grenades off Tynemouth Priory.
2 Bringing a bren gun into the house.
3 Seeing a ghost whilst out on patrol.
4 Having one side of his handlebar moustache shaved off whilst asleep, by his mates.
5 Discarding a Smith and Wesson revolver off Tynemouth pier in the 1940s after an amnesty had expired.
Miscellaneous
While out at night on a home guard patrol, he had walked into a lamp post in the darkness. Of course they weren't lit up because of the wartime blackout regulations. The stars and flashes in the poem refer to his stunned state.Miscellaneous
His son William (Bill) Stainthorp used to talk about this car, saying that Alvis built armoured cars. He talked a lot about the car he used to drive up and out of the drive in Links Road, during the war, always in the same breath as talking about the Alvis so assumed they were one and the same.Miscellaneous
Apparently he was suffering from persecutory delusions and believed the Inland Revenue were pursuing him (described at his inquest as "imaginary financial worries"), leading to his suicide.Endnotes
1. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp, born 17 March 1904; registered June Quarter 1904, Sunderland registration district, volume 10a, page 811; General Register Office, Southport.
2. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp, born 17 March 1904; registered June Quarter 1904, Sunderland registration district, volume 10a, page 811; General Register Office, Southport.
3. Baptism: St Matthew's Church (Silksworth, Durham, England), register of baptisms, 1902–1914, Henry Harland Stainthorp, baptised 11 May 1904, page 27, number 240; Durham County Record Office [now The Story Durham], archive reference EP/Si 1/4, microfilm reference M42/782.
4. 1911 Census: England and Wales, Durham, Shotton, enumeration district 15, schedule number 177, Wm Stainthorp [household]; image copy, "1911 England Census", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/35740475:2352 : accessed 18 December 2015); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 14, piece 30007.
5. 1921 Census: England, Northumberland, Whitley and Monkseaton, enumeration district 21, schedule number 181, William Stainthorp [household]; image copy, "1921 Census Of England & Wales", database with digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1921%2FRG15%2F25534%2F0369%2F01 : accessed 6 January 2022); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 15, piece 25534.
6. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Register of Electors, 1928 (Newcastle upon Tyne: Electoral Registration Officer, 1928), Newcastle upon Tyne East constituency, Walker ward, polling district J, page 47; image copy, "Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60918/images/44783_302022005560_0032-00517 : accessed 2 April 2023); citing Tyne and Wear Archives, Newcastle upon Tyne, archive reference MD.NC/D/2/3/1928E.
7. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Register of Electors, 1929 (Newcastle upon Tyne: Electoral Registration Officer, 1929), Newcastle upon Tyne East constituency, Walker ward, polling district K, page 52; image copy, "Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60918/images/44783_302022005560_0034-00648 : accessed 2 April 2023); citing Tyne and Wear Archives, Newcastle upon Tyne, archive reference MD.NC/D/2/3/1929E.
8. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Register of Electors, 1930 (Newcastle upon Tyne: Electoral Registration Officer, 1930), Newcastle upon Tyne East constituency, Walker ward, polling district K, page 53; image copy, "Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Electoral Registers, 1741-1974", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/60918/images/44783_302022005601_0041-00649 : accessed 4 February 2023); citing Tyne and Wear Archives, Newcastle upon Tyne, archive reference MD.NC/D/2/3/1930E.
9. Marriage: England and Wales, marriage certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp and Marion Curry, married 26 December 1928; registered December Quarter 1928, Tynemouth registration district, volume 10b, page 389; General Register Office, Southport.
10. Marriage: England and Wales, marriage certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp and Marion Curry, married 26 December 1928; registered December Quarter 1928, Tynemouth registration district, volume 10b, page 389; General Register Office, Southport.
11. Marriage: England and Wales, marriage certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp and Marion Curry, married 26 December 1928; registered December Quarter 1928, Tynemouth registration district, volume 10b, page 389; General Register Office, Southport.
12. Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, birth certificate (certified copy) for William Stainthorp, born 7 July 1929; Register Office, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne.
13. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for William Stainthorp, born 7 July 1929; registered September Quarter 1929, Newcastle upon Tyne registration district, volume 10b, page 91; General Register Office, Southport.
14. Directory: Ward's Directory of Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, North and South Shields, Jarrow, Wallsend, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Adjacent Villages, 1936 (Newcastle upon Tyne: R. Ward & Sons, 1936), page 397; image copy, "UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/3145/images/GB1340-00441 : accessed 31 July 2017).
15. Telephone Directory: General Post Office (United Kingdom), Telephone Directory, Volume 4A, Section 36 [Newcastle], March 1954 (London: GPO, 1954), page 280, Spraggon-Stafford; image copy, "British Phone Books, 1880-1984", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1025/images/BT_900874_BOX119_1954_MAR_001-01124 : accessed 31 July 2017); citing BT Archives, London.
16. Directory: Ward's Directory of Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, North and South Shields, Jarrow, Wallsend, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Adjacent Villages, 1936 (Newcastle upon Tyne: R. Ward & Sons, 1936), page 79; image copy, "UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/3145/images/GB1340-00123 : accessed 31 July 2017).
17. Photograph: Henry Harland Stainthorp, either Margaret Annie Stainthorp [née Harland] or Patti Lilian Curry [née Burrows], and Willliam Stainthorp with a motorcycle and sidecar, registration number VK 7185, circa 1936, Links Road, Cullercoats, Northumberland; in "Grandma and Grandad photo album" privately held by Paul H. Stainthorp, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, 2023.
18. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Robin Stainthorp, born 9 January 1937; registered March Quarter 1937, Tynemouth registration district, volume 10b, page 327; General Register Office, Southport.
19. 1939 National Registration: England and Wales, Northumberland, Tynemouth C.B., enumeration district GBAE, schedule number 267, Henry H. Stainthorp [household]; image copy, "1939 Register", database with digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FR39%2F2943%2F2943G%2F020%2F03 : accessed 15 March 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 101, piece 2943G.
20. 1939 National Registration: England and Wales, Northumberland, Tynemouth C.B., enumeration district GBAE, schedule number 267, Henry H. Stainthorp [household]; image copy, "1939 Register", database with digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FR39%2F2943%2F2943G%2F020%2F03 : accessed 15 March 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 101, piece 2943G.
21. Newspaper Article: "Butcher's Lament", readers' letters, Evening Chronicle [Newcastle upon Tyne], 9 May 1940, page 4.
22. Newspaper Article: "Letters to the Editor", Evening Chronicle [Newcastle upon Tyne], 19 January 1942, page 3.
23. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Norman Stainthorp, born 8 March 1944; registered March Quarter 1944, Tynemouth registration district, volume 10b, page 378; General Register Office, Southport.
24. Photograph: Henry Harland Stainthorp with an Alvis TA 14 shooting brake motor car, circa 1946–1950; in "Grandma and Grandad photo album" privately held by Paul H. Stainthorp, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, 2023.
25. Telephone Directory: General Post Office (United Kingdom), Telephone Directory, Volume 4A, Section 36 [Newcastle], September 1947 (London: GPO, 1947), page 204, Stagshaw-Stephens; image copy, "British Phone Books, 1880-1984", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1025/images/BT_900818_BOX109_1947_SEP_001-00844 : accessed 31 July 2017); citing BT Archives, London.
26. Telephone Directory: General Post Office (United Kingdom), Telephone Directory, Volume 4A, Section 36 [Newcastle], September 1950 (London: GPO, 1950), page 218, Spotswood-Station; image copy, "British Phone Books, 1880-1984", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1025/images/BT_900851_BOX113_1950_SEP_001-00926 : accessed 4 November 2024); citing BT Archives, London.
27. Telephone Directory: General Post Office (United Kingdom), Telephone Directory, Volume 4A, Section 36 [Newcastle], December 1951 (London: GPO, 1951), page 239, Spencer-Stanley; image copy, "British Phone Books, 1880-1984", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1025/images/BT_900858_BOX115_1951_DEC_001-01003 : accessed 4 November 2024); citing BT Archives, London.
28. Telephone Directory: General Post Office (United Kingdom), Telephone Directory, Volume 4A, Section 36 [Newcastle], December 1952 (London: GPO, 1952), page 253, Spencer-Stanley; image copy, "British Phone Books, 1880-1984", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1025/images/BT_900863_BOX116_1952_DEC_001-01057 : accessed 4 November 2024); citing BT Archives, London.
29. Telephone Directory: General Post Office (United Kingdom), Telephone Directory, Volume 4A, Section 36 [Newcastle], March 1954 (London: GPO, 1954), page 280, Spraggon-Stafford; image copy, "British Phone Books, 1880-1984", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1025/images/BT_900874_BOX119_1954_MAR_001-01124 : accessed 31 July 2017); citing BT Archives, London.
30. Death: England and Wales, death certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp, died 3 April 1952; registered June Quarter 1952, Northumberland South registration district, volume 1b, page 361; General Register Office, Southport.
31. Death: England and Wales, death certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp, died 3 April 1952; registered June Quarter 1952, Northumberland South registration district, volume 1b, page 361; General Register Office, Southport.
32. Death: England and Wales, death certificate (certified copy) for Henry Harland Stainthorp, died 3 April 1952; registered June Quarter 1952, Northumberland South registration district, volume 1b, page 361; General Register Office, Southport.
33. Coroner's Inquest: HM Coroner (South Northumberland, England), inquest reports, 1870–2003, "Inquest report into the death of Henry Harland Stainthorp, aged 48, of Cullercoats, Northumberland." [archives catalogue record], 1952; Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn, archive reference COS/3/75/43. File badly damaged, parts missing. Record closed until circa 2027.
34. Newspaper Article: "Man had 'imaginary financial worries'", Evening News [North Shields], 5 April 1952, page 8.
35. Newspaper Article: "Butcher worried", Sunday Sun [Newcastle upon Tyne], 6 April 1952, page 5.
36. Newspaper Article: "Wallsend butcher dies, aged 48", Evening News [North Shields], 4 April 1952, page 12.
37. Probate: England and Wales, entry in a probate calendar for Henry Harland Stainthorp, died 3 April 1952; probate granted 14 June 1952, Newcastle upon Tyne, page 511; image copy, "Find a will", database with digital images, GOV.UK (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/ : accessed 15 July 2018); HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Probate, Harlow; citing Principal Probate Registry, London, "Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England (CGPLA)".
38. Newspaper Article: "Cullercoats man left £3,276", Evening News [North Shields], 12 August 1952, page 5.