SLHS: John Payton

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Flamboyant Proprietor Of The White Lion Pub

Born in 1800.

He sold open fields to the East of Guild Street. This was to be a new classy mini-suburb with a Georgian style to be modeled on Leamington Spa. The developer named the roads created there, John Street and Payton Street, after him.

The developer was William Tyler (died 1665) a rich businessman. When he died he left 1/5 of his money to KES and 4/5 to the Tyler Charity -one of the Municipal Charities Of Stratford.

Holtom Street is named after Holtom (b1850) who built the Georgian houses there.

(see british Listed Buildings .co.uk)

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