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Thomas Dod Baker 1830 to 1880
BAK00128
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Headlines of Thomas Dod Baker’s life are in brown.
Dates are in red.
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References and citations are in turquoise.
Context and local history are in purple.
1830
Thomas Dod Baker was the son of William and Ann (nee Hough) Baker
(BAK00102). He was baptised at Audlem
on 25 February 1830.
1854
William Baker the Younger (1816 to 1876) (BAK00121)
built Kynsal Lodge in 1854, a
medium sized house of character, which was designed by
Thomas Baker (BAK00128), the third and last of the Baker architects. Thomas built a number
of country houses in the area, including Hillside, Green Lane (later the
home of Arthur Baker (BAK00155) and his family) and the Cedars (later the home of the
three rather eccentric sisters, Poppy (BAK00150), Totty (BAK00157) and Emily (BAK00158) and the bachelor Richard Dod Baker (BAK00154).
The inhabitants of the Cedars were:
Richard Baker, 1892
John Bellyse Baker and the Misses Baker in 1914
The Mises Baker in 1939
Arthur Baker lived at Hillside
Thomas was an architect and surveyor at Kidderminster, in
partnership with John Beaumont Piercy until 1861 and subsequently Borough
Architect.
1880
Thomas died, unmarried, on 7 May 1880. His will was proved on 29 May 1880, with estate under £800.