Legini Press © 2000 - 2019
Sarah
Ogden
(1817-95)
was
a
daughter
of
Benjamin
Cort,
a
prosperous
ironfounder
of
Leicester,
and
was
brought
up
in
a
fine
eight
bedroom
house
in
Welford
Place.
Her
diary
starts
with
her
marriage
in
1842
to
her
first
cousin
Benjamin
Cort
Ogden,
an
employee
of
a
Leicester
bank.
The bank’s
collapse
the
following
year,
however,
led
to
Ogden’s
appointment
as
manager
of
the
Stamford,
Spalding
and
Boston
Banking
Co.
in
Uppingham,
where
they
lived
for
the
next
five
years.
In
1848,
he
opened
a
branch
of
that
bank
in
Grantham,
where
they
settled.
Sarah’s
diary
ends
in
1851
when
they
were
living
at
18,
High
Street,
Grantham
with
a
groom
and
two
servants.
The
Ogdens
were
a
prosperous
middle
class
couple,
had
no
children
and
were
Strict
Baptists;
the
diary
gives
a
vivid
picture of their social life in Leicester, Uppingham and Grantham.
The
diary
has
been
transcribed
and
annotated
by
Nigel
Webb,
a
Great
Great
Great
grandson
of
Sarah's father.
Uppingham
historian
Peter
Lane
has
kindly
provided,
as
an
appendix,
a
commentary
and
notes
on
individuals appearing in the diary for the Ogdens' period of residence in Uppingham.
Legini Press © 2000 - 2019
Sarah
Ogden
(1817-95)
was
a
daughter
of
Benjamin
Cort,
a
prosperous
ironfounder
of
Leicester,
and
was
brought
up
in
a
fine
eight
bedroom
house
in
Welford
Place.
Her
diary
starts
with
her
marriage
in
1842
to
her
first
cousin
Benjamin
Cort
Ogden,
an
employee
of
a
Leicester
bank.
The
bank’s
collapse
the
following
year,
however,
led
to
Ogden’s
appointment
as
manager
of
the
Stamford,
Spalding
and
Boston
Banking
Co.
in
Uppingham,
where
they
lived
for
the
next
five
years.
In
1848,
he
opened
a
branch
of
that
bank
in
Grantham,
where
they
settled.
Sarah’s
diary
ends
in
1851
when
they
were
living
at
18,
High
Street,
Grantham
with
a
groom
and
two
servants.
The
Ogdens
were
a
prosperous
middle
class
couple,
had
no
children
and
were
Strict
Baptists;
the
diary
gives
a
vivid
picture
of
their
social
life
in
Leicester,
Uppingham and Grantham.
The
diary
has
been
transcribed
and
annotated
by
Nigel
Webb,
a
Great
Great
Great
grandson
of
Sarah's father.
Uppingham
historian
Peter
Lane
has
kindly
provided,
as
an
appendix,
a
commentary
and
notes
on
individuals
appearing
in
the
diary
for
the
Ogdens' period of residence in Uppingham.
