Ancestors of Johnson and Corbyn used to live NEXT DOOR in Yorkshire
Ancestors of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn used to live NEXT DOOR to each other in small Yorkshire town
- Thomas Stott, Corbyn’s great-great grandfather, lived on Market Place, Yorkshire
- This was next to Mary Raper, who was an ancestor by marriage of Mr Johnson’s
- Mrs Raper, a widow, ran a sweet shop which was next door to Mr Stott’s premises
- Her niece married Thomas Johnson, Mr Johnson’s great-great-great grandfather
A historian has revealed that the ancestors of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn used to live next door to each other in a small Yorkshire town.
Thomas Stott, Mr Corbyn’s great-great grandfather, lived on Market Place next door to Mary Raper – who was an ancestor by marriage of Mr Johnson’s.
Mrs Raper, a widow, ran a sweet shop which was next door to Mr Stott’s saddle and harness making premises.
Thomas Stott, Mr Corbyn’s great-great grandfather, lived on Market Place (house to the right of the lamppost), next door to Mary Raper – who was an ancestor by marriage of Mr Johnson’s (house left of the lamppost)
Mrs Raper, a widow, ran a sweet shop which was next door to Mr Stott’s saddle and harness making premises. Left: Mr Johnson, right, Mr Corbyn
Mrs Raper’s niece niece, also Mary Raper, married Thomas John Johnson, the Prime Minister’s great-great-great grandfather. Pictured: Mr Corbyn’s great-great grandfather Thomas Stott’s house in the town
Her niece, also Mary Raper, married Thomas John Johnson, the Prime Minister’s great-great-great grandfather.
Thomas and Mary Johnson (nee Raper), who are direct descendants of Mr Johnson, had their grocery business located just 500 yards away on Silver Street.
The pair married in Masham on September 2, 1837.
Family historian Denny Gibson said the two families would ‘definitely be well known to each other’ in the village of Masham, North Yorkshire, where the ancestors lived in the early 1800s
Amateur genealogist Denny Gibson said: ‘We can not know but it is possible that the Stotts may have been [wedding] guests.
‘These two families would definitely be well known to each other in such a small community.
‘Both families were very established in the area.
Denny stands in the churchyard of The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Masham, where the great-great-grandparents of Jeremy Corbyn are buried
The headstone of Thomas and Ellen Stott, the great-great-grandparents of Jeremy Corbyn stands in the churchyard of The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Masham
‘The premises are still there to this day, though they are no longer businesses, there were more businesses back in those days as community life would have been far more insular.
‘All my information comes from the census, so I cannot say for certain which premises were the actual ones on Market Place, as it just gives the street name.
‘Though the street is still there.’
Denny said she knew Boris Johnson had a link with the North and she had read Corbyn had ancestors who were saddlers in North Yorkshire
The churchyard of he Church of St Mary the Virgin, Masham, North Yorkshire, where Corbyn’s ancestors are buried
Both Boris Johnson’s ancestors and Corbyn’s were running businesses in the era and in close proximity to each other
Professional genealogist Michael Rochford confirmed the work of Denny who proved the families were very likely to have known each other
Silver Street in Masham, North Yorkshire, where a relative of Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a shop
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