John and Mary Bush lived in New Bridge Street, Nottingham

Looking at the source England Marriages 1538-1973 index (FHL Film Number: 95040, 95043, 95044) on 3 April 1825 Mary Heep married John Bush in  the church of St Peter Nottingham. The 1841 Census then shows that they lived together on New bridge Street, Nottingham. That street lies off Canal Street, and is shown in the above 1968 Photograph. This is a notorious area of the the town known for its over crowding and slums.

John and Mary Bush are on the bottom left of the above 1841 Census record. The Household occupants were all born in Nottinghamshire, they are:

Thomas Heep, age 65 born in 1776. His wife was Fanny Heep, age 60 born in 1781. Then we have John Bush, age 40, and his wife Mary Bush, age 30 born in 1811. In this census Thomas William Bush age 2 was living with his parents at this house.

In tracing the Christening of John Bush (Thomas’s father), the only reference that shows one of Nottingham’s principal churches, St Mary’s in this instance, as the place of the occasion (FHL Film Number: 503800, 503801) indicates that it took place on 31 January 1802; his father is given as William Bush, with Elizabeth being his mother. These are of course Thomas Bush’s grand parents.