1881 Census R.G.11/3534
St James, Congleton, Cheshire.

John Lloyd Jones (Head)
Age: 23
Occupation: Gardener.
Born: Whitchurch, Shropshire.

Harriet (Ellison) Jones (Wife)
Age: 30
Born: Grantham, Lincolnshire.

John William Jones (Son)
Age: 3
Born: Congleton Cheshire.

Annie Elizabeth Jones (Daughter)
Age: 11 months
Born: Congleton Cheshire.

Information:

The address of the family at the time of the census was, Astbury Road, Congleton, Cheshire.

John William Jones was my Grandfather and Annie Elizabeth (Winnie) Jones was my Great Aunt.

Below is the baptism of Annie Elizabeth Jones on 23rd May 1880 (b. 12th April 1880). The place they are living at is The Mount and her father John Lloyd Jones' profession is given as Gardener and therfore this must have meant that he was living in a house on the grounds and working there.
St James is the Parish Church in Congleton.

Above is The Mount, Congleton, Cheshire. John Lloyd Jones was the gardener there.
From 1872 - 1880, it was owned by James Johnson.
In 1881 census his widow Mary Ellen Johnson was occupying the property.

John Lloyd Jones My great-grandfather

The Mount was owned by several people, by 1923 - 1928, it was a College. 1934 - 1950, a School. 1951 - 1988/89, a Residential Home. 1988/89, the house was demolished and several large house were built on the grounds. More Information

The grounds of The Mount contained several ornate greenhouses, (this I am sure would have been one of the main jobs my great grandfather would have been involved in and plants for the grounds would have been cultured in them) tennis courts and a moat.

The Mount Congleton in 1875

The Mount Congleton in 1910