Howrah House
Mathieson's Directory of 1867 v2
Tunbridge Wells library (conveniently located 5 minutes walk away) has lots of old local directories listing local residents over the years since the house was built. These include Kellys, Coles, Matheison's and Stevens. 

The property started off as No 70 and over the years it has changed until it became 76.

William Heather on 1891 census at 75 London Road
Steven's Directory
  • 1867 Occupant is a Miss Lock who is a lodging house keeper. Simply called Howrah House and not numbered. In both Kelly's and Mathieson's Directories. 
  • 1870s various of the Hodsall family, Miss Hodsall, the Misses Hodsall and Mrs Hodsall who are lodging or boarding house keepers. Found in the Tunbridge Wells Gazette supplement.
  • 1886 By this date it is number 70 and occupied by Mrs Ann Hodsall.
  • 1889 The new occupier is a Mr William Heather and it is number 71 and a lodging house.
  • 1892 William Heather is running it as furnished apartments and it is number 75 and in 1894 number 74. It continues as 75 until 1900 when William dies and his wife Harriet takes over.
  • 1901 it is number 76 and the census shows Harriet Heather with her daughter Kate, a widowed boarder Elizabeth Finch aged 83 with her companion, Ladkin and a nurse, Jane Price, alongside servants Minnie Wane and Florence Emery. In the second apartment are Hannah Dalton, Julia and Mary Ann Barker.