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It's in Sussex Lyn, about halfway between Eastbourne and Tunbridge Wells.

High St, Heathfield.

It is also possible that Michael's widow is still alive, she appears to be listed on the 2025 ER.

Closest relatives to Evelyn would probably be cousins, children of Christina's 3 surviving brothers but all likely to be older than her. Also I would say now that Michael Onslow Bryant is almost certainly Evelyn's son as her grandmother (Thomas Hughes' mother) was an Elizabeth Onslow.

There doesn't appear to be any obvious kin connection between Catherine and Ada to Gordon Joseph Smith. He was born Nash, the illegitimate son of a Louisa Nash.

Catherine Winifred Hughes never married and in 1939 is living with Ada at 21 New Road, Meriden. She dies 14 Nov 1949. Ada Elizabeth Hughes married an older man Arthur Horace Hiorns in 1916 and is widowed in 1920. No children. As mentioned she is living at 21 New Road, Meriden in 1939. She dies...

It's on the GRO, official government site. You have to register but it's free and you can order certificates on it... https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp

Assuming Michael is her son then he married a Joyce Budge, reg. Dec 1952 Hove. There are no Bryant/Budge children registered local.

The Penns Lane address appears to have been her sister's house. She is listed there in 1939 and it's the address given on her husband's (Clement Brookfield) probate. No children for them.

Sorry, mistyped. That should've been 26 Apr 1960.

I think this might be her (possibly need more checking)... Evelyn Margaret Hughes born 11 Dec 1889 Handsworth, reg . Mar 1890 West Brom. Parents Thomas Hughes and Christina Reading. Had at least one sister, Dorothy, who was a school teacher. Married William Alfred Bryant, reg. Sep 1928 Bham S...

Nothing seems to come up in a search of the Bham newspapers for 49 Bell Lane. A lot about dogs for no. 38 and many listings for new houses in the 1970s.

There is a death reg. Mar qtr 2022 Bham for a Roger Martin b1950.

Might be pushing it with those years (they would probably have to be in their 90s) but you never know. You may already know this but the Browns are listed at 2 back 67 Cromwell St on the 1939 Register.

Are those some sort of tracks on the right hand side of the road?

Her name was Emma Ash and she was the second wife of Thomas Freer Ash. Rockville or Rock Villa as it is listed at times, doesn't appear to be marked on the maps but on the 1891 census it is four properties from Wilmot House, which is marked on the 1913 map, which is a couple away from the...

As Smash says in the OP that they know nothing about that side of their family I don't think they would know. However, I've had a quick look and there is a distinct possibility that David is a third cousin of Smash's mother, both being g g grandchildren of Frederick Hicken and Eliza Merchant.

Here's a time lapse from HS2 of the viaduct move...

A few other titbits. The first of your Hicken ancestors that I've found was from Nottingham and the Hickens came to Birmingham via Gloucester. Edwin Hicken's maternal grandmother appears to have been married five times. Alfred's mother, Emma Handy, had a twin sister. The great grandfather of...

Is that the James Alfred Quiney mentioned previously born Alcester whose birthplace is sometimes incorrectly listed as Bham or a different one?