Albert and Ebenezer Fox

They were born in 1857 in Symonds Green and named after the Ebenezer Chapel (Baptist Church) on Albert Street, of which their father, Henry Fox, was a devout supporter.

Their mother, Charlotte Fox, was a straw-plait worker and their father farmed 10 acres (4 hectares) of land.

Despite this, they did spend time in prison where they attracted the attention of Sir Edward Henry who used twins, including the Foxes, to prove that an individual could be identified by his fingerprints.

[2] Both twins ended their days in Chalkdell House (the Poor Law Union workhouse) in Hitchin.

[3] In 1952, the Twin Foxes public house, named after the brothers, opened in the Bedwell area of Stevenage, but it closed in 2012.