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[spanner7853]

How do I find out what my road was called pre 1900? I have searched just about everywhere including old maps, mortgage deeds and I cant find it.

Thanks in advance

[CheekyChops]

When you say you can't find it on old maps, do you mean it doesn't appear or that it is named the same.

I live in Stoke on Trent and we have a website that liksts renamed streets from the 1950's, try google, maybe there is something similar in your area.

Are you sure the street existed pre 1900's? Maybe the name hasn't changed.

[spanner7853]

sorry for the delay. my house was built in 1893. It just doe snt appear. the furhest it goes back shows fields and after that is prbably the 60's and is the name of it now. never mind.

[1rovert]

Try the Ordanance Survey Office In Southampton

[dot.hawkes]

why don't you check it out on the 901 census return at your local library and see what route the census enumerator took, the name of the road will be listed there and it should give you a good descriptive plan. then go back to the 1891 census for the same enumeration district and again check the route the enumerator took, it will have been the same route and you will be able to spot wehere it is missing, if u get what i mean.

[dot.hawkes]

I mean 1901 census, soz

[dot.hawkes]

actually I had better explain abit more about census enumerators routes.
When you look at the actual census returns , you are looking at a full return for a particular registration district, lets say for example Wigan Town centre. Within each district, for practical reasons, the whole district is divided into sub-districts, each time you look at a district, you get a title page, a statistics page and then a written explanation of the enumerators route street by street, or in the case of a rural area, farm by farm. This can be looked at in all returns from 1841 to 1901 and a really good picture of the development of a place worked out.

[don1982]

try www.old-maps.co.uk
or search on http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk
or contact your local family history society - someone there will know sources
ask your local history society
ask your council parish, borough town or county