Vear Street

[perose]

I am trying to find out which part of London Vear Street was in. My Grandfather was born in Vear Street in 1881 but I cannot seem to find it now. Can anyone help please.

[skyep]

Hi perose- went on ask jeeves- If you put in the search bar-
The streets of London 1891, it comes up with several 'Vere ' streets but not 'Vear street' Are you sure you have the right spelling? Maybe it's worth a look as a starting point?

[perose]

thanx skyep, definately spelt Vear Street on Birth Certificate but always a chance that there was a spelling mistake!

[dotty.]

The Birth Certificate will also give you a Civil registration District which was also the authority responsible for the Census. If you find the 1881 census street index for that district it will find u the vear Street for that particular sub-district. At the start of each enumerators book there is a contemporary written walking route and you will be able to identify the street names and probably go to the exact folio the street is recorded on using that and the street indexes. U can check these online on various reasearch sites.

[nickmo]

This links to the maps for 1862 - no Vear St but the Vere St option is either Lincolns Inn or behind Regent St. http://www.motco.com/Map/81006

It could be an abreviation - say of Weaver St.

Do you know the background to the family? Weaver St on the link is in Mile End.

Could also be appaling pronunciation. An immigant (not so odd in London) might not pronounce the name properly - think German speaking English with 'V'' for a 'W' which might account for it.

Also, a lot of streets do change the names. Vear could be a persons name that was used originally for the road (after a local dignitary etc) and this has since been changed to another name.