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Where is Somers Town?

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Jackie

Jackie Report 20 Nov 2006 16:29

I have found a place of birth listed on the 1871 census as Somers Town. Please can antone on the list give me some idea the area covers as on the 1861 census it is not listed as a place of birth. I have a common name with several other people listed in London with the same birth year. Many thanks in advance, Jackie

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 20 Nov 2006 16:34

Found the following........by googling Victorian London - Districts - Somers TownSOMERS TOWN. A poorly inhabited suburb of London, on the north-west side, and so called from the noble family of Somers, whose freehold property it is, ... www.victorianlondon.org/districts/somerstown.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pages BBC - Action Network - St Pancras and Somers TownSt Pancras and Somers Town. Updated: 05 Oct 2006. Have you taken a picture that represents this area? Send it in and we'll add it to the page. ... Loads of results...........give it a whirl Reg

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 20 Nov 2006 16:36

Looking on the internet I think it is Camden area London. Ann Glos

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Malcolm

Malcolm Report 20 Nov 2006 16:52

Hi Jackie I used to work for Camden Council & it's definitely in that borough. It's the area between St Pancras Station and Monnington Crescent and would have been part of the old borough of St Pancras. If you need more info, try the Camden Local Studies Library, see link: http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/ local-history/ Hope that helps Malcolm

joysie4

joysie4 Report 20 Nov 2006 17:35

We have a Somerstown in Portsmouth Hampshire

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Mc Dowells Portsmouth .& Devon & .Ireland .Scotland Garthland Macdowalls Dumbrells Lewis /South Malling Sussex

Shelli4

Shelli4 Report 20 Nov 2006 17:46

Hello you, well spooky was only thinking about you this afternoon wondering where you was as I haven't seen you fro ages. Hope all is well..... and what did daughter have? Shelli

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 20 Nov 2006 20:02

During the first world war a munitions factory exploded there with huge loss of life.

Uncle John

Uncle John Report 20 Nov 2006 20:43

A lot of the area around Somers Town was flattened when the Midland Railway extension to St. Pancras was built (1850-1860 era). Somers Town Goods Station was where the British Library is now. This was an extremely poor area. J

Jean Durant

Jean Durant Report 20 Nov 2006 21:10

My Scottish great grandparents moved down from Edinburgh in the late 1880's to Somerstown which is in St. Pancras/Kings Cross, London and now comes under Camden registration district. Jean x.