What would a number be on an address if not house

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 10,253 Send Message	CATHKIN	Report	8 Oct 2006 18:02
	I have an Irish address --496, Dunlavin , Co. Wicklow but Dunlavin is a town --this is 1871 Thanks, Ros
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 239 Send Message	Hazel	Report	8 Oct 2006 18:13
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 239 Send Message	Could it be a Postcode? Bit early I know!! Hazel
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	8 Oct 2006 18:19
	Dunlavin is only a small place, it has only got about 3/4 streets, so i would think that 496, Dunlavin would be on the main street that goes through the village. Roy
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 2,367 Send Message	Mike. The Leicester Lad.(GC)	Report	8 Oct 2006 18:20
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 2,367 Send Message	Greeting’s Rosalyn. I think it’s the numerator’s number allotted for the household found within the town of Dunlvin. Although the enumerators were asked to put the street name at the top of the Census return sheet. They didn’t …. MIKE.