Genealogy Chat

Old Maps site http://www.old-maps.*co.uk Alan Godfrey maps are excellent value. Often they are for around the early 1900s but there is a chance that it might show your street. The Digital Archives Association produced 26" to the miles maps of Lancashire and Cheshire on CD-ROM. I think I read that they were thinking of tackling London but not seen anything about it being done yet. Check GENUKI and the local FHS websites to see if there are any maps avaialble. Check in the local library to see if there are any locally produced maps. If the place is in Scotland then there are a lot of old maps digitised on the National Library of Scotland website. This site has some maps http://www.yourmapsonline.*org.uk/ Of course you can get an idea where the street was by finding it in the census and then looking at the adjacent areas as well as the description at the front of that section. MB

Send for Tony Robinson and the Time Team. Lol

Thanks for the sites. And thanks for looking on the 1901. I know where White Lion Street is in Islington. It's just opposite Angel tube station, more or less. Chloe

Chloe I’ve just looked on the 1901 cd and Seabrook Place has White Lion Street on either side of it. Presumably it was a turning off of White Lion Street, which is still there. Is this any help ? Joan

Another way might be to do an address search on 1901 census and see which roads were before and after it on the census. nell

any other good one... http://www.motco(.)com/map/ take a bit of getting used to naviagte but well worth it. If you have problems mail me :-)))))

Chloe try this site.. http://members.aol(.)com/WHall95037/london.html lost london streets, just click on the first letter for your street's name. Not all streets are on there yet but certainly worth a look Shelli

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

Could it be one like the tenement buildings in Scottish cities where there were apartments set around central stairwells. These were like terraces but there would be two or three stairwells along the building. Might there be photo examples of history books of the area? I have a book like this of Lancaster and you could strike lucky with your street even. Abigail

Try the Post Office for that area or maybe a local realtor.

i HAVE JUST PURCHASED OLD oRDNANCE sURVEY mAPS OF bERMONDSEY & wAPPING 1872 TOGETHER WITH THE MAP FOR bATHNAL gREEN AND bOW 1870. tHEY WERE £2 EACH. tHE PUBLISHERS aLAN gODFREY mAPS OF pROSPECT bUSINESS pARK, lEADGATE, cONSETT dh8 7pw HAS A WEBSITE WWW.ALANGODFREYMAPS.CO.UK. i HAVEN'T ACCESSED IT YET SO DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD IT IS. rITA

a lot of the streets just plain dont exist anymore and havent neccessarily just been replaced with another street most of my londoners homes went in "slum" clearance around that time..... but ive no idea how you pinpoint what is there now but would be interested to find out too kaz

Will have to go to Islington Library one day then! (I live in Hampshire). Thanks for the idea. Wouldn't have thought of that.

My great grandmother died at 9 Seabrook Place, Holborn (London) in 1912 aged 42. I found this on the lost streets site for London. Seabrook Place, St Mark, HOLBORN [1862]. How do I find what the street it called now and to locate it?