London historical street directories
 

I found Samuel Clay Bristow (yes, I know, another one of those annoying Bristows!) listed in a 1902 London street directory on ancestry last night, at 9 Farnley Road, South Norwood. I thought this morning I would go through the later London directories on the Historical Directories website to see when he stopped being listed at that address (I'm trying to find out when he died and have never found a death registration for him).
But I can't find Farnley Road in either the London directories or the London suburbs directories on there. Can anyone else?

KiteRunner

It was still around in 2008 as there are online planning applications concerning it!

SE25??

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x...f&mapp=map.srf

Yes, it's still there and I had found it on an A-Z, sorry, what I meant to ask was, can anyone find it in a street directory later than 1902 but before about 1920?

Ah, it looks as though the Post Office London suburbs directory didn't include that area; presumably it wasn't actually in the county of London in those days? But Kelly's did include it. And unfortunately most of the London directories on the Historical Directories website are Post Office ones rather than Kelly's.

I'm not having any luck with the address, but just wondered if you have a death for his wife, Jane?

No, I don't have a death for Jane, Merry. She was born about 1830 (in Liverpool).
I've managed to find some Surrey directories that include South Norwood - 1911 and later ones. No Bristow listed at Farnley Road in 1911, which doesn't surprise me as I can't find them on the 1911 census! But I can't find any directories between 1902 and 1911 to see what year they stop being listed.

And that Jane who died in Portsmouth in 1902 was their sister-in-law.

I can't remember how far out the Ward directories go, but there are such good directories for Croydon that other street directories may not have bothered so much. There is certainly a brilliant run 1900 - 1911, cos I've used them.

Would you like me to pop over to the local studies library one lunch time?

Oh yes, please, Phoenix, if you could, that would be great! Thanks.