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Merry 26-10-14 08:46

Finding a London Street - West St Somerstown
 
OH's 3xg-grandfather and his family lived in the same street in St Pancras from 1822 until after the 1841 census.

Dau and I are going on a shopping trip to London tomorrow ad I wanted to incorporate one bit of family history whilst we are there, so I thought to visit this street//area would be nice. However, firstly I cannot find what happened to this street since 1841 and I also cannot find it on Greenwood's Map of London 1827 or a couple of other contemporary street maps. Sooo....clearly it existed as I have quite a few records mentioning their address as between number 13 and 46 West Street Somerstown.

The 1841 enumeration district description page says:

All that part of the parish of St Pancras situated on the north side of the New Road comprising Judd Place West, West St, James St, Skinner St on the West side, Brewer Street on the west side, Brill Yard, Perry St on the west side and Perry Terrace.

Here's a link to that.

I found Judd Place East (not West) and a couple of those other streets on Greenwood's map and a couple of the other streets, but not West Street. Can anyone help please? :)

maggie_4_7 26-10-14 08:59

It was just leading off Euston Road it's between Wilsted Street and Skinner Street. Between Euston Station and Kings Cross Station facing Judd Street. Map dated between 1862 - 1871.

http://www.mappalondon.com/london/no...bloomsbury.jpg

I think the British Library has been built right over it.

Merry 26-10-14 10:19

lol Thank you so much Maggie! I will save the map and attach it to our tree, so I don't do this again in five years! Dau will be v pleased it's gone lol!!

vita 26-10-14 10:21

Merry - your OH's ancestors & mine would have been almost neighbours if they were
still there later that decade!
Thanks for map, Maggie - enjoyed it!

Merry 26-10-14 10:43

Although OH"s ancestor moved to Southampton in the mid 1840s his siblings and their descendants stayed in Somerstown foe several decades. Perhaps we should be comparing surnames vita !

kiterunner 26-10-14 10:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merry (Post 285913)
Dau will be v pleased it's gone lol!!

Not if you insist on visiting the British Library so that you can stand on the ground where it used to be!

vita 26-10-14 11:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merry (Post 285919)
Although OH"s ancestor moved to Southampton in the mid 1840s his siblings and their descendants stayed in Somerstown foe several decades. Perhaps we should be comparing surnames vita !

Yes lets! G/g/grandfather was a dyer & scourer(bet he wasn't a veggie!)in

nearby Seymour St & had three or four other addresses in the immediate area

too.

G/g/g/ grandfather was buried at St Pancras Chapel, which I believe is even

closer to West St.

Always feel at home when I arrive at Euston station!

maggie_4_7 26-10-14 11:54

This is the site I got the map from:-

http://www.mappalondon.com/

http://www.mappalondon.com/london/north-west/map.htm

http://www.mappalondon.com/london/no...msbury-map.htm

Merry 26-10-14 12:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiterunner (Post 285922)
Not if you insist on visiting the British Library so that you can stand on the ground where it used to be!

What a good idea! lol :D

Quote:

Originally Posted by vita (Post 285924)
Yes lets! G/g/grandfather was a dyer & scourer(bet he wasn't a veggie!)in

nearby Seymour St & had three or four other addresses in the immediate area

too.


G/g/g/ grandfather was buried at St Pancras Chapel, which I believe is even

closer to West St.

Always feel at home when I arrive at Euston station!

I'll post a list later after I've made the (lumpy?) gravy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by maggie_4_7 (Post 285929)

Thanks Maggie.

Merry 26-10-14 14:07

Right, vita....

William and Lydia Cotton came to West St Somerstown in 1822. He died in 1834 and some of the family were still there in 1841. Lydia lived at 36 Middlesex St, St Pancras in 1851.

Their children:

Henry Cotton m Frances Hunt and they lived at West St (1841) Albion St Islington 1851/61) ad 20 Wakefield St, St Pancras (1861). Other surname associated with Henry's twig: Dore, Walford, Tunbridge, Oxer, Pannell, Tattersall, Mathie, Tully, Erwood, Strickland, Pollock, Bellamy

Mary Cotton m Charles Bambury and they lived at Eagle St, Holborn (1841). They then split up but she lived at 130 Drury Lane, St Giles (1851), Arthur St, St Giles (1861/71), 180 Euston Road, St Pancras (1881), 32 Melton St, St Pancras (1891), 28 Tolmer Square, St Pancras (1899). Other Surnames associated with Mary's twig: Barnard, Shortland, Godley, Gray, Cloke

Elizabeth Cotton m Joseph Prior and they moved to Shoreditch.

William Cotton (OH's 2xg-grandfather) m Jemima Alford and lived with Emma Packer. He moved to Southampton with Emma. Before that, he lived at West St and Wood St, St Pancras, Little Coram St, St Giles.

Clark Cotton m Mary Matilda Clements and they moved to Bethnal Green.

Arthur Cotton m Emma Louisa Lynch ad they lived at 12 Seymour Row, St Pancras for several decades. Other surnames associated with Arthur's twig: Summers, Ball, Hodge, Boakes


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