Finding a London Street - West St Somerstown

[Merry]

I can find Seymour Street, but not Seymour Row on Maggie's old map. Its supposed to have changed it's name to Eversholt Row, but I can't find that either.

[vita]

Well Merry,you've probably guessed mine are ........... Headland!

G/g/grandfather Henry William1 was the Seymour St. dyer & scourer & is there in 1851

a widower for the second time with his three daughters. (Son HWH2 had moved on)

I was wrong about his other addresses being nearby though. I see they were York Place

& Upper St. - both Islington.

None of your names appear with mine, but the area certainly does. Must check your

addresses & dates just to see how close they were. By 1859 HW1's third wife had

become the only one to outlive him after just a few weeks of marriage (must get round to

sending for that death cert!) & his children were scattered around the family.

His father Thomas is the one buried in St. Pancras Chapel in 1847. He lived at Chapel St.

[vita]

Originally Posted by Merry

I can find Seymour Street, but not Seymour Row on Maggie's old map. Its supposed to have changed it's name to Eversholt Row, but I can't find that either.

Just seen a ref to "Seymour - row, Little Chelsea." Will dig further.

[Merry]

lol vita! How come your tree is all one surname?!!!!!

[Merry]

The 1871 description of enumeration district covering Seymour Row says:

Grafton Place, Seymour Row, Seymour Mews (now part of Euston Street, formerly called Seymour Crescent), Wellesley Street

[Merry]

Ah, I've found it - A side turning off Seymour St just by Euston Square.

[vita]

Originally Posted by Merry

lol vita! How come your tree is all one surname?!!!!!

Ha ha! None of the others are in that area of London, so I eliminated them re

Euston & surroundings.

Just seen an 1869 Post Office Guide that says "Seymour Row, Euston Square."

[Uncle John]

Another useless fact! The British Library is built on the site of Somers Town goods sidings which were adjacent to St Pancras. I remember seeing on the TV many moons ago a race to Paris which involved an early Harrier jump-jet taking off from the coal-drops which were at the north end of the site. It left in clouds of coal dust.

[vita]

Originally Posted by Uncle John

Another useless fact! The British Library is built on the site of Somers Town goods sidings which were adjacent to St Pancras. I remember seeing on the TV many moons ago a race to Paris which involved an early Harrier jump-jet taking off from the coal-drops which were at the north end of the site. It left in clouds of coal dust.

Rarely do I find a fact entirely without interest,UJ.A friend once told me I had

the largest store of "useless information" she had ever come across.

[Heather P T]

My son used to live in somerstown. He referred to it as Camden It was built as a "model" estate I seem to remember.