Hackney Address

[vita]

I have an 1871 census reference to College Lane Farm Place St John at

Hackney but am unable to trace exactly where this was.

Could anyone please help?

I always use this site:-

http://www.maps.thehunthouse.com/Str...reet_Names.htm

But I can't see it listed.

[vita]

Thanks Maggie - I couldn't find a ref to it as a changed name, either.

[Merry]

I've found it. Not sure if this link works properly....

http://london1868.com/weller10.htm

When you open the page the third rectangle from the top right of the map (in the top row) should be highlighted red. If it isn't, then click that square. Scroll down and you will find that map area enlarged. Look right at the bottom right of the enlargement and you should see College Lane.

[Merry]

It runs north to south through the R of the word 'HOMERTON'

[Merry]

On this current day map I think it's the unnamed road just above Homerton Fire Station, to the left of, and parallel to, Wardle Street.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/...38cfb1fc87c300

[Merry]

I've just checked the 1871 enumeration district description and the other streets in the district are all around College Lane on the map, so must be the right place. I presume Farm Place was a terrace of houses somewhere along the lane.

[vita]

What can I say? Magnificent Merry Triumphs Again!

Thanks so much.

[Merry]

Now we just need a Victorian photo of the street!!!

[vita]

Originally Posted by Merry

Now we just need a Victorian photo of the street!!!

Mind reader! I've found one of Homerton High St.in 1870, which gives me

some idea. What I'm really interested in is the poverty level in the immediate

area. G/grandfather relocated there from Central London after a spectacular

downfall resulting in prison sentence.