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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: flamingo66 on Friday 28 August 09 17:01 BST (UK)
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Hi all,
I've just paid online for the 1911 census of my great-grandfather, and am interested to know if the house or street he lived in is still there. He lived at 65 Wellington Street, Bradford, Manchester.
Can anyone please help me find a map for Bradford (Manchester) in 1911?
Thanks! :)
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Cannot do 1911, but a 1930s map shows Wellington street running north from Ashton Old Road to Grey Mare Lane. No.557 Ashton Old Road is slightly to the east of the Wellington St junction; there is a school and a small 'Rec. Gd.' at the corner. Another near landmark is a church in Whyatt St.
If you want a scan, send me a pm with your email address, but you may get something nearer the date you want.
A
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This is the full map you need Godfrey Edition 104.12 Openshaw 1905
http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Manchester___Salford__Central_area_.html
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you can see a few images of wellington street bradford here,,,just type wellington street into the search box and scroll until you find wellington street bradford,,,,there are a few.
http://www.images.manchester.gov.uk/
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Thanks everyone! And gortonboy - the Manchester Image Collection is brill, isn't it!
:D
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Hi all,
I've just paid online for the 1911 census of my great-grandfather, and am interested to know if the house or street he lived in is still there. He lived at 65 Wellington Street, Bradford, Manchester.
Can anyone please help me find a map for Bradford (Manchester) in 1911?
Thanks! :)
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Hi all,
I've just paid online for the 1911 census of my great-grandfather, and am interested to know if the house or street he lived in is still there. He lived at 65 Wellington Street, Bradford, Manchester.
Can anyone please help me find a map for Bradford (Manchester) in 1911?
Thanks! :)
My great grandfather lived at 109 Wellington Street. Manchester City Council Engineering Department might be able to help. They are online.
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Plenty of street maps here http://www.artus-familyhistory.com/source/Early%20Maps.html/source/Early%20Maps.html
Eric
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Did you find Bradford Street?
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Plenty of street maps here http://www.artus-familyhistory.com/source/Early%20Maps.html/source/Early%20Maps.html
Eric
Was Wellington Street on it?
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The only Wellington Street that I can find in that area is in section 3d of the 1930 street map, just over the 'E' of Hyde Road. There may be another, but at the moment, if there is, it eludes me. Maybe Gorton came under the Bradford area for census purposes. Gorton is adjacent to Bradford.
My grandfather was born in Daniel Street, Bradford, by the way, and I worked down the pit at Bradford colliery for some years. Don't recall a Wellington Street in the area. I'll keep checking when I have a bit of spare time.
Eric
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Thank you very much Eric. I do know that Bradford is near Gorton. It is funny you should talk about coal mining. I was watching this not two minutes ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm2WTOe1giA&feature=channel
Which pit were you in?
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The only Wellington Street that I can find in that area is in section 3d of the 1930 street map, just over the 'E' of Hyde Road. There may be another, but at the moment, if there is, it eludes me. Maybe Gorton came under the Bradford area for census purposes. Gorton is adjacent to Bradford.
My grandfather was born in Daniel Street, Bradford, by the way, and I worked down the pit at Bradford colliery for some years. Don't recall a Wellington Street in the area. I'll keep checking when I have a bit of spare time.
Eric
Sorry, Eric. I didn't read properly. I see you worked at Bradford Pit. I never even knew there was a pit in the middle of Manchester. I feel embarrassed about that. I now see that there is a lot of information online about Bradford Pit.
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This is the full map you need Godfrey Edition 104.12 Openshaw 1905
http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Manchester___Salford__Central_area_.html
Thank you. I am just wondering if the property still exists though.
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you can see a few images of wellington street bradford here,,,just type wellington street into the search box and scroll until you find wellington street bradford,,,,there are a few.
http://www.images.manchester.gov.uk/
Thanks very much. However, I was wondering if anyone knew whether or not Wellington Road still exists.
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i have studied the a-z of manchester using what i knew to be streets that were near to wellington street,,,i cannot see it in the a-z.
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Thank you very much for taking the trouble to look. I couldn't find anything on Google Maps either.
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Hi Anajinn,
Unfortunately Wellington Street, Bradford no longer exists. A lot of the streets were demolished round there in the 60s, which included most of the streets my ancestors were brought up in (including Wellington Street), which is such a shame - I would love to be able to go and drive down them!
If you want to see where Wellington Street was, you can go to Streetmap.co.uk using the link below, and find the junction between Grey Mare Lane and Albert Street, Wellington Road ran pretty much straight down from there onto Ashton Old Road.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=387039&y=398105&z=110&sv=grey+mare+lane&st=6&tl=Map+of+Grey+Mare+Lane,+Manchester,+M_11&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf
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Thanks for that information, Flamingo. I found it on the 1935 map at http://www.artus-familyhistory.com/source/Early%20Maps.html/Manchester%201935/2c%201935.html
Wellington Street commences just above the oa of Ashton Old Road. I didn't realise that Bradford extended so far in that direction. Something new every day :)
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Hi Anajinn,
Unfortunately Wellington Street, Bradford no longer exists. A lot of the streets were demolished round there in the 60s, which included most of the streets my ancestors were brought up in (including Wellington Street), which is such a shame - I would love to be able to go and drive down them!
If you want to see where Wellington Street was, you can go to Streetmap.co.uk using the link below, and find the junction between Grey Mare Lane and Albert Street, Wellington Road ran pretty much straight down from there onto Ashton Old Road.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=387039&y=398105&z=110&sv=grey+mare+lane&st=6&tl=Map+of+Grey+Mare+Lane,+Manchester,+M_11&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf
Thank you very much. I remember the name Grey Mare Lane, but was nevery familiar with that area.