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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (West Riding) => Topic started by: brysy on Monday 28 March 05 22:34 BST (UK)
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Can anyone enlighten me to where this house was in 1912.
I appreciate it's a long shot but you never know.
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There is a South Kirby in Pontefract, could that be the one?
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Yes that's the one. Perhaps I should explain a little further.
I actually live in South Kirkby, have done all my life.
During Research one of my relatives was found to be living at No 4 Roseville, South Kirkby in 1912. Problem being I don't know where in South Kirkby it was and I was desperately hoping someone knew of the street/road.
Or perhaps someone could give me an idea how to find it in old available documents.
Thanks for replying
brysy
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Talk about teaching my grandmother to suck eggs ;D
Seriously though a library usually has old street maps of the area in the archives, you could try them.
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Thanks Nessie,
I have tried the library docs to no avail. I know it sounds rather silly my living here but it must have existed somewhere and for the life of me I cannot find it.
Brysy
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I can share your frustration and will wrack my brains for other ideas.
The only things I can think of at the moment are the local newspaper who usually have files and trying an old folks home to see if anyone there remembers.
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Try your local council they should have reference to it somewhere.
Bryan
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Yes that's the one. Perhaps I should explain a little further.
I actually live in South Kirkby, have done all my life.
During Research one of my relatives was found to be living at No 4 Roseville, South Kirkby in 1912. Problem being I don't know where in South Kirkby it was and I was desperately hoping someone knew of the street/road.
Or perhaps someone could give me an idea how to find it in old available documents.
Thanks for replying
brysy
Hi, I live local to Sth Kirkby, but I haven't heard of Roseville either, my guess is that its a row of terraced houses on another road, eg on Mill Lane SK there is a 'Featherstone Villas'
Wakefield library should have the old maps etc for the area so its worth checking them out. Also Westfield Resource Centre in S Elmsall may have connections with local historians.
By the way have you heard of
6 Vale Head on Carr Lane SK as my grandad was living (or lodging) there in 1912.
Hunter
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Roseville,I think is either the short row opposite the little fish and chip shop on Mill Lane,or the row opposite the Mill lane Working Mens Club.
Shaun