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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Buckinghamshire => Topic started by: kimberlynn on Sunday 09 October 11 09:57 BST (UK)
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does anyone know if there is a register of occupants for the houses the railway built for the workers in wolverton in the 1800,s?
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Found this little booklet on line, very interesting.
http://www.lhi.org.uk/docs/Wolverton_Booklet.pdf
but no names.
Regards
em
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thank you very much! at least its something, x
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The booklet is very interesting; however where railways tried to provide accomodation for their staff in towns the result was usually bad housing, and the company involved probably did right by getting out of this aspect at an early period. Specific companies, railways, mining cos. or whatever, are invariably better at their core operation than peripherals like housing, best left to builders or later the local authority. Having said that, houses proved by railways in remote locations, crossing keepers' cottages etc. were usually of very good quality, and many still survive having been often sold on.Even then though, there was the problem of the house going with the job, the tied cottage in effect. This often worked against the railways when staff declined promotion rather than move from a job with a house to a higher graded job without.
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with thanks for this info x
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Two more likely indirect sources: 1) Electoral registers for the 1890s if they survive. They will show all the males elligible to vote and 2) Local directories, some of which have street guides of residents.
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will do!! thanks once again x
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Of course, the censuses for 1851 and later will give the gen, street by street. I'm not sure but I think they may have copies in the local libraries.
Or there's a book by Bryan Dunleavy: 'The Lost Streets of Wolverton' which was published last year. It's about the old railway houses, built in the 1840s; he mentions some people with their addresses.
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I think that through a combined usage of all the sources so far mentioned it could be possible to produce a comprehensive overview of the population in the 19th century.
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i think so! thanks for being so helpfull k.
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They may come under New Bradwell/Stantonbury.
I believe there is a street still in New Bradwell which have the railway houses in I cant remember the name but my parents will, let me know if you would like this info.
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It might be useful, even though at this late date the houses will almost certainly have been sold to the sitting tenants there may still be some of the original families from the earlier times there.
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thank you- any info is appreciated!