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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Nottinghamshire => Topic started by: buffa on Monday 16 September 13 13:31 BST (UK)
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Can anyone tell me if the following Streets/Addresses still exist?
46 Allison Rise,
80 Alfred St South,
9 Palm St,
Dame Agnes St,
7 Sinker Alley,
33 Yorke St,
2 Windsor St,
121 Mount Square,
6 Barley Court,
7 Salmon Yard,
16 Bullock Yard,
195 Mansfield Road,
30 Stewart Place,
I know it might be a long shot...but thanks in advance for any help, and if there is any 1900's photos of these Streets that would be so cool.
Cheers, Buffa
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Hi
I have not looked through them but there are lots of Nottingham postcard pictures here
http://www.francisfrith.com/nottingham/
Rosie
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Some of those street names are familiar as my OAKLAND ancestors who owned brickworks in the city also owned whole streets of houses, certainly Sinker Alley, York Street, Andrew Court and Salmon Place. OAKLAND families were in and out of houses in that area seemingly whenever they needed a roof over their heads thanks to a benevolent rich Oakland. I believe that Sinker Alley disappeared in the mid /late 1880s, sometime after my Grandmother's sister was born at number 8. York Street survived and grew until around 1891 when a large part of it was demolished before 1900. Oaklands Buildings formed part of York Street in the 1861 census. Unfortunately, as these things happen, the family business eventually went to a wastrel and that as they say was that!!
I know this isn't exactly the information you asked for, but I hope it might be interesting background.
NC.
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Buffa there may be something for you here....http://www.ivanlea.net/sub_pages/notts_maps.htm
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Hi all...I was just wondering, these are family addresses I picked up off Census', Birth & Marriage Certificates ETC.
Find that cool that you had someone living nextdoor to my Family Nottschick....my Great Grandmother Eva Owen was living there with her Parents and Grandmother. Small World!
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If the 195 Mansfield Road is the one in the city then the building is still there. 193 and 195 are joined together as a shop on the ground floor (US first floor - not sure what Canadians call it!). Looks like a three storey Victorian build, flat fronted with straight stone arches over the windows. That entire stretch of Mansfield Road is shops, don't know whether that's how it's always been though quite likely as it's the main road from the north into the town centre.
Alfred Street South still exists but it is all industrial units - the "back to back" victorian houses were pulled down many years ago during a redevelopment of the entire area.
Dame Agnes Street is also long gone. It was parallel to and north of Manning Street, off Woodborough Road, south of Alexander Park.
Don't know about Yorke Street but there was (still is in part) a York Street. Again no houses anymore, just part of the complex of Victoria Shopping Centre, near the bus station.
None of the others are familiar to me.
Cheers, Sherwood.
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Thanks Sherwood....I know there was lots of changes in Nottingham over the years, but thought it might be a shot...if they were still standing photos would have been great but such is life.
Cheers, Buffa
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Hi Buffa. Just out of interest I had family visiting 10 Sinker Alley on the day of the 1881 Census. I spotted your entry because I'm also trying to find if it still exists.
Regards Bob
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Hi Buffa,
In 1891 I had family living at 1, Palm Street.
The street still exists. You can see it on google maps although it looks to be an industrial area now.
Julie
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I'm a bit late with a reply to this thread but this site has loads of photos of Nottingham Streets. www.picturethepast.org.uk
I've also found photographs in the Nottingham Evening post on this site http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Hope this helps for anyone searching for photos of Nottingham.
Sheila
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I agree about http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ -- it contains a photographic collection for the East Midlands, with a huge number of those being from Nottingham through the ages. Excellent resource!
Also, I'd like to add http://info.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/insightmapping/?l=0.21&xmin=453111&xmax=456921&ymin=339403&ymax=341461 (http://info.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/insightmapping/?l=0.21&xmin=453111&xmax=456921&ymin=339403&ymax=341461) -- this is the Council's own GIS system. It provides access to the current Nottingham maps together with a range of historical maps. It's also possible to overlay them to see what lies at a given location now (see the second drop-down on the toolbar in the top-left of the map). Another excellent resource!