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Title: Where was Wareham Street< Hoxton?
Post by: lizb on Thursday 12 March 15 17:42 GMT (UK)

My ancestors lived there in 1856.
It was in Shoreditch, St Saviours Parish. I can find references to it online up until 1930s but area has been redeveloped since and so not on current maps.
I have searched all the maps I can find but I have not found it yet.
Does anyone have a more detailed map with index to help me locate?
Thanks

Title: Re: Where was Wareham Street< Hoxton?
Post by: nanny jan on Thursday 12 March 15 19:06 GMT (UK)

It ran between Mintern Street and Rushton Street.......Shoreditch Park seems to cover the area now. The Alan Godfrey maps cover that area, I found it on the 1914 version.  I can recommend the maps if you have London families but best used with the General Index to Old Ordnance Survey (Maps of London) produced by West Surrey Family History Society.

Hope that helps.

From Charles Booth:

http://booth.lse.ac.uk/cgi-bin/do.pl?sub=view_booth_and_barth&args=532851,183598,2,large,1

Nanny Jan

Title: Re: Where was Wareham Street< Hoxton?
Post by: lizb on Thursday 12 March 15 19:51 GMT (UK)

Thanks. That's very helpful. I can see an unnamed street on my 1862 map that must be the one. Makes sense as it is round the corner from Bridport Place where my ancestor worked or worked as well.

I have already invested in about 20 Alan Godfrey maps (about half of them Greater London). The trouble is my ancestors are rather scattered. These particular London ones were mainly in the City, Finsbury, Hackney and Camberwell. They were only briefly in Hoxton. More particular this family were lodging in Wareham Street while himself was in Debtors prison!

lizb