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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Northamptonshire => Topic started by: simon tree on Friday 16 December 16 21:00 GMT (UK)
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Any body know where abouts Barrack Yard Main Street is in Northampton have my 3x great grandfather John Watts living there in 1881 but dont seem to find it on maps
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The full address is Barrack Yard, Main Street, Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire.
3 doors away is The Old Crown.
Hewitts Lane is on the previous page.
If any of that helps?! ;D
The Wikipedia entry on Weedon has this to say:
There was also a barracks in the village, holding a standing battalion, plus a troop of cavalry and a troop of horse artillery. The barracks were demolished in the 1950s. Three large pavilions were built between the depot and barracks to house the senior civilian officers of the depot. These were demolished in the 1960s. Next door to the barracks was the Army School of Equitation, also demolished in the 1960s. The depot became redundant in 1965 and was sold by the Ministry of Defence in 1984. It is now used for storage and light industry.
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From a website re the History of Weedon:
The Barracks
The present Trading Estate stands upon the site of another of the former military establishments of Weedon, The Barracks - to the north of the Royal Ordnance Depot (see map). Built at the same time as the Depot, this comprised a group of buildings arranged about a Barrack Square. Some of these had stables on the ground floor, for the purpose of the Barracks was to house a Troop of Artillery and in those days, guns needed horses to pull them. Between the two World Wars, the Barracks became the Army School of Equitation, and an extensive indoor riding school and further stables were constructed. The Barracks was demolished during the winter of 1955-6.
See: http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/Canal/rumbold.htm
Look for Cavalry Hill, Cavalry Fields, Lancers Way and Equestrian Way in Weedon on Google maps.
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Cheers
That seems to to be it never thought of going a page back or forward on the census Now have a new project for the new year to find out about more about Northamptonshire villages didn't know there was a barracks there that's why I was looking in Northampton for the address
Regards Simon
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I can't spot any of the landmarks mentioned by KGarrad, but you might expect this to be the right sort of area:
http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=17&lat=52.2332&lon=-1.0850&layers=176&right=BingHyb
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Hi.
The barracks has been changed completely no longer looking like it did in the 1850's etc.
If you couldn't find a marriage of a relative in their home town it would be possible they
married at Weedon Bec as so many battalions were stationed their. :)
Sandy