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Title: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: 0rinoco on Sunday 29 July 18 21:42 BST (UK)

I am trying to locate Capon Street, Gorton, but in spite of having gone through old street directories and a fairly extensive map collection, I can't find it. Any ideas, please?

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 29 July 18 22:10 BST (UK)

Any timeline?

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: stanmapstone on Sunday 29 July 18 22:14 BST (UK)

Where does this street name come from. There is no Capon Street in the 1891 Census Street Index, or in 1911.

Stan

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: 0rinoco on Sunday 29 July 18 22:31 BST (UK)

Thanks for the input. A visitor to my family history website has asked me if I knew of it, as he couldn't find it on my maps. He also emailed me a copy of his gg.grandfather's marriage certificate, dated 1886, with the Capon Street address on it. I've been through Slater's 1909 directory and there is no mention of the name anywhere. 

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 29 July 18 22:53 BST (UK)

Is the address written clearly on the marriage cert or could it be a different name

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: 0rinoco on Sunday 29 July 18 23:18 BST (UK)

Here it is. 

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: KGarrad on Monday 30 July 18 07:14 BST (UK)

I think you'll find that reads "Casson Street" ;D

It's the old long-s; used in handwriting to represent the first s in a double-s, but never made it into typefaces. Looks like this: ſ.

See: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/337981147022271193/?lp=true
and: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/337981147022271208/?lp=true

For long-s see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: stanmapstone on Monday 30 July 18 09:04 BST (UK)

If you are interested you can see Casson Street on this map https://maps.nls.uk/view/126522881#zoom=4&lat=10041&lon=8995&layers=BT
On the modern map it ran parallel and just to the east of Taylor Street https://goo.gl/maps/iXRPdNg23jz
Stan

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: 0rinoco on Monday 30 July 18 23:09 BST (UK)

Well, thanks for that. It just seems a bit late in the day to be using the long S, but it certainly seems to be the answer. Doubt I would have found it without your help. Thanks again.

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: KGarrad on Tuesday 31 July 18 07:57 BST (UK)

You never did mention in what year this was! ;D

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: stanmapstone on Tuesday 31 July 18 08:42 BST (UK)

Quote from: 0rinoco on Monday 30 July 18 23:09 BST (UK)

Well, thanks for that. It just seems a bit late in the day to be using the long S, but it certainly seems to be the answer. Doubt I would have found it without your help. Thanks again.

As to when this way of writing died out, it must have been a gradual process as people who wrote that way in their youth are not likely to have changed their ways through to old age.

Stan

Title: Re: Capon Street, Gorton.
Post by: 0rinoco on Tuesday 31 July 18 14:11 BST (UK)

Quote from: KGarrad on Tuesday 31 July 18 07:57 BST (UK)

You never did mention in what year this was! ;D

Sorry, but I did, in my second post. :)