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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: Tom Tramp on Tuesday 12 April 22 17:06 BST (UK)
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I'd like to ask if anybody knows the locations of a couple of places in Liverpool that I came across in 19th-century records. One is Stanley Square mentioned in a census record for 1871. The other is Cavendish Road in a death certificate for 1883 (both the deceased and the informant lived there at different numbers. The district for the death record is certainly West Derby. The sub-district is unclear but might be Walton, and this seems possible since in 1881 the family were at nearby Kirkdale. I know there is a Cavendish Drive in the Walton area, but I wondered whether there might have once been a Cavendish Road.
Thanks for your help.
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Stanley Square appears to have been off Dryden Street (per the 1871 census). Between Scotland Road and Great Homer Street.
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Thanks ShaunJ. This location would make sense. I managed to find a map (Philip's plan of the town and port of Liverpool with Birkenhead and the adjoining Cheshire coast, Bartholomew, John London, [1884?]) and although I didn't find Stanley Square on it, there are unnamed alleyways or streets off Dryden St close to the eastern (Great Homer Street) end to the south and also to the north. Perhaps one or other of those forms the square.
Still no luck with Cavendish Road.
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Cavendish Road in Walton
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=53.45139&lon=-2.96399&layers=168&right=osm
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Thanks again. That must be the right place.