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Title: London address
Post by: MosesDodd on Thursday 27 July 23 12:22 BST (UK)

My great-grandfather Henry Wilkins, of Henley-on-Thames, moved to London around 1880 to work as a railway porter. His first address, according to the 1881 census, was at 66, Harwood Road, but I can't find that on the map or on any lists of previous street names. He later lived in Maldon Road and Vorley Road, and those I can trace, but not Harwood Street.

Could you help me with this please? Thanks, Maurice Wilkins.

Title: Re: London address
Post by: nanny jan on Thursday 27 July 23 12:47 BST (UK)

I have a modern copy of the first A-Z of London, printed 1938/9.   A Harwood Road, SW6, is listed and is just south of Fulham Road;  that's in the Kensington/Chelsea area.

No Harwood Street shown in the index.

Title: Re: London address
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 27 July 23 12:54 BST (UK)

Quote from: MosesDodd on Thursday 27 July 23 12:22 BST (UK)

r. His first address, according to the 1881 census, was at 66, Harwood Road, but I can't find that on the map .

There is a Harwood Road on the modern maps. It's in Fulham

https://goo.gl/maps/UPm4VQzVSXSCRtpJ8

Gadget

Title: Re: London address
Post by: wivenhoe on Thursday 27 July 23 13:03 BST (UK)

Go back to the 1881 census, follow Harwood Road and follow through the census pages to see the roads recorded before and after Harwood Road. That will give you a reference point.

Title: Re: London address
Post by: ShaunJ on Thursday 27 July 23 13:08 BST (UK)

It's not "Harwood Road".  The second word is Street, not Road. And it's in the St Pancras area

Possibly Harmood Street.

Title: Re: London address
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 27 July 23 13:10 BST (UK)

THanks for clarifying, Shaun, I'd started looking on some of the old maps!

Title: Re: London address
Post by: wivenhoe on Thursday 27 July 23 13:12 BST (UK)

Using Ancestry Census 1881 you find your Henry WILKINS at image 10 of 77. Go to page 1 of 77 for description on the roads surveyed for that part of the census.

Title: Re: London address
Post by: JenB on Thursday 27 July 23 13:18 BST (UK)

Harmood Street is just off Chalk Farm Road, in between Belsize Park and Kentish Town.

Title: Re: London address
Post by: ShaunJ on Thursday 27 July 23 14:13 BST (UK)

Definitely Harmood Street - off Prince of Wales Road NW5