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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: Rowan Tree on Tuesday 10 June 25 16:49 BST (UK)
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Hi,
Has anybody heard of the address "Dog Yard" in Bury, Lancs?
I've come across the address on the 1881 South Bury census.
The streets/residences immediately before "Dog Yard" are Union Street, Fleet Street and the White Horse Hotel.
The streets immediately after "Dog Yard" are Gutter Ends and Back Fleet Street.
I'm looking at Thomas LANE, age 21 (c. 1860), born in Manchester. Thomas was a servant in the household of David & Martha CRAWFORD. David Crawford's occupation is publican. Was "Dog Yard" the name of a pub?
Source Citation
RG11/3859/105 p 27
Many thanks, Rowan Tree :)
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If you have access to Ancestry, then look for the name and location = image 28 of 39. You can then "take out" image 28 and insert "1" which will give you the Enumerator's Walk, and consequently the location of Dog Yard - probably Dog Tavern Yard.
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I'm sorry. I don't understand. Could you clarify, please?
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Dog Inn and other places mentioned here on a large scale Town Plan:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.2&lat=53.59365&lon=-2.29599&layers=117746211&b=osm&o=100 (https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.2&lat=53.59365&lon=-2.29599&layers=117746211&b=osm&o=100)
If you slide the slider you'll see that Gutter End is still there.
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If you search on Ancestry for Thomas Lane in 1881 census you will find him on image number 28 of 39. You can then click on "28" and change that to "1" which will take you to page 1 of 39. Page 1 is the image of the Enumerator's walk - i.e. the area covered by the 39 pages.
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14 August 1880: Bury Times
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Dog Inn and other places mentioned here on a large scale Town Plan:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.2&lat=53.59365&lon=-2.29599&layers=117746211&b=osm&o=100 (https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=19.2&lat=53.59365&lon=-2.29599&layers=117746211&b=osm&o=100)
If you slide the slider you'll see that Gutter End is still there.
Oh, my word! That's awesome. Thanks so much, Alan. I'm absolutely delighted :D
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If you search on Ancestry for Thomas Lane in 1881 census you will find him on image number 28 of 39. You can then click on "28" and change that to "1" which will take you to page 1 of 39. Page 1 is the image of the Enumerator's walk - i.e. the area covered by the 39 pages.
Now I understand. Thanks so much for clarifying. I appreciate your help :)
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14 August 1880: Bury Times
A mahogany sofa in hair :-\
I'm half chuckling here.
This is an ace find. David Crawford is Thomas' boss in 1881.
Many thanks :)
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My grandmother had a chair which was reputedly covered?/upholstered using horse hair. It was very uncomfortable to sit on wearing short trousers. I haven’t thought about that for years!
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My grandmother had a chair which was reputedly covered?/upholstered using horse hair. It was very uncomfortable to sit on wearing short trousers. I haven’t thought about that for years!
It sounds incredibly itchy! :o
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The horse hair was the stuffing, but it always managed to get through the covering fabric and as you say was very uncomfortable on bare legs.
It must have been manes and tails because other body hair is quite soft .
Violin and cello bows are horse hair and my daughter’s roof timbers in her 16c cottage are tied together - cross beams, purlin and rafters, by lengths of horse hair now some 500 years old.Thick lime plaster is between the timbers .
The roof timbers take the weight of thick thatch as seldom are thatched roofs stripped completely ,usually more rushes are placed in top of the old ones.
Viktoria.
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That's genuinely fascinating. Thanks for sharing :)