where is urban number 7

[kintree]

Joebhoy

Mine was a rural area, not an urban area, not that it makes much odds.

I am sure that it will make an interesting project for someone (eg a PhD student) to create suitable maps for us all to consult.  Dispensary boundaries are not shown on the First Edition of the OS 6-inch maps (the maps predate the Act). But perhaps they are shown on later editions? (There is a small-scale map on the wall of the GRO in Lombard Street E, Dublin, showing the Dispensary Districts.)  Then you would need to modify the boundaries to match all subsequent changes, and produce a before-and-after map for each change.

That PhD could take a long time coming.

Adrian

[runningbear]

i am laughing to myself here adrian, wait till pentio reads this!!, i am sure, well almost sure, okay maybe a little sure that pentio will soon sort it all out, what you have said all makes sense, we just have to section off belfast into the areas/urban numbers now and put it on this thread for all to see, any clever people out there than can do it?

[t_creaney]

Just checked a couple more of mine, I have upper Oldpark / Ballysillan Urban no 8. I have one on one side of the Limestone Road no 2 & a no 9 on the other side of the road.

Not a lot of help.

terry

[runningbear]

everything and anything will help terry, the more people who post with their urban numbers the better and those who have identified their urban numbers, as you have read, maybe someone will need to take it up as a career!!

[pentio]

Hi Joe

Oh ye of little faith.....  i'm not done with this urban number thing yet not by a long way.....i will get the answers we crave for....as we speak i have a lady in Belfast who is making enquiries for us........i have hit one or two brick walls .... but i'm in the process of knocking them down....sorry this has taken so long....but it will be worth it in the end.

I have read the other postings....... they make very interesting reading.

will get back to you as soon as possible

pentio.

[runningbear]

pentio my friend, i would and never give up on you, i know that you have made this urban numbers your puzzle to solve, i have every faith in you, i do agree that this thread makes interesting reading, the more response this thread recieves the more pieces we all will have to fit into place, colette has done wonderful with urban number 4, i hope that helps someone with family born in that area

[Tees]

Hi Joe and Others

I have been following this thread with much interest.

Last March when I was visiting my family back home, I made a trip to the GRO in Belfast to look up on few death entries.

I had found the entries that I was after but was not sure which is mine. The kind staff asked me if I know where they lived--luckily, I do know where--gave her the name of a street. She took out a huge volume and started to look up on that street in Belfast. Under every urban district, it will list all the streets' names. She found the correct urban district number and gave it to me.

I was able to identify the entries with this. I was able to obtain correct entries this way.

Have anyone make an enquiry at the Belfast GRO about this? Perhaps they would be able to enlighten you on this subject.

Kind Regards

Tees

[runningbear]

lucky lucky you tees, i think that most of us just have an urban number, i think one or two have street numbers and the lucky ones have street address's, no doubt you have learned through this thread that pentio is on top of this and it is just a case of waiting till he gets an answer, in the meantime it is great to hear stories like yours, could i be rude and ask you to put your urban number with the street address on the thread? it may help others

[hendren]

I have found out where no 1 is (in 1867 anyway)

35 Pilot Street , which it turns out was down by the docks, I don't know how much of this area comes under no 1.

Turns out my gr/grandfather was a publican there.

Maureen