Navigation Street Nuneaton

[blueal]

In the 1871 census my relatives address was Navigation Street Nuneaton, this appears to be no longer there and has dissapeared can anyone shed any light on this please

[jim1]

Go to this site and enter Nuneaton.I can't see Navigation St. but there are names of cottages etc. which may match what you have on your 1871 census.
 http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
Regards Jim

[carolwalden]

Hi blueal, not sure if you managed to find the answer to your question but a little bit of cheek on my part paid off.

I emailed the Nuneaton Family History chairman Peter Lee and asked for his help, this is the reply:

Navigation Street is now Midland Road. It was called Navigation Street in the early 19th century because it was the roadway that led from the top of Abbey Street to the Coventry Canal Navigation at the bottom of Tuttle Hill. (and then out to Hartshill) The name was changed to Midland Road when the Midland Railway opened their station in 1864. The M.R. station was later known as Nuneaton Abbey Street Station.

He did attach a picture of Nuneaton in 1841 but it is quite small.
However you can find Midland Road on multimap, you have to type in Midland Road,Nuneaton though or it doesn't show up.

Regards
Carol

[blueal]

Thanks Carol, Ill check it out.

[behindthefrogs]

Nuneaton seemed to have a habit of renaming streets in the second half of the 19th century.  I have met this problem on a number of occasions.  I had one family who I thought had moved three times betwen censuses but eventually discovered that they had not moved, the streets had just been renamed and the houses renumbered.

David

[blueal]

Thanks David, I'm interested that you say that because My gr grandfather changed houses  from 52 to 29 Woodhouse Street in Warwick between 1891 and 1901. I wonder if Warwick did the same.