London street house numbering

[kevan]

Hi,
   This is 21 Balcombe Street; and as you can see it was not always called this.
http://deadpubs.co.uk/LondonPubs/Marylebone/PortmanArms.shtml
   The historical pubs site cam be useful for spotting address / road renaming / renumbering although I am not infallible in having added everything there is to know.
Kevan

[ottobottle]

Thanks Kevan. I saw that pub, just down the road from 29, so that would make me think 29 in 1908 is still 29 now.

Many thanks,

Mark

[DaveFH13]

Mark

In the 1910 London Directory on Historical Directories the listing for Balcombe street, shows the odd numbers on the east side. Dorset square is between 15 & 19 & Upper Park Place between 43 & 49. The occupant of No 29 is not listed. 21 was the Portsman Arms.

I find this information the the directories very useful to determine where streets were and the numbers within them.

Happy Hunting

Dave 

[ottobottle]

Hi Dave, and thanks for that - sounds like a good resource. All those facts fit the current location so I'm even more confident. I believe the house was split into rooms and there were several families renting different parts of it. By 1910 I think my family had moved on, and they probably weren't there long.

Regards,

Mark

[DaveFH13]

Mark

11 houses in the road were labeled as apartments including 25 & 31.

Regards

David