Wow thank you Dee, I hadn't seen that one before! That has to be the same one that's on Grove St in 1841. What a sad decline he had.
The John Atkinson I'm looking for is father of Ann Atkinson b. around 1830. Ann married William Thomas Brownridge at St Marks Woodhouse in 1853. She gave 'Nether Green' as address and father's name John Atkinson, tailor. (I asked for help on Rootschat with the Nether Green address a while ago
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0747/The family on Grove St in 1841 looked the best bet for Ann's family as they had a tailor called John and a girl called Ann, but as always, the ages and relationships weren't clear. Now you've cleared John's age up, at least that bit's certain

IGI has a John Atkinson christening at Sand Hutton 1815 - that makes him a bit young to be Ann's father at 14 or 15, but not impossible I suppose... hum. Have I got the right family here I wonder?

Barbara