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Re: Street names Thornton Bradford
« Reply #81 on: Thursday 19 April 12 22:38 BST (UK) »
Debbie,
my cousin lives in Denholme and I have now got photos of the Jonas grave at St Pauls and of Ellis Dobson same graveyard. Thanks for your offer.

Does anyone know anything about the pit accident that killed Jonas (born 1819 died 4 May 1882) ?

Dave
Bland, Greenwood Bland, Ellis, Benn, Woodhead, Priestley, Illingworth, Lightowler, Platts, Boys, Bradley, O'Hara, Hall<br /><br />Areas -  North Bierley, Northowram, West Bowling, Horton, Shelf, Allerton, Queensbury, Haworth, Ovenden, Halifax, Luddenden, Midgley, Elland, Littleborough

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Re: Street names Thornton Bradford
« Reply #82 on: Thursday 21 June 12 22:00 BST (UK) »
Hello,

I found this message earlier on this thread.\

1871  Fawthrop Hotel at Town Bottom is on 'Main Street'

1881  Fawthrop Hotel at Town Bottom is on Market Street

Can I stop now please   

Linda

My question is - where is Town Bottom, I had relatives there on the 1891 census. I have read most of this thread and found the Old Maps - but couldn't see Town Bottom. I could see other places I recognised.

Thank you for any help!


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Re: Street names Thornton Bradford
« Reply #83 on: Thursday 21 June 12 23:43 BST (UK) »
Hi Charlysue: Welcome to Rootschat.

I did a search for "Town Bottom" and Thornton and came up with 3,600 results. From those results, I eliminated Clayton (near Thornton); Temecula, California; Cape Town, South Africa; and the abbreviation "CO" for Colorado, because there apparently is a Thornton in Colorado. I was left with 43 results.

Only one of them mentioned Town Bottom, Thornton near Bradford. That was Your Archives, which is a website run by the U.K. National Archives. It lists street names for various registration districts in the U.K census. The link I'm posting here is for Bradford Registration District for the 1851 census. You will go to the page for streets beginning with the letter T.

Here's the link: http://www.rootschat.com/links/0nvf/

If you scroll down until you reach Town Bottom, Thornton, you'll have the census reference and the folio numbers in which Town Bottom is enumerated. The second column heading is labeled Nearby Street. For Town Bottom in Thornton that nearby street is Thornton. That may mean Thornton Road.

If you search the 1851 census for the reference and folios that Town Bottom appears on, you should get the names of other streets near to or intersecting with Town Bottom. That should give you a better idea of where it is (or was).

Or maybe Linda (Danuslave), who originally posted the information will see this and explain it better than I can.

Hope this helps.

John  :o :o :o
ENGLAND (all Yorkshire but one)
SLATER: Ovenden, Halifax, and Massachusetts
DOBSON, LONGBOTTOM: Thornton (Bradford)
DRURY: Darton, Halifax, and Massachusetts
NEVIL(LE): Wigan (Lancs.), Darton
MEGSON: Dewsbury, Ossett
GARSIDE: Woolley, West Bretton

SCOTLAND
ROBERT HENDRY: b. 1856, Who-knows-where-shire, Scotland; 1882 to US
DEMPSTER, HOUSTON: Lesmahagow, Glasgow, and Massachusetts
GALBRAITH, MEIKLE: Kirkmichael, Ayr.; Hamilton, Glasgow, and Massachusetts

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Re: Street names Thornton Bradford
« Reply #84 on: Friday 22 June 12 19:51 BST (UK) »
hello Johnnyboy. Thank you for your reply. I have found the Bradford site and saw the entry for Town Bottom.

As yet I haven't tried your other suggestion about the reference and folio numbers, but will have a go.

Have got side tracked from this area of the family, as I have just received a letter from New Zealand and am adding details from what they have told me to another branch.

Thank you again