Sewark/Newark St? Greenock

[dblun]

Grandmother residing 7 Sewark/Newark St (?). Greenock 1890. Which street might it have been? She was a Domestic Servant. Were there big houses on these streets where she might have been employed and lived? Anyone able to enlighten me?
Thanks loads
Dot

[CaroleW]

Grandmother residing 7 Sewark/Newark St (?). Greenock 1890

Whose household was she living in and what was the occupation of the head of household?  Are you referring to the 1891 census or something else as you mention 1890

[Rosinish]

From the VRs (Valuation Rolls) 1885 & 1895 likely Newark Street as there's no Sewark Street.

What doc. has the info. & worth checking if there's a no. above the address (street name)?

Annie

[dblun]

Thanks Annie
My original reading led me to Sewark… eyes checked ..Ha Ha.. must be Newark. The number is 7..so off to the valuation rolls I go .. then a look at te history of the area.
Dot

[dblun]

I am reading from her marriage license ..  address given   no name of household.. just the street.. 1891 census may have the house family listed..  I am trying to put some flesh on skeletons
Thanks

[Rosinish]

1885 & 1895 have Proprietor/Occupier Robert Grieve, does that fit?

Annie

Add...Only Tenants/Proprietors/Occupiers are recorded i.e. if Lodging she won't be recorded

[Forfarian]

Grandmother residing 7 Sewark/Newark St (?). Greenock 1890. Which street might it have been?

Newark. There is a Newark Castle http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=106030984 not far away at Port Glasgow, and Sewark does not occur in https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk.

[kathleenmitchell]

Hi, it will be Newark St, it is still there and has a lot of the original houses still, classed as the West End of Greenock, the posh end, my ancestors came from the East End of the town - poor end. Lol
 Try google earth to see the houses.
Kathy

[dblun]

Thanks everyone...
Great info and a busy weekend ahead.
Dot