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Offline Andrew65

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Rates and Census confusion (or clarificatio needed)
« on: Monday 06 July 20 00:24 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I have several years of Westminster rates where a possible relative Richard Smith is paying paving or poor rates at 11 or 12 Denzell St, St Clement Danes. Including 1841.
When I look at the census records for 1841 he is not recorded as living at the address.
I imagine there is a really logical explanation for this.
Can anybody provide it??

Andrew
Wiltshire, Devon, Sussex, London, Cheshire, Essex, Norfolk, etc
Cooper, Wilkins, Taylor, Hawley, Chignall, Pavey, Woodland, Snelson, Smith (unfortunately) - Its endless really

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Re: Rates and Census confusion (or clarificatio needed)
« Reply #1 on: Monday 06 July 20 07:29 BST (UK) »
Possibly he owned the building but lived elsewhere. Plenty of instances like that in the Poll Books of the time.
Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
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Re: Rates and Census confusion (or clarificatio needed)
« Reply #2 on: Monday 06 July 20 22:47 BST (UK) »
Thanks Graham.

That helps to explain why lots of people live at the address, but he is the only one paying rates.

Andrew
Wiltshire, Devon, Sussex, London, Cheshire, Essex, Norfolk, etc
Cooper, Wilkins, Taylor, Hawley, Chignall, Pavey, Woodland, Snelson, Smith (unfortunately) - Its endless really
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