1911 census

[new mother]

Just wondering if anyone has looked this up and if there are any interesting stories regarding your house?

We discovered from 1901 that our house was lived in by a widower, his parents in law, his children and his servants. By 1911, unfortunately the parents in law had died, but one of his daughters has had a little boy. We feel like we know them and also slightly protective of them and their memory. We so want them to have happy events on the official records....

[kford]

In the 1901 census there were three families - eight people - living our three bed terrace. God knows where.

[EDOliver]

Find this sort of thing really interesting. Unfortunately I live in a new build but would love to know what once stood on the plot.

Where can I find the census?? Is it free?

[new mother]

Problem is that you need names.... to start off with though we didn't have them , obviosuly, and we had to search the parish records and maps to find the then name for our street and the owner. Now, we search under his name so it is very easy to build up quite a picture of his life...

[Alec John Moore]

EDOliver, you might get an indication of what was on the site of your building by looking at old OS maps. I've got one of the area from the 1860s and one from the early 1900s that show an extensive development of housing in ED. The Palmerston pub on LL is one of the consistent landmarks. Alec

[intexasatthe moment]

Mmm ,have a look here at what the lovely mapping people at Southwark have so kindly put on line for us all

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200212/egovernment/1776/old_maps_of_southwark/1

[new mother]

Texas, Fantastic! thanks

[ClareC]

Can you find out the names of people living in your house online too? If not where and how do you get these records? Presumably not stored in the churches themselves....

[GSJ57]

The 1911 is available at Findmypast.com for a fee. If anyone is interested I can do a look up for you - I have a subscription. All I need is the address - you can search by address or name.

[h1981]

The Southwark History Library near Borough tube has post office directories dating back to the 1880's (further back on microfilm). Streets are listed by region and in alphabetical order and alongside the house numbers is the name of the person living there at the time, or if it was a commercial premises, the name of the business (eg bakers) and the name of the "proprietor"

[Tarot]

Every time you tune into one of those,FREE, sites you fill in a couple of words and you are sent to their

subscription page,

Not cricket is it.

[Vik]

intexasatthe moment Wrote:

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> Mmm ,have a look here at what the lovely mapping

> people at Southwark have so kindly put on line for

> us all

> http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200212/egovernmen

> t/1776/old_maps_of_southwark/1

Thank you so much for that Texas, these maps have cleared up something we have been trying to work out for years, fascinating to look at too, spend hours spotting the difference over the years!

[Vik]

What Road do you live on EDOliver?

[ianr]

As I've mentioned before, the Charles Booth online archive at the LSE is also worth a look, to get a flavour of your neighbourhood at the tail end of the nineteenth century.