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Re: Hat and Feather's Court/Yard, Bath
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 27 August 08 12:35 BST (UK) »
Thanks very much. All the information has been very interesting. Do you know anything about the Hen and Chicken Court. I have just found Charles Stewart living there with his wife in 1861. Any information welcome.

Thanks again
HoppShill

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Re: Hat and Feather's Court/Yard, Bath
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 27 August 08 19:41 BST (UK) »
Not much I am afraid. Hen & Chicken court was also located off Walcot Street. Walcot street was full of different artisans and craftsmen who often moved along the street, into more appropriate or more affordable premises when they became available. 
I am pretty sure that Bath Archives may still hold some old deeds for properties on Walcot street, so it may be worth your while looking there for more information. Otherwise drop the arhcies an email or two and they should respond with some more details for you.
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Re: Hat and Feather's Court/Yard, Bath
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 27 August 08 20:13 BST (UK) »
Hoppshilll,
I think that your ancestor may have came from Cape of good hope in South Africa. It seems that there were alot of "Stewarts" in south afirca in the 17-1800's according to the IGI, also in 1871 your george stewart ancestor appears to be staying in London at a Public Inn House, called "the cape of good hope"
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Re: Hat and Feather's Court/Yard, Bath
« Reply #12 on: Friday 29 August 08 09:44 BST (UK) »
HoppShill

Hen and Chicken Court was further along Walcot Street a little closer to town. We had family there, it was quite a desperate area and described as "squalid, depressing".
Like the Hat and Feather Yard it ran from Walcot Street toward the River.
Very close to the Hen and Chicken Court was the 'Live Market' with the attendant Slaughterhouses, so not the choicest location.
The artisan element came to Walcot in the 20th C which was a mainly working class area in the 19thC.
From what I understand from relations still in Bath and, considering I no longer live in Bath, the Hat and Feather Pub takes it's name from the old Yard and, as I mentioned earlier the recent trend to call an area of Walcot street Hat and Feather, but is a fairly recent addition to Walcot albeit in an old building.
Remember Bath has a strong Heritage presence and there is a desire not to let some of the old names die but resurrecting them sometimes means their new designation does not exactly match their original location

I hope this is of some help


Thanks very much. All the information has been very interesting. Do you know anything about the Hen and Chicken Court. I have just found Charles Stewart living there with his wife in 1861. Any information welcome.

Thanks again
HoppShill
Evans,  (Marylebone).
Algate,   (Wembury, Plymouth Devon)
Chammings, (Jacobstowe, Hatherleigh, Iddesleigh)
Chummings.  (Jacobstowe, Devon)
Taylor,  (Minterne, Dorset)
Taylor, Ozanne, le Huray.  (Guernsey).
Dunn,    ( North Grimston, Rillington).
Pickering, Forth,  (Crowland, Spalding).
Forth, (Welney, Norfolk)
Roberts.  (Ampthill).
Hippisley,Fry, Dagger.  (Bath,Somerset).
Dyer, White.  (Pontardawe. Bath.)
Rivis, (East Yorks.)
Daly, (Culmullin, Co. Meath)


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Re: Hat and Feather's Court/Yard, Bath
« Reply #13 on: Friday 29 August 08 09:54 BST (UK) »
Hopefully this pic comes through. It is a workman removing the sign at the entrance to hen and Chicken Court before it was demolished to make way for a supermarket
Evans,  (Marylebone).
Algate,   (Wembury, Plymouth Devon)
Chammings, (Jacobstowe, Hatherleigh, Iddesleigh)
Chummings.  (Jacobstowe, Devon)
Taylor,  (Minterne, Dorset)
Taylor, Ozanne, le Huray.  (Guernsey).
Dunn,    ( North Grimston, Rillington).
Pickering, Forth,  (Crowland, Spalding).
Forth, (Welney, Norfolk)
Roberts.  (Ampthill).
Hippisley,Fry, Dagger.  (Bath,Somerset).
Dyer, White.  (Pontardawe. Bath.)
Rivis, (East Yorks.)
Daly, (Culmullin, Co. Meath)

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Hen and Chicken Ct
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 31 August 08 18:34 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much for all this information. It has all been very interesting. I am going to visit Bath sometime to follow up these leads.

Thanks again

HoppShill

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Re: Hat and Feather's Court/Yard, Bath
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 05 August 10 20:17 BST (UK) »
You might be interested in this map c.1900
http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/maps/OS62htm/1401.htm

which in the bottom right hand corner shows a "Hat and Feather Yard"
in Bath. There was also a pub at the eastern end of Walcot street - now called HUDSON!
http://www.hudsonsteakhouse.co.uk/hudson-steakhouse-gallery.html

Is this useful?

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Re: Hat and Feather's Court/Yard, Bath
« Reply #16 on: Friday 26 December 14 15:09 GMT (UK) »
Hey,
I've found that my ancestors, Joseph Beale, his wife Sophia, and his 6 children all lived at 9 Hat and Feather's Court in the 1851 census. He was a pin maker according to the census.

Just a little information about one of the occupants in the mid-19th Century.