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Offline sossle

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? Street names Kessingland
« on: Wednesday 19 January 11 15:57 GMT (UK) »
Would anyone know these streets in Kessingland? On census's it just says "By Turnpike"
Another just says "Street"
Another says "Street Greens shop" but there are many households at "Greens shop" ?
 
I would appreciate any help

Thank you

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Re: ? Street names Kessingland
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 19 January 11 16:53 GMT (UK) »
Most villages in Suffolk have a main street through them and this is usually, 'The Street'.  In our village the main road through is The Street, and there is another street at the top of Church Road so that is High Street.  Oftern you find a village with Low Street or High Street.  Sorry but our ancestors were not very imaginative. Some have a turnpike and some have a green.

In looking at White's for 1844 I notice that there a draper and grocers store run by James Green - so people living in this area were probably recorded as being by Green's shop.

We had no need of numbers/names of houses, everyone knew everyone else in a village so houses tended to be known by the occupants names, hence Fisk Cottage, Bridges' Cottage, Boutell's Cottage etc etc.  the places where people lived on the outskirts might have been called Watson's Corner.

I should add that Boutell's Cottage was in my village and Watson's Corner is in Polstead  :D

You might be able to find a map near to the time of your queries at
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html

Does Kessingland have a BlythWeb website?

Pat ...


Every time I find an ancestor,
I have to find two more!

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham - all link to  Framlingham 
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally Framlingham/Parham)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert & Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith LDN - Fulker
LDN/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Marsden, Wilson, Sale
 
GGfather Michael Wilson born Cork, lived Fulham London - moved to Boston USA 1889, what happened next?

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Re: ? Street names Kessingland
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 19 January 11 16:58 GMT (UK) »

I thought there had been a Halsgrove book produced on Kessingland.
they are a company that helps local historians produce their own books.  The one for kessingland can be found here.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0bdv/

Pat ...

Every time I find an ancestor,
I have to find two more!

SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham - all link to  Framlingham 
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally Framlingham/Parham)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert & Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith LDN - Fulker
LDN/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Marsden, Wilson, Sale
 
GGfather Michael Wilson born Cork, lived Fulham London - moved to Boston USA 1889, what happened next?

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Re: ? Street names Kessingland
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 19 January 11 19:54 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for this information, very much appreciated

Regards
     
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Re: ? Street names Kessingland
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 19 January 11 20:33 GMT (UK) »
These might be of interest.

Take a look at this page - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=75131 and scroll down to the Manor of Rothenhall, third paragraph.

Also referred to here under Benacre - http://www.hiddenea.com/gospeloaks.htm

And here under history - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A12_road_(England)

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Re: ? Street names Kessingland
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 19 January 11 22:01 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for all this information. I went on the 1881 census & kept scrolling to next household & found Church Road & then Beach Road & went onto Streetmap so now know approx where it was. May be visiting in the near future so want to get as much info as possible
Thanks
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