Ospringe Parish Boundries

[jibba]

Morning

Before it was annexed to Faversham in 1935, can anyone confirm what the parish boundries were for Ospringe?

I have a family living there between the 1891 and 1911 census'. Depending on what census or vital records I look at, the family can be listed as being in Ospringe or Faversham.

There are two roads in particular they were living at, both north of the A2 aka London Road:

Ospringe Street - At the end where it joins Lower Road
Wallers Road - Almost joins up to the A2

[bluemincepies]

Hi Jibba

If you have sight of the census enumerator sheets the Ecclesiastical Parish is stated in the top right corner.

Failing that The Faversham Society have always been tremendously helpful for this sort of thing.

Hope that helps

Peter

[StevieSteve]

This might help too

http://maps.familysearch.org/#search


...which, in my reckoning, puts them both in Faversham

[jibba]

Thanks for the link to the map. Will be very handy for other similar queries.

Your right. Both roads come under the Faversham jurisdiction in 1851, although they are very close to the Ospringe borders

[Zacktyr]

Hi Jibba,

From at least 1881 up to 1901 the south side of Ospringe Street was included as part of Ospringe civil parish and deemed to be in the village of Ospringe.  The north side of Ospringe Street was in Faversham parish.  Waller's Row, was deemed to be in Faversham parish for the same time period. 

This is one of those really good teaching examples where if a family moves across the road they find themselves in a different parish - it happened frequently in London and the Metropolis but also happened in the larger towns elsewhere.

More specifically:
1881 south side of Ospringe Street, Whitings Square and Wellbrook Place were considered part of Ospringe civil parish and part of the village of Ospringe, includes the Anchor Inn on Ospringe Street

1891 south side of Ospringe Street, including Ospringe St. Square, the Mayor's Arms, Anchor Inn, and Crown Inn.

1901 south side of Ospringe Street included in Ospringe civil parish mostly now occupied by families rather than inns.

I hope this helps a bit.

Sincerely,
Susan

Morning

Before it was annexed to Faversham in 1935, can anyone confirm what the parish boundries were for Ospringe?

I have a family living there between the 1891 and 1911 census'. Depending on what census or vital records I look at, the family can be listed as being in Ospringe or Faversham.

There are two roads in particular they were living at, both north of the A2 aka London Road:

Ospringe Street - At the end where it joins Lower Road
Wallers Road - Almost joins up to the A2