Court Street, Haddington

[Mancunian194]

Hi,

In my research of the Taylor family I have come across several addresses in Court Street, Haddington. These include:

- Cathries Close, Court Street
- 7, Court Street
- Clarke’s Entry, 7 Court Street
- Distillery Park, 7 Court Street

So I'm trying to understand the layout of Court St circa 1800-1850. Does anyone understand the layout of the street and/or have a free downloadable map of the area that I can use?

Regards,

[whiteout7]

There are some photographs of that time in this book - Haddington Through Time
 By Jack Gillon
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=d1VpCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT13&dq=Court+Street,+Haddington&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAmoVChMI_aO4gOvWyAIVJRimCh1OgwOY#v=onepage&q=Court%20Street%2C%20Haddington&f=falseyou

To me the adresses you mention all look the same, perhaps with the same building being renamed?

[Mancunian194]

Thanks for the pointer to the book; some interesting pictures.

Regards

[DonM]

Here you go

http://maps.nls.uk/townplans/haddington_1.html

[Mancunian194]

Hi,

Thanks but the map doesn't seem to show house numbers or names.

Regards

[DonM]

No they don't show names in the 1850's.

Distillery Park might be the laneway to Brewery Park off court.

Is Peter Taylor the person you are asking about? 

Don

[MonicaL]

The issue of specific address and numbering is complicated  To give you a flavour, this old post may help www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=618915.0

Monica

[MonicaL]

I think the building that you are looking at is now a listed building. See www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-34255-victoria-inn-3-5-7-court-street-and-12-lo#.Viq1wSv-WYs

There is a current picture included there. I think this is likely the building showing on pg 3, behind the Tweeddale Memorial, included in the link included above by whiteout7. Don's links to maps will also help, as will looking at the Post Office Directories of the period that you are interested in.

Monica

[Mancunian194]

Thanks for the replies; I'll do a bit more research based on them.

Don - yes, Peter Taylor is one of the people I'm researching. Why?

Regards,

Simon.