POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION The Ryder Memorial Well

[001uk]

VILLAGE STREET SCENE Hillside buildings. UK LOCATION help, please


Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of this

POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark

Dated 1905 view. looking down into a dip with brick built properties.
Left four houses then a property with facade and pub sign which looks like BELL (Cannot quite make out the other words). Building further on past crossroad. looks like another public house (possibly it's sign, on a post, on other side of the road). Here also is a finger post road sign and a lamp post. Just here is a circular gated construction with slated roof. Is it a well?

Towards the camera on the right is "THE WHEATSHEAF INN" (opposite the horse & cart). Next door is a small row of properties one being a shop with the name HANSON above with possibly the initial "S". looks to be a general store.

There is a GB  EVII ½d postage stamp on the reverse with a HAMPSTEAD S.O.N.W. 1905 postmark. Addressee in Margate by the name of Reynolds. Senders name "Lill". No clues in the message.

Don't think one is going to take long!

With thanks~001uk

[Rosinish]

Do you have any family members who were living in the area of Hampstead or is it one you have picked up?

My question is for a guide to whether the family were there at time of date on the pic.

Annie

[Rosinish]

Would the address help?

West End, Northleach, Gloucestershire

Annie

[Little Nell]

Um, I'm really confused now, Annie.

Are you suggesting that the place is Northleach?  While there is a Wheatsheaf Inn in Northleach, there is no resemblance to the postcard.  Postcard shows all brick, Northleach is lots of honey Cotswold stonework, narrow street, and no pretty covered structure.

Could that be a well? 

Nell

[groom]

Am I missing something?

There is a GB  EVII ½d postage stamp on the reverse with a HAMPSTEAD S.O.N.W. 1905 postmark

Isn't it likely that it is around that area, people don't usually buy postcards and then post them elsewhere do they?

[Ruskie]

There are a lot of public houses called "The Wheatsheaf Inn". Locating a trade magazine for 1905 for the Hanson's business might be easier.

Yes, you would expect a postcard posted in Hampstead to be of Hampstead, though I have a couple where this isn't the case. Still, it would be the first place to search.

[ScouseBoy]

I note that there is a Cross  on the top of the roof of the gated structure.

[001uk]

Do you have any family members who were living in the area of Hampstead or is it one you have picked up?

My question is for a guide to whether the family were there at time of date on the pic.

Annie

Hi Annie, This is a view I have acquired.No family connection

[001uk]

Um, I'm really confused now, Annie.

Are you suggesting that the place is Northleach?  While there is a Wheatsheaf Inn in Northleach, there is no resemblance to the postcard.  Postcard shows all brick, Northleach is lots of honey Cotswold stonework, narrow street, and no pretty covered structure.

Could that be a well? 

Nell
Hi Neil, I'm confused also! In My description I asked: ......
"a circular gated construction with slated roof. Is it a well"? . It looks like one.