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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #9 on: Friday 09 September 16 06:34 BST (UK) »
Am I missing something?

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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?


Indeed groom! (Which is why I didn't think it should be too difficult. Furthermore, there are quite a few strong clues. I don't know the area and without knowing the specific shop trade HANSON was in and with so many Wheatsheaf pubs I need help!
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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #10 on: Friday 09 September 16 06:40 BST (UK) »
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.

Thanks Ruskie. Do you know of a Trade Magazine? Without knowing which trade it's impossible. Possibly easier going via the Census. If it was a Drapers I would be OK as I have a directory for all things  Textile. However, as it's probably a general store catering for everything for the village I'm afraid I'd have to pass on that one!
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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #11 on: Friday 09 September 16 08:08 BST (UK) »
When I zoom into the image (on iPad), I lose a lot of definition and can't see "Hanson" on the sign. Can you scan the sign please?

I had a quick look but can't see any Hansons in the 1901 census. I haven't looked elsewhere yet.

http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/map/collection/p16445coll4

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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #12 on: Friday 09 September 16 08:55 BST (UK) »
The structure could be a pinfold but it's rather a small one. I have seen some as small as this though.


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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #13 on: Friday 09 September 16 08:56 BST (UK) »
Is that Hampstead in London?

There are Hanson on the 1881 in Hampstead, Middlesex, London.

There's a Reginald who is an Alderman wholesale grocer.

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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #14 on: Friday 09 September 16 09:08 BST (UK) »
Would the address help?

West End, Northleach, Gloucestershire

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This totally confused me but now I see it! Annie must have replied to the wrong thread by accident!

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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #15 on: Friday 09 September 16 09:28 BST (UK) »
I found a Hanson family in 1901 in Hamstead he was a carpenter and joiner. The address where they were living looked nothing like that though when I checked on maps and Google Earth. They were at 
31, Sumatra Road, Hampstead.

The earlier grocer one though may be a good clue.
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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #16 on: Friday 09 September 16 09:42 BST (UK) »
Here is a very detailed history of Hampstead. It may give a clue to someone familiar with the area.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp15-33

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T F T Baker, Diane K Bolton and Patricia E C Croot, 'Hampstead: Hampstead Town', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington, ed. C R Elrington (London, 1989), pp. 15-33. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp15-33 [accessed 3 September 2016].

"The principal parish well, Kingswell, in the heart of the old town and probably associated with the town pond west of High Street, in which a woman drowned in 1274"

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Re: POSTCARD CROSSROADS SCENE Hampstead postmark UK LOCATION help, please
« Reply #17 on: Friday 09 September 16 10:02 BST (UK) »
I've just found another Hampstead up Manchester way, in New Hampshire.

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