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[susan ault]

I wonder if anyone can solve a problem please
My x 2 great grand parents have a second baby daughter called mary in 1872.
The address given as place of birth is 1 FARMERS COTTAGES, LAMBETH. yet the mothers address is given as 18 RATHBONE PLACE, LAMBETH. Could the cottages be a old hospital?. I really cant find the cottages address anywhere.   


                                             sue a

[CaroleW]

The mothers address is at the time of registration of the birth.  They could have moved since the birth.   

[susan ault]

         yes I thought this but I just don't know what or where farm cottages are, just thought someone may have any ideas where I can look ?

                            sue

[CaroleW]

Where were they in 1871?

[purlin]

Old Maps online. may help. Try this link http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/p/zoomify88308.html

The old names are very descriptive.

[JenB]

There is no Farmers Cottages on the 1871 street index, which is derived from the 1871 census. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Place:Lambeth_Registration_District,_1871_Census_Street_Index_C-F

The closest name on the index is Farnham Cottages  on the census they are actually called Farnhams Cottages, numbers 1 and 2. ( RG 10 / 652 / 20 / 33)

[Chilternbirder]

My grandmother went home to her mother for the births of two of my aunts so I am not at all surprised by a difference in addresses.

At a guess it sounds like a group of cottages that predated the development of the area. Despite being incorporated into later street numbering she just used the original address.

[[Ray]]

Hi     

Don't forget that a row of cottages could just be named as such, in a longer road but not numbered as such.     

They may not be named as eg      # 1,2,3,4,5 Elvis Cottages, Presley Road   
but eg [ now ] 181 ( - 185 ) Presley Road.     

R