I have also researched my Victorian house. I have the title deeds so had the owners names but the house was rented out several times so there were two sets of people at one time to look into.
A post on Rootschat led the granddaughter of a previous owner to knock my door which then led to photographs of that family in the house.
The most interesting things I found was the social history which came from searching The British Newspaper Archive with the houses two addresses, the street was renamed in the 1940s.
I found a marriage taking place, the niece of the owner, several deaths and numerous adverts for domestic staff and even a small ad for a lost black Labrador.
The house next door was the base for the Air Raid Warden during the war.
The small ads in old newspapers are fascinating, they were the local WhatsApp groups of the day.
As I have decorated over the years I have kept small scraps of the old wallpapers I’ve uncovered.
Sadly after much searching it appears there are no building plans remaining for our house but I did find plans logged for alterations and upgrading of the drains. This was really beneficial as to understanding the room layout particularly what would have been the domestic area and servants quarters. This area in the basement is the part which had been the most altered over the 140 years so
the water and drainage plan explained a lot.
The things you get excited about when you get old
Happy searching
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