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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 23:00 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Ruskie,  There is so much fascinating information about the East End and the various maps have helped me find the streets where later family members resided too.

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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 21:21 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: KGarrad on Sunday 04 October 20 15:55 BST (UK)
From Wikipedia:
By 1908 Ratcliff Highway had different names for each of its sections. From west to east these ran: St. George's Street East, High Street (Shadwell), Cock Hill, and Broad Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highway

KGarrad  Thank you for that information too, I had noticed these on more recent maps.

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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 21:18 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Nic. on Sunday 04 October 20 17:07 BST (UK)
I don’t want to put the image here as I’m not sure about it’s copyright. If you google ‘sailing ship penang’ and view the images you realise how close the housing was to the docks.

Nic,  Thank you for that, will now check that site

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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 14:00 BST (UK)  »
IgorStrav, Thank you for your family info.  Unfortunately, when I last visited England, I did not have this recent information about this section of my Gordon ancestors so did not try to visit the area.  I was aware that it was a very socially deprived area and generally considered to be quite a dangerous place in which to live in those early times. How they survived and raised families under such hardship is difficult to imageine.

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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 11:05 BST (UK)  »
Bookbox and Ruskie,  Thank you both so much.  These explanations and maps convince me that this family of Gordons actually resided somewhere along Ratcliff Highway.  I have spent too much time trying to find a site with abbreviations for street names.  You have both been so helpful.

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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 08:02 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for that too

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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 06:57 BST (UK)  »
Given that John Gordon was a shipwright and that it was such a poor area, I was thinking they would have been very close to the Thames rather than the highway.  However, I am happy with any suggestions you can offer.

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London and Middlesex / Re: St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 06:42 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for all suggestions.  All children’s baptisms give the abbreviation as simply RHW rather than R H Way and there is probably a very simple explanation.

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London and Middlesex / St George in the East street names
« on: Sunday 04 October 20 05:08 BST (UK)  »
What does the abbreviation for place of living R H W on a marriage registry mean please?  I have a John Gordon marrying a Hester Bezer on 25 November 1735 at St George in the East and would like to know their place of abode.  Many thanks for any suggestions.

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