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Lewis has a calculated birth year of 1821 in the '51 Census. A Lewis Becket Cooper died Lowestoft, aged 66, on 17 July 1887 at London Road,

Old Maps  http://old-maps.co.uk/index.html

click on link and enter coordinates   458194   305554
when all maps loaded, modern map of the area appears in main window
click on 1887 Town Plans
when loaded in main window, click on main window to zoom (click anywhere except red box marked "Enhanced Zoom".
Grundon St is off Abbey Gate

Mo,
A very warm welcome to Rootschat and thanks for contributing. Always great to have local knowledge. 

http://old-maps.co.uk/index.html

Click on the link and in the boxes marked "Coords" put in the coordinates    265545   194380   and hit "Go"
A modern map of the area around St Joseph's will appear. When all the maps are loaded tab down to the 1951-1956 map on the right hand side of the screen and click on "Enlarge map". The 1951 56 map will appear in the main window

Click on the main window to enlarge the image (click on anywhere except the red box marked "Enhanced zoom"). Convent Street leads down from St Joseph's to Llangyfellach Street and turning left leads to the old Cwmfelin Works. How far along was No 99?

       

Find My Past has a 10 image record for Soldier No 3072, William George (transcribed as Goeg) Williams, Royal Artillery, born Plymouth who attested 5 June 1880, age 15yrs 4 mths. Next of kin - wife Ada nee Brown, children Winifred, Wm Geo, Ada, Dorothy Ellen, Olive Ethel, John Charles Whittaker, Florence Constance.

The London Gazette (on line) has details of the bankruptcy of a John Badcock, Bookseller, Queen's Passage, Paternoster Row declared 3 October 1805 + later references to a "final dividend" to be paid