Back Street, Rainham

[sarah144]

Hi

My ancestors lived in Back Street, Rainham, is Back Street still there, I can not find it on multimap

sarah144

[lizdb]

No sign of it in my Essex Book of street maps either

[sarah144]

Thanks for looking

sarah144

[keldon]

Sarah,

According to the Victoria County History, Back Street is now Upminster Road.

“In 1702 an earlier Bell stood in Back Street (Upminster Road). By 1733 it was the Horseshoe and Can, and by 1769 the Lamb (and Crown). It ceased to be a public house in 1789.”
 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42827


Upminster Road South leads from Rainham Village into Upminster Road. I suspect this was all Upminster Road until the old A13 dual carriageway cut it in two (now called New Road).
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=552901&y=182425&z=1&sv=552901,182425&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=762

Also, if you look at the Victorian Ordnance Survey map you will see Upminster Road was not the main access road to the village, which makes sense as to why it was called Back Lane.
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

Hope this helps.

Phil
historyhouse.co.uk

[sarah144]

Thanks Phil, thats just what I was looking for

sarah144

[essexkid]

My great grandfather, Frederick Fynn, was a blacksmith in Rainham and worked in back lane, upminster south road.