Bacton Crescent, Middlesex

[Chris1969]

I'm trying to find the road where one of my ancestors was born.

In the 1871 census he gives his place of birth as Bacton Cres., Middx

There is only one Bacton anything in the current London A-Z, and looking at the 1862 map on the Motco site, it was called Baker St then.

Bacton Cres doesn't feature on the Lost London Streets site either

Can anyone offer any suggestions

(The ancestor's name was Henry Coleman and he was 39 in 1871, so I'm looking at around 1831)

Cheers

Chris

[peterbennett]

Hi Chris
         
        According to my bits and pieces there was a  Bacton Street, Bethnal Green E2 up until 1997. Try this site for a list of all victorian London streets, I find it a very useful site indeed.

http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/lon-str.html

peterbennett

[Chris1969]

Hi Peter

That Bacton St is the one I'd found, and is called Baker St in the 1862 map

Do you think it's reasonable to assume that Bacton Crescent would have been roughly crescent-shaped?

Cheers

Chris

[peterbennett]

Hi Chris
          Yes it would seem logical that it would be cresant shaped, but dont take it for granted. It could be any shaped road that connects to the same highway at both ends. Its also possible that over the years what with new traffic systems that some of the cresants are now cul-de-sacs.
Not a lot of use am I.

peterbennett

[PaulineJ]

Can I just make the observation that "Bacton Cres" is rather more specific than usual when a birthplace is specified in census.

That to me makes it more likely than not that the place was very near where he resided in 1871. Try finding the 1871 address on old-maps (or wherever) and scout around locally.

Pauline

[Chris1969]

Hi Pauline

It is unusual - so I thought I'd been given a real gift, until I tried to find it!!

In the same census his eldest son has Caledonia Cres as birthplace, but the other 5 children just have London

The census is for Caledonian Crescent, near Kings Cross station

I've looked at the 1830 map for that area (before the station was built) but still no joy

Cheers

Chris

[PaulineJ]

Just went through the 1861 census street index, and I couldn't find a Bacton (anything) in there either. Don't know what to suggest now.

Pauline

[peterbennett]

Hi Chris

            Had a good look at the 1871 census here is a copy
It looks to me as if it should be BURTON CRESCENT which I believe was in St. Pancras district.

Name Age in 1871 Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County
 
Alfred Coleman 15  London, England Son  Islington All Saints  London  
Frederick Coleman 17  Caledonian Creswel, Middlesex, England Son  Islington All Saints  London  
Georgina Coleman 37  Bedfordshire, England Wife  Islington All Saints  London  
Henry Coleman 39  Burton Creawell, Middlesex, England Head  Islington All Saints  London  
Mary Ann Coleman 12  London, England Daughter  Islington All Saints  London

Name:    Henry Coleman
Age in 1871:    39  
Estimated birth year:    1832  
Relation:    Head  
Household:    View other family members
Gender:    Male  
Where born:    Burton Creawell, Middlesex, England
     
Civil parish:    Islington All Saints  
Ecclesiatical parish:    All Saints  
County/Island:    London  
Country:    England  
     
Street address:Caledonion Crescent
     
Source information:    RG10/256
Registration district:    Islington  
Sub-registration district:    Islington West  
ED, institution, or vessel:    19  
Folio:    59  
Page:    13  
Household schedule number:    252

regards

peterbennett
 

[Chris1969]

Now do I feel stupid?

Thanks for that Peter. My next stage was going to have to be to resort back to the original census again.

I suppose the moral is "always take a photocopy"

Cheers

Chris