8 Westgate Street

[hanes teulu]

History of Southampton 1908
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp490-524

I used screensearch to find "westgate" (1 hit) and "westgate" (10 hits)

[hanes teulu]

"To Investors, Capitalists and Others - eligible Freehold and Leasehold Properties ....
To sell by AUCTION, Sep 23rd 1881.... Three leasehold Dwelling Houses, situate and being No 8, Westgate Street, Southampton, containing 5 rooms, with kitchen, wash-house and garden. Nos 9 and 10 each containing 4 rooms with kitchen and wash-house, in the occupation of Messrs Masters, White and Terry, at a gross annual rental of £38 7s. Owner paying a portion of rates.
The property is held on lease, under the Corporation of Southampton, for a term of 40 years from Michaelmas, 1879 - usually renewable every 14 years upon payment of a fine - at an annual quit rent of 32s. The last fine paid was £35."
(Advert in Hampshire Advertiser, Sep 1881)

[rm91]

Russel,

It's amazing what we can sometimes find if we dig 

Only yesterday I was researching something for someone & discovered I had a few notes on the person................through info. I've collated over the years from my own family finds (Scottish records which have 3 enties on deaths/ births on each download & 2 entries per marriage download).

I discovered the man had been a guest at a Hotel in Inverness-shire so I looked it up (just my interest as you do)............

Anyway, the hotel has a quest book dating back to late 1800's so I emailed them re the man in question. I got a lovely email back to say the dates they have were from 1890 but my man was there in 1871 but J M Barry had also been a guest there at some time 

I found it all quite interesting & not even my own family 

Annie

I think it's all really interesting even if it's not your own family, as a wider part of history it's interesting to see what normal people got up to in the past. Amazing that they have a guest book going back that long!

I think with regard to 8 Westgate Street, a visit to Southampton civic library might be in order!

[Rosinish]

The library would be a good idea.

When did you last visit "no. 8" 

Annie

[rm91]

I think it was probably a couple of months ago. It's not far away from St Michael's church where my great x5 grandparents (also Masters) married in 1802 so went to have a look at that and wondered down to Westgate Street too.