Locating a specific address on a census?

[xpress4]

Hello!

Trying to find out who lived at 4 High St., Stockport, Cheshire in the 1861 Census. How do you find a specific address in a census?

Thank you for any assistance!
Brenda

[garstonite]

most High St addresses are retail shops - just googled High St Stockport and No3 is a Hairdressers - so I presume No 4 in 1861 was a retail shop ?   or even possibly a Pub - do you have any idea whether it was a shop or pub ??

[cath151]

On Findmypast you can just put in the street name and Stockport and Cheshire in appropriate boxes, there will be a lot of results for that street so need to try and find a number near 4 and scroll back and forth.
The numbers are very erratic though, not always following on as you would expect.
There is a 3 High Street Stockport next to 4 Coopers Brow
, look for Margaret Mock aged 50,
Alternatively if you have that address in a near census, sometimes looking up older neighbours can be useful although people did dmove around a lot.
Cathy

[rolnora]

Hi Brenda,
Do you have some document that says specifically that it's number 4 High St.
 Coopers Brow which is between 3 and 5 High St are steps, still there today, leading down to Lower Hillgate and on the right hand side.
Albert Terrace is a passage leading off High St and is on the left hand side and the number after that, if I'm reading it correctly, is also 5 High St.
So is there a mistake somewhere, there can't be two no 5s on the same street 

[stanmapstone]

There is no No. 4 High Street in the 1861 Census  RG9 Piece 2563 Folio 84 Page 23.

Stan

[rolnora]

Hi Stan,
I think I'm being a bit dense this morning.
I can see 4 Coopers Brow on those folio refs but not High Street

[rolnora]

Whoops,
Apologies Stan, I thought you had posted that there was a number 4
Must have read it wrong

[BumbleB]

Looking at the descriptions of the Enumeration Districts, I can only see the "left-hand" side of High Street - go to 1861 Census  RG9 Piece 2563 Folio 84 Page 23, and then look at page 1 which gives the boundaries.

I've looked at all the descriptions for Stockport First, and Stockport Second, but can't see anything for the "right-hand" side of High Street, which might indicate No: 4.

 

[rolnora]

Depending which way your looking at High Street, I'm starting at the end of Higher Lower Hillgate  and going up High St from there.
Albert Terrace is on the left hand side and Coopers Brow is on the right
Given that Coopers brow is between 3 and 5 then to my way of thinking 4 must be on the left.
I've also been looking at enumeration districts.
I think I found Albert Terrace in district 2, as I said before it's a passage off High St and the previous number is 5 High St.

Edited to Lower rather than Higher Hillgate