Hi Barbara
I did walk up the walkway that Im certain is the old Angel Row but have found contradictin info on where it was/still is.
Taken from the book - Historic Worcester Streets
An old alleyway from Angel Place to Blackfriars Street, formerly Smock Allet or Smoke Alley, the name was changed in the 19th century, according to Noake, who in 1877, wrote disparagingly of it having 'of late been dignified' with this name. The new name was first found in a street directory of 1840. It still exists off Angel Place in much the same spot, but due to d3evelopment it now runs beside the Crowngate bus station entrance & servbes only as a back route into the Crowngate Shopping Centre, though its use has increased since the opening of the HIVE to which it is linked by a pedestrian bridge over the Butts.
The above extract from Historic Worcester Streets is not agreed with by myself or the archaeology dept at the HIVE who have the first edition OS street map showing Angel Row as the walkway I said it was in one of my earlier postings & the map shows about 10 cottages in this row in the 1800s so I leave it up to you to believe which version you choose to. As I said earlier in this posting I did walk up that walkway on 17APR this year on my way to the HIVE & you can clearly see where that row of cottages used to be as I believe thet the fabric of the old buildings still exixts in the ones that are there now so Im sticking to my theory of where Angel Row is as personally I think that its far more believable even though the book I took an extract from says different & even the city council have give the road that run but s into the bus station the name Angel Row & it even has a postcode, so all I can think is that over the years through usage of the name in (what I regard as) the wrong place has meant that it could now be in 2 places but neither has a name plate to show what it should be called - well if they have I couldn't find them.
I was going to get all the residents from as many street directories as I could but unfortunately in the very limited amount of street directories for Worcester City that are held by the HIVE there is no entry for Angel Row & all I can assume is that the residents were unable to afford to have their names put in street directories.
I hope that this helps you a bit & wish that I could have found a lot more for you
All the very best
Phil
born in Astwood Rd Worcester in 1944 74 years ago to the day