Capon Street, Gorton.

[0rinoco]

I am trying to locate Capon Street, Gorton, but in spite of having gone through old street directories and a fairly extensive map collection, I can't find it. Any ideas, please?

[CaroleW]

Any timeline?

[stanmapstone]

Where does this street name come from. There is no Capon Street in the 1891 Census Street Index, or in 1911.

Stan

[0rinoco]

Thanks for the input. A visitor to my family history website has asked me if I knew of it, as he couldn't find it on my maps. He also emailed me a copy of his gg.grandfather's marriage certificate, dated 1886, with the Capon Street address on it. I've been through Slater's 1909 directory and there is no mention of the name anywhere. 

[CaroleW]

Is the address written clearly on the marriage cert or could it be a different name

[0rinoco]

Here it is. 

[KGarrad]

I think you'll find that reads "Casson Street"

It's the old long-s; used in handwriting to represent the first s in a double-s, but never made it into typefaces. Looks like this: ſ.

See: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/337981147022271193/?lp=true
and: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/337981147022271208/?lp=true

For long-s see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

[stanmapstone]

If you are interested you can see Casson Street on this map https://maps.nls.uk/view/126522881#zoom=4&lat=10041&lon=8995&layers=BT
On the modern map it ran parallel and just to the east of Taylor Street https://goo.gl/maps/iXRPdNg23jz
Stan

[0rinoco]

Well, thanks for that. It just seems a bit late in the day to be using the long S, but it certainly seems to be the answer. Doubt I would have found it without your help. Thanks again.