help with address on 1871 census - Salisbury

[kanskar]

On the 1871 census page are there any house numbers in Rollestone Street mentioned?

Thanks

[kanskar]

If someone could kindly assist me by letting me know if there are any house numbers for Rollestone Street on the same page as French Court, then I can probably identify whereabouts it may be/have been from the 1880 map.

Thanks

Kanskar

[ShaunJ]

The 1871 census pages list addresses in Rollestone Street in the following order (from Winchester Street):

1&3 "The Old George Tap"
5
7
French Buildings
Next page - French Court or possibly French Cont(inued)
15
17
19

1881 25" OS map https://maps.nls.uk/view/120379023#zoom=5&lat=1184&lon=9225&layers=BT

[kanskar]

Sean - Thanks.

On the 1880 map - The George is on the left hand corner of Rollestone Street and Winchester Street (this Building still exists today).  Odd numbers go up the left hand side of Rollestone Street.  About 2/3 of the way up towards Salt Lane - you should see that there is a passageway leading to some houses tucked back off the street. I reckon that this is French Court.  (On the 1881 Map it is under the D of Edmunds).

The court no longer exists - eventually the houses here were demolished and up to 3-4 years ago, this was Salisbury Bus Station - itself no longer with us and now replaced by retirement age housing.

Kanskar

[alison300]

Sorry not to reply sooner - I've just got back from work.

[bartman]

I find this site useful for maps:
 https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=5&lat=56.0000&lon=-4.0000&layers=1&b=3

You set your background map to your preferred choice (I use Bing Hybrid to show street names), when you zoom in to the required area you can choose which old map to use (some areas have larger scale than others) - then use the slider to fade between the old and new to compare any area.

[ribbo39]

Hi bartman,

What a useful mapping system - thank you for highlighting it.

Alan