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Offline MosesDodd

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London address
« on: Thursday 27 July 23 12:22 BST (UK) »
My great-grandfather Henry Wilkins, of Henley-on-Thames, moved to London around 1880 to work as a railway porter. His first address, according to the 1881 census, was at 66, Harwood Road, but I can't find that on the map or on any lists of previous street names. He later lived in Maldon Road and Vorley Road, and those I can trace, but not Harwood Street.

Could you help me with this please? Thanks, Maurice Wilkins.
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Re: London address
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 27 July 23 12:47 BST (UK) »
I have a modern copy of the first A-Z of London, printed 1938/9.   A Harwood Road, SW6, is listed and is just south of Fulham Road;  that's in the Kensington/Chelsea area.

No Harwood Street shown in the index.
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
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Re: London address
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 27 July 23 12:54 BST (UK) »
Quote from: MosesDodd on Thursday 27 July 23 12:22 BST (UK)
r. His first address, according to the 1881 census, was at 66, Harwood Road, but I can't find that on the map .

There is a Harwood Road on the modern maps. It's in Fulham

https://goo.gl/maps/UPm4VQzVSXSCRtpJ8

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Re: London address
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 27 July 23 13:03 BST (UK) »


Go back to the 1881 census, follow Harwood Road and follow through the census pages to see the roads recorded before and after Harwood Road. That will give you a reference point.

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Re: London address
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 27 July 23 13:08 BST (UK) »
It's not "Harwood Road".  The second word is Street, not Road. And it's in the St Pancras area

Possibly Harmood Street.

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 27 July 23 13:10 BST (UK) »
THanks for clarifying, Shaun, I'd started looking on some of the old maps!
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Re: London address
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 27 July 23 13:12 BST (UK) »
Using Ancestry Census 1881 you find your Henry WILKINS at image 10 of 77. Go to page 1 of 77 for description on the roads surveyed for that part of the census.

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 27 July 23 13:18 BST (UK) »
Harmood Street is just off Chalk Farm Road, in between Belsize Park and Kentish Town.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 27 July 23 14:13 BST (UK) »
Definitely Harmood Street - off Prince of Wales Road NW5
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