Mansfield Street, Southwark

[erika]

Good Afternoon

I was just wondering if anyone has any information about Mansfield Street in Southwark.
I have a birth in 1873, which I can't find registered . However on the 1911 census the lady gives her birthplace as Mansfield Street, London.
Was there a house there that maybe was for unmarried mothers, the mother herself coming from a village in Essex and aged about 25 at the time of the birth

Would be grateful for any help

Erika

[Milliepede]

Could you give the name of the lady? 

Is she with any family on census?

[Watson]

Erika, I agree it would help to have the person's name, if possible.

An 1875 directory shows that Mansfield Street was at 113 Borough Road.  The only institution mentioned there was "London School Board School".

However, there were two other Mansfield Streets in London.  Are you sure you have the right one?

[rosie99]

Lilian M H D Digby 

married in 1906

Digby    Gerald Fitzmaurico       
LIDDELL    Lilian Mary H D       
Marylebone    1a   1360   

[rosie99]

Birth Mar qtr 1872 
Liddell    Lilian Mary H D        Marylebone    1a   519

[rosie99]

In 1871 her parents are in the household after  Gunningham Sutton at No 9 Mansfield street, Marylebone

[ShaunJ]

I don't think it's that one Rosie. That noble lady's birth is well documented.

I'm guessing this one is Lucy Florence Barker. In the 1911 census as Florance Barker.

Whoever has added "Mansfield Street" has also added "N E" which indicates the one off Kingsland Road, not the one in Southwark.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2352/images/rg14_10196_0355_03?pId=53380011

[rosie99]

It was worth a try though Shaun and it kept the grey cells working   

[erika]

Wow so many replies, thank you and Shaun you have the correct person.
So Kingsland Road, I'll have a look there. Are there houses there that maybe are the sort that unmarried mothers went to ?

Thank you
Erika