Lavenham

[SUFFOLK BOY]

Hi all,looking for the location of Alley Yard Lavenham.I was told it was demolished years ago but did it just go though a name change? thanks in advance Neil.

[BumbleB]

If you have access to Ancestry, then look at the 1891 census entry for Arthur Parker, aged 26.  His address is Alley Yard, Lavenham.  From there, go to page 1 image, which gives the Enumerator's walk.  Unfortunately Alley Yard is not individually itemised in that list, but other roads on the walk are, and this will give you a location.

[martin hooper]

That's an approach that I've used many times - follow the enumerator's walk on a contemporaneous map - the NLS 25inch and the town plans are best.

Martin 

[AlanBoyd]

In 1891 the entries preceding Arthur Parker in Alley Yard are the families of Matilda Wilding and William Howe, then the preceding addresses are Pump Square (in brackets for some reason). In 1881 those two families are neighbours but their address is Pump Court, then  the preceding entry is again Pump Square.

Since address search at FindMyPast only finds Alley Square in 1891 it looks like perhaps it was the same as Pump Court, or adjacent to it. It's also suspicious that I can't find a single newspaper reference to Alley Yard.

Pump Court is still there today.

Added:
26 October 1955: Suffolk and Essex Free Press
A report of the compulsory purchase of dwellings at Pump Court, Lavenham.

At the inquiry, the Medical Oficer, Dr. Robert Clayton, described the properties in Pump Court as more than 150 years old with neither historic nor architectural value

Looking at Streetview, Pump Court today seems to be the backs of various houses, although it was last surveyed 15 years ago.

[SUFFOLK BOY]

Thanks Alan,this all seems a bit strange,could it all be because of a simple name change then?