Thread: Street Address Reading.

Could someone please tell me whether it is possible to find a street address for someone living in Reading in 1817. If so, where would I look?





Many thanks,





Val.

Thanks Marion. I don't know the street but I thought if there was some sort of directory I could look up the name and that way find the street, or this this hopeful on my part?



I think I will contact the Berkshire Library Archives.



Val.

I wouls say that there may be records of an address possibly in a directory or in other records (settlement disputes or some such). If your ancestor was in a trade or business he might be in a trades directory. Residential directories listed private homes but didn't include everyone, just posher people.

Thanks Jeuel for your input, He was a Cutler by trade.

I will have another look for trade directories as well.



Val.

[quote name='Val']

Could someone please tell me whether it is possible to find a street address for someone living in Reading in 1817. If so, where would I look?





Many thanks,





Val.[/quote]



Hello,

If your person married or had children baptised in Reading, it is just possible that the street name where they were living would be recorded in the Parish Register. There were 5 main Parishes in Reading covering specific areas. Knowing the Parish would narrow down your search area, but obviously not if they were non-conformist. How do you know that your person was living in Reading in 1817?

Yours

Victoria

Hello Victoria, thanks so much for your response to my query.



According to the parish records for St. Giles Reading he was married on 18 June 1817. I thought it would be nice to know where they lived at that time if I could find this information. I don't have the parish records myself, the information was sent to me. Their children were born in Henley on Thames.



Regards,



Val.

[quote name='Val']

Hello Victoria, thanks so much for your response to my query.



According to the parish records for St. Giles Reading he was married on 18 June 1817. I thought it would be nice to know where they lived at that time if I could find this information. I don't have the parish records myself, the information was sent to me. Their children were born in Henley on Thames.



Regards,



Val.







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Hello again,

I don't think that I am going to be of much direct help. St Giles covered a big area although in the 18th century was not very populated.

In the 19th century explosion of industry, however, lots of new streets and dwellings were built and the population also exploded.

The church is off Southampton Street, to the South of the town centre near the River Kennet. It was here that in the main, the workers lived, in Terraces and Courts, and narrow streets. Much of that has gone now due to slum clearance.

St Giles is of the Catholic tradition and today still has a strong identification with the Catholic faith although it is C of E. Most of the Parish Records for St Giles are on the IGI, which is where your correspondent probably got their information, but the IGI does not give details like addresses or occupations that the actual records might have.

At the moment there is a "then and now" exhibition being held at the John Madjeski Art Gallery at the Reading (Berkshire) Museum from 14th February 2009 to 14th June 2009

So for more info perhaps, as someone else suggested, the Library, the Record Office or the Museum, will be the best places to contact.

http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/ doesn't have directories for early 19th century Berkshire

I presume that the persons whose addresses you are looking for are Charles Fellows and Lucy Barlow whose 1817 marriage is on the IGI.



Yours

Victoria

Thank you so much Victoria for your input, I am contacting the Library and will also contact the Museum. Yes it is Charles and Lucy - I thought it would be interesting to find out where they lived, as I have addresses in Southampton for their son (my gggrandfather) and his children.



Regards,



Val.

Hi Val,



If you need any help with addresses and history of Southampton, please ask. I live there, used to work at the Museum, and have resources of my own at home now that I am retired.

Yours

Victoria