On 25/11/2013 00:34, Malcolm Ward wrote: > > > I wonder if anyone can tell me if street numbers in Aberdeen have changed > since, say, the 1860s? > > > > I have looked in the PO Directories and maps of the time and as far as I can > tell, 31 Albyn Place in 1865 is the same building as now. But I have a > bunch of other addresses, including on Union Street. So do I need to check > each one off, or can I rely on all the old numbers being the same (except > for maybe splits in allotments I guess)? It might be safer not to make assumptions. Some street numbers may well have changed, and I know for a fact that some street names have. I can't say for certain whether there were any re-arrangements of existing numbers on Union Street, but when it was first laid out, the name applied only as far west as Union Bridge - beyond that was Union Street West, and west of today's Summer Street it became Union Place. Gavin Bell

Thanks Gavin The Union St address is 132, just east of the bridge, so I think I'm OK with that one too. Aberdeen is a much more mature city than our 'colonial' efforts :-) . Here, building addresses in the mid to late 1800s always have to be taken with a grain of salt, in comparison with today. Whole blocks in the inner areas might have been subdivided at that time, needing houses in main and other streets to have their numbers 'shifted' wholesale, from say #55 to #75 or so, with an unpredictable quantum!. And then it might have happened again in the early 1900s. A very laborious task sometimes to find out where today #55 Main Street from 1850 lies. Cheers Malcolm Ward Orford, Tasmania -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gavin Bell Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2013 1:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Aberdeen street numbers On 25/11/2013 00:34, Malcolm Ward wrote: > > > I wonder if anyone can tell me if street numbers in Aberdeen have > changed since, say, the 1860s? > > > > I have looked in the PO Directories and maps of the time and as far as > I can tell, 31 Albyn Place in 1865 is the same building as now. But I > have a bunch of other addresses, including on Union Street. So do I > need to check each one off, or can I rely on all the old numbers being > the same (except for maybe splits in allotments I guess)? It might be safer not to make assumptions. Some street numbers may well have changed, and I know for a fact that some street names have. I can't say for certain whether there were any re-arrangements of existing numbers on Union Street, but when it was first laid out, the name applied only as far west as Union Bridge - beyond that was Union Street West, and west of today's Summer Street it became Union Place. Gavin Bell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message