Hi I have joined the Bedford list in the hope of getting some help from someone with local knowledge - my grandfather, William John FULFORD, was living at 39, Howard Street at the time of the 1891 census, and my Dad was born at 116 Bower Street in 1917. I was thinking I would like to visit Bedford to have a look at these 2 streets to see where my Fulford ancestors lived. Can anyone tell me if there are old houses in either of these streets, or have they been redeveloped ? If anyone has any photos of Howard Street or Bower Street I'd love to see them. Thanks for reading Eunice

Eunice, Looking at them on Google Maps - Howard Street does not appear to have many houses on it at all. half of one side appears to be an Office Block. Bower Street looks a bit more promising, but difficult to judge age of terraced houses from aerial photographs. Unfortunately Google Maps has not got any photos of these streets, its always worth checking - also they have not yet done their Street View yet - again I would say to anybody reading this if you are looking for pictures of a street Google Maps is worth looking at, especially for the larger towns - because if they have done a street view its almost like being there. Regards Kevin (England) > Can anyone tell me if there are old houses in either of these streets, > or have they been redeveloped ? If anyone has any photos of Howard > Street or Bower Street I'd love to see them. >

Hi there, Bower street is still the original houses, but Howard st. has been developed alot, though there are 2/3 original ones left, but mainly the older larger houses. I lived in Howbury st. which is next to Bower st. from birth to the age of 4 and they were largish semi-detached houses with a large scullery/kitchen, and 2 living rooms on the ground floor, and 4 bedrooms plus bathroom/toilet on 1st floor. There was also an outside toilet and coal house. The gardens were very small and of course no garage as built around well before cars were in general use. I'm not sure of the date they were built though. Carol Rudram Researching Edwards and Webb in Bedfordshire. > Eunice, > > Looking at them on Google Maps - Howard Street does not appear to have > many houses on it at all. half of one side appears to be an Office > Block. > > Bower Street looks a bit more promising, but difficult to judge age of > terraced houses from aerial photographs. > > Unfortunately Google Maps has not got any photos of these streets, its > always worth checking - also they have not yet done their Street View > yet - again I would say to anybody reading this if you are looking > for pictures of a street Google Maps is worth looking at, especially > for the larger towns - because if they have done a street view its > almost like being there. > > Regards > > Kevin (England) > > >> Can anyone tell me if there are old houses in either of these streets, >> or have they been redeveloped ? If anyone has any photos of Howard >> Street or Bower Street I'd love to see them. >> >> > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi, I find the best way to investigate a street address is to do an Advanced Search on Google, which usually brings up houses for sale with pictures and descriptions of the houses plus their numbers, or you can also include the house number in the search. Usually get a map as well so you can see what is nearby. From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst Mem. of Wells Assn. (GOONS Reg.). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eunice Cubbage" <eunice@cubbage.plus.com> To: <BEDFORD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:17 PM Subject: [BDF] Fulford/Bower Street/Howard Street > Hi > > I have joined the Bedford list in the hope of getting some help from > someone with local knowledge - my grandfather, William John FULFORD, was > living at 39, Howard Street at the time of the 1891 census, and my Dad > was born at 116 Bower Street in 1917. > > I was thinking I would like to visit Bedford to have a look at these 2 > streets to see where my Fulford ancestors lived. > > Can anyone tell me if there are old houses in either of these streets, > or have they been redeveloped ? If anyone has any photos of Howard > Street or Bower Street I'd love to see them. > > Thanks for reading > > Eunice > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by Netintelligence > http://www.netintelligence.com/email > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2691 - Release Date: 02/16/10 07:35:00

Eunice, Simply go to a map site like Google or Multimap and put in the addresses. Most have a satellite view. Both address came up straight away on Google maps. Looking at the satellite view, Howard Street looks like a new supermarket, but Bower St still contains residential dwellings. Whether they are original buildings or new I can't tell. Peter