Hi, There are still old houses standing in the Kine Croft & a public house at the end of the houses by the green. Sharon. ----- Original Message ----- From: ""baldrick"" <baldricktheturnip@inspiralmail.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Fish St Wallingford 1851 Census Entry > Thanks Nivard, > > That was a very useful; I never noticed they drew the dividing lines with > different lengths depending on the circumstance. > > With hindsight it seems obvious that they were living in at least their > own > flat, if not house, and not piled into some communal room like the ones in > inner cities. > > I did as you suggested and compared the people up and down the street in > 1851 and 1861, and also looked a bit more into the history of some of the > buildings in the street. Unfortunately, it looks like they may have been > living just south of the old County Police station which was built in the > 1850s. Apparently quite a few older buildings were demolished to make way > for it, and a few other buildings were also put up next to it. Seeing as > my > family were living in Fish St in 1851, but had moved to Kine Croft by > 1861, > it may well be that their house in Fish St was one of the ones demolished, > so no longer exists. C'est la vie! > > Thanks again :-) > > on 18/10/09 1:38 PM, Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: > >> >> Each schedule is for each house/dwelling or part thereof >> >> Generally one per family unit including anyone living with them >> (including >> lodgers & borders, if they were in a separate room/part of the building > they >> >> should have their own schedule but like a lot of things, people >> misunderstood so entered everyone in the building on one schedule on >> occasion >> >> Rules were only as good as the interpretation of them >> >> For enumerators instructions see :- >> >> > <http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/directions. >> htm> >> >> In 1851 there should be a line after each household drawn across the >> page, >> in your example schedules 49 & 50 are two schedules in one dwelling >> >> You can sometimes work out the house numbers by checking other census > years >> that may be marked with them comparing the families to see if people > stayed >> in the same area >> >> Its sometimes worth checking the enumeration description as house number >> runs are sometimes noted but not in this case >> >> Also worth checking for landmarks like Pubs, Churches etc (if enumerated) >> and comparing to other census years >> >> In the case of those living over shops the shop part is rarely enumerated >> (as they were not inhabited) so its hard to tell those that are >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >>> No I do not know the house number. All it says on census HO107 piece >>> 1690 folio 270 page 14 are the "schedule no's" and has one family per >>> "schedule". Does each of these "schedules" represent a separate house, >>> room or are they all piled into the same room like you often see on >>> Who do you think that you are? >>> >>> Thanks > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message