Mary Ellen Chambers wrote: > Would anyone on the list be familiar with this area of Bristol as it is > listed in the 1861 census: Gloucestershire, Bristol District 6, St. Paul. > Although the street name is difficult to read, it looks like 110 Portl (or h) > noe Terrace 1.? What type of neighborhood is it at the present time and in the > 19th century? Bristol St Paul's now is rough but it wasn't always like that. It was once one of the best neighbourhoods in Bristol until the 1950s then the immigrants started moving in with drugs and prostitution following in their wake and it ended up the scene of race riots almost 30 years ago in 1982. This gives a pretty good picture of what it's like now: http://mistymind.ignorminious.co.uk/index.php?a=263 I'm pretty sure there was a coachmakers guild. A coachmaker would have had to have served an apprenticeship. You'll find the records in Bristol Record Office. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/