Once again thank you to all who certainly enlightened me. I am actually looking for two residences in the UK. One in Bristol: 9 Woodstock Rd, Redlands which is now used by the girls school over the road. The period in question is 1890-1930. I suspect the owner was one H Charles PERRY. I approached the school in person in 2004 but without any joy. As I will be over for my youngest son's wedding in April I thought that there would be some place that would be able to supply the answer. I now realize that it will be more complicated that I thought. The second is "Avalon", the Avenue, Kingston near Lewes and between 1910-1940. Now if only there was a Deeds Office it would be simple :-) David Bossenger 4. Property records in England (David and Mary Bossenger) 5. Re: Property records in England (Charani) 6. Re: Property records in England (Liz)

Dear David, The Bristol Central Library on College Green holds a series of Street Directories that may be of use when you're over here, if you want to find out when your families moved into and out of an address. They cover the period in which you're interested. Most of them will simply record who the head of household is at an address for a particular year. Some Trade Direectories will also record their occupation. Hope this helps, Mike Gould Leicestershire -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David and Mary Bossenger Sent: 29 December 2010 04:00 To: [email protected] Subject: [B&D] Property records in Bristol Once again thank you to all who certainly enlightened me. I am actually looking for two residences in the UK. One in Bristol: 9 Woodstock Rd, Redlands which is now used by the girls school over the road. The period in question is 1890-1930. I suspect the owner was one H Charles PERRY. I approached the school in person in 2004 but without any joy. As I will be over for my youngest son's wedding in April I thought that there would be some place that would be able to supply the answer. I now realize that it will be more complicated that I thought. The second is "Avalon", the Avenue, Kingston near Lewes and between 1910-1940. Now if only there was a Deeds Office it would be simple :-) David Bossenger 4. Property records in England (David and Mary Bossenger) 5. Re: Property records in England (Charani) 6. Re: Property records in England (Liz) ------------------------------- 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

Mike Gould wrote: > The Bristol Central Library on College Green holds a series of Street > Directories that may be of use when you're over here, if you want to find > out when your families moved into and out of an address. They cover the > period in which you're interested. Most of them will simply record who the > head of household is at an address for a particular year. Some Trade > Direectories will also record their occupation. The electoral rolls might also help with the occupants who were eligible to vote in any year. I'm not sure whether they will be at the record office or central library though but I'm sure someone will know :)) -- 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/

Hello again David Have you established who was living at these two addresses in the 1891,1901,1911 census' ? Can be done online, though not always free of charge.Larger houses in urban areas were usually occupied by the owners, but not always of course. Bristol Central Library holds quite a few Directories from the period ( Kellys, Matthews etc) and these may contain entries for the address in Redland. They also hold old phone directories which may help identify the occupiers after 1911. Similar records should be available locally for the Lewes address. If you are interested in when and by whom the houses were built you might consider contacting neighbours occupying similar houses nearby - they might have, or have access to, their own deeds which should have the builders details for Victorian or Edwardian houses. BUT DO REMEMBER THAT NEIGHBOURS MAY NOT WISH TO DISCUSS SUCH DETAILS. Cheers Ian L ----- Original Message ----- From: "David and Mary Bossenger" <[email protected]> 29 Dec 2010 > I am actually looking for two residences in the UK. One in Bristol: 9 > Woodstock Rd, Redlands which is now used by the girls school over the > road. > The period in question is 1890-1930. I suspect the owner was one H > Charles > PERRY. I approached the school in person in 2004 but without any joy. As > I > will be over for my youngest son's wedding in April I thought that there > would be some place that would be able to supply the answer. I now > realize > that it will be more complicated that I thought. > The second is "Avalon", the Avenue, Kingston near Lewes and between > 1910-1940. > Now if only there was a Deeds Office it would be simple :-) > David Bossenger

Hello again David About the Redland, Bristol address. House is not on Ordnance Survey map of 1883 ( land is still grounds of Redland Court) but is on map dated 1899 - seems it was built between 1883 and 1899*. The house has sometimes been called "The Wilderness". I don't have full access to the 1911 census but the summary census record shows a Mr Perry as the occupier of 9 Woodstock Road but shows inhabitants at the census as 2 females !! ( Mr Perry possibly absent on the census night) I think one of the people counted is Emma Perry though the official 1911 website indexes her as Emma Parry 70 years old. Ties in with the entry for the house in 1901 census - Henry C Perry 60 and wife Emma Perry 59 ( Also a Florence Perry aged 23 listed as Domestic Servant at 13 Woodstock Rd - possibly their daughter !). Maybe you know all this already - apologies if so. *I have just noticed that Henry Perry and wife Emma are listed at "The Wilderness" in 1891 census so house was obviously built before that. Cheers Ian L > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David and Mary Bossenger" <[email protected]> 29 Dec 2010 >> I am actually looking for two residences in the UK. One in Bristol: 9 >> Woodstock Rd, Redlands which is now used by the girls school over the >> road. >> The period in question is 1890-1930. I suspect the owner was one H >> Charles >> PERRY.

In 1891 the houses in Woodstock Road appear to have names not numbers. It was called "The Wilderness" and occupied by Henry C PERRY In 1901 a Henry C PERRY was living at 9 Woodstock Road - he was a Stock Broker & Insurance Agent. Bristol Archives have Building Plans for houses in Woodstock Road (see their online catalogue) dated from 1886 including one dated 1927 for a garage at "The Wilderness" for a George CRISPIN - not sure whether that is the owner or the architect. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "David and Mary Bossenger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 3:59 AM Subject: [B&D] Property records in Bristol > Once again thank you to all who certainly enlightened me. > I am actually looking for two residences in the UK. One in Bristol: 9 > Woodstock Rd, Redlands which is now used by the girls school over the > road. > The period in question is 1890-1930. I suspect the owner was one H > Charles > PERRY. I approached the school in person in 2004 but without any joy. As > I > will be over for my youngest son's wedding in April I thought that there > would be some place that would be able to supply the answer. I now > realize > that it will be more complicated that I thought. > The second is "Avalon", the Avenue, Kingston near Lewes and between > 1910-1940. > Now if only there was a Deeds Office it would be simple :-) > David Bossenger > > > 4. Property records in England (David and Mary Bossenger) > 5. Re: Property records in England (Charani) > 6. Re: Property records in England (Liz) > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >