Today, I had an off-list message about the parish in which Picton Street, Bristol was situated. My reply was that some of Picton Street was in the parish of St. Barnabas and some in the parish of St. Andrew, Montpelier, in 1911, though I don't know what the situation would have been earlier. In 1911, the odd numbers of Picton Street 1-39 were in the parish of St. Barnabas, while the even numbers 2-58 and the odd numbers 41-49 were in the parish of St. Andrew. Montpelier. A web page for St. Andrew's Church, Montpelier is here: http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/montpel.htm Picton Street is at the top of 1F and 1 G on the following Bristol map of 1910: http://contueor.com/baedeker/great_britain/bristol.htm -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

(Resend with correct "<" first character to maintain the full link" Here is picture of Picton St from junction with Ashley Rd on Google Streetview probably taken 2009:- <http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Picton+Street ,+Bristol&sll=49.181703,3.383789&sspn=21.179227,27.46582&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=P icton+St,+Bristol,+Avon+BS6,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.464382,-2.589126&spn=0,0.0 13411&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.464351,-2.589245&panoid=xLv0V4NDOAfK9n_O_2iA1g&cb p=12,349.29,,0,8.02> With a little practice you can "Walk" the length of the street turning to look at the houses on either side and zooming in to read house numbers or names. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: 19 December 2010 14:48 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] Picton Street, Bristol Today, I had an off-list message about the parish in which Picton Street, Bristol was situated. My reply was that some of Picton Street was in the parish of St. Barnabas and some in the parish of St. Andrew, Montpelier, in 1911, though I don't know what the situation would have been earlier. In 1911, the odd numbers of Picton Street 1-39 were in the parish of St. Barnabas, while the even numbers 2-58 and the odd numbers 41-49 were in the parish of St. Andrew. Montpelier. A web page for St. Andrew's Church, Montpelier is here: http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/montpel.htm Picton Street is at the top of 1F and 1 G on the following Bristol map of 1910: http://contueor.com/baedeker/great_britain/bristol.htm -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:43:46 -0000, Chris Jefferies <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > With a little practice you can "Walk" the length of the street turning to > look at the houses on either side and zooming in to read house numbers or > names. Hi Chris, Following your link for Picton Street, I took my first 'walk'. I can see what you mean about 'with a little practice' because the little man wouldn't do what I wanted at first. Now I have the hang of it. I've had a look at Downend, including your grandparents' house in Salisbury Gardens, Downend, South Gloucestershire. I can see that looking at places in this way could get quite addictive. Already it's lunchtime and I haven't done anything today, except look at my computer:-) Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com