On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:55:57 +0100, Mike Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > My ancestor Edward ANDREWS was living in Ware's Gardens in 1871 and I've > been trying to find out where this was. > I notice Josephine has said an alternative spelling for Ware's Gardens > was Weare's Gardens but I can't pinpoint that place either. Hi Mike and Bernice, I only found Weare's Gardens, the alternative spelling of Ware's Gardens, in one Bristol Directory. When I searched on Google for "Weare's Gardens""Bristol", there were some hits but there were more for "Ware's Gardens""Bristol". I looked along Newfoundland Street to Newfoundland Lane/Road on a Bristol map of c.1874, but although there were some streets shown on the left-hand side of the road, after its intersection with Houlton Street, the streets weren't marked and there were open spaces. It was interesting to see how many changes had taken place in the area, where Ware's Gardens was, when I compared the map of c. 1874 with the Godfrey Edition of Bristol (NE) 1902. Josephine. --
Hi folks I think this best place to check out things like this is the Bristol Council 'know your place' website - you can look for locations on a modern map and then overlay a map from a previous period (like the 1874 map). http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/know-your-place Please try it - it is brilliant. There are two versions - the enhanced version is best but if you've got a creaky ol' computer with windows XP, you might prefer the option without the 'silverlight plugin' which is still excellent. Regards Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Ware's Gardens, St Paul, Bristol > On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:55:57 +0100, Mike Matthews <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> My ancestor Edward ANDREWS was living in Ware's Gardens in 1871 and I've >> been trying to find out where this was. > >> I notice Josephine has said an alternative spelling for Ware's Gardens >> was Weare's Gardens but I can't pinpoint that place either. > > Hi Mike and Bernice, > > I only found Weare's Gardens, the alternative spelling of Ware's Gardens, > in one Bristol Directory. > > When I searched on Google for "Weare's Gardens""Bristol", there were some > hits but there were more for "Ware's Gardens""Bristol". > > I looked along Newfoundland Street to Newfoundland Lane/Road on a Bristol > map of c.1874, but although there were some streets shown on the left-hand > side of the road, after its intersection with Houlton Street, the streets > weren't marked and there were open spaces. > > It was interesting to see how many changes had taken place in the area, > where Ware's Gardens was, when I compared the map of c. 1874 with the > Godfrey Edition of Bristol (NE) 1902. > > Josephine. > > -- > > > ------------------------------- > 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