Hello all, Thanks to some help from the list i now know that members of the Swain family were at the above address in the 1861 census. I have had a look on autoroute and it suggests that east cross st is still in existence. Can anyone confirm this and of course does anyone have any info about the Minerva Hotel? John Swain b 1817 is a liscensed victualler on the premises and i have found reference to him in some trade directories. Lastly ,my apologies if this is a repeat question but having lost info due to several computer crashes i am not sure if i have asked before. Colin Notman