Bill I would say yes the owner would have lived on the premises in those days. As you say Blanket Row looks like a waste land and I would say it is. I remember the area form the 50's and 60's when Princess and Humber Docks were busy docks and unloaded lots of cargo into warehouses along Humber Dock Road. The whole area was a busy market area dealing with goods unloaded from the ships. Nowadays I think it still deals with goods but in a smaller way. I don't live in Hull these days so have no idea how busy that area is during the week You may like to look at this site and see if there are any business records http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,52893&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL You also may like to check this one about electoral registers http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,98595&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL And this one which shows historical photographs of Hull http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,108079&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL It is currently unavailable so I was unable to check about Blanket Row Victor Bill Webster wrote: > Thank you Victor. > > 200 years ago, might a business owner have lived and worked at such a > location? I have been to Hull only briefly and can't picture it. I have > been around the modern yacht basin so was near here without realising it. I > suspect dying would have been a messy and perhaps smelly industry so perhaps > essentially non residential, particularly if it had been profitable. From > the map aerial view, the Blanket Row area appears a wasteland at present. > > Bill. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Markham" <victor@markham.me.uk> > To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:31 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Silk dyers > > > | Bill > | > | Blanket Row is off Queen's Street it leads to Humber Street, runs along > | Humber Dock. > | > | Have a look at http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|Blanket%20Row,%20Hull > | > | Victor > | > | Bill Webster wrote: > | > Further to my earlier post, the excellent staff at Hull Local Studies > | > Library advise that an 1823 directory lists 9 companies of dyers, of > whom 8 > | > were silk dyers, which I find a surprisingly large number. > | > > | > The 1803 and 1810/11 directories list GREENWOOD & CO, Silk & Muslin > Dyers at > | > premises 16 BLANKET ROW, Hull. > | > > | > Can anyone help me with 16 Blanket Row, its location, and if anyone > resided > | > there in early censuses or directories? > | > > | > Thanks and regards > | > > | > Bill. > | > > | > > | > ----- Original Message ----- > | > From: "Bill Webster" <wbwebster@optusnet.com.au> > | > To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> > | > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:30 PM > | > Subject: Silk dyers > | > > | > > | > | Anyone know of the history of silk dying in Hull? Would they have > been > | > | members of a guild? > | > | > | > | A newspaper entry reports a death: Richard Webster Greenwood, son of > JOHN > | > | GREENWOOD of Hull, silk-dyer 2/12/1814 on his passage to India. > | > | > | > | Bill > | > | > | > > | > > | > > | > ------------------------------- > | > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > | > > | > | > | > | ------------------------------- > | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > | > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >