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    1. Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] How many Bedford Streets were there in Gosportin 1881?
    2. Jenny M Benson
    3. The Orange Wasps wrote >I had a look at the original images, and there is definitely something >strange occurring. The description of the enumeration district only >mentioned Bedford Street once - "as far as the Market House" (possibly >a pub). The references for the respective enumerations are RG11/1164 >fol.101 p 24 (Hardy) and RG11/1164 fol.103 p.27 so they actually appear >several pages apart. Several of the house numbers are repeated, and the >enumerator is the same person as the handwriting matches. It could be >that he copied them into his enumeration book incorrectly and had to >add others later. Or possibly that he wrote in the new street name. If the description of the enumeration district includes all the streets you could cross-check with the sheets, but the chances are it says something like "to the west of High Street as far as ..." or something equally unhelpful! -- Jenny M Benson

    11/28/2006 05:59:53