Alison.... I may be able to shed a little light. Page 1 of the Enumerator's Schedule describes the area covered (Enumeration District 1) as follows:- "All that part of the Town beginning next to the Swan Inn, taking the west side of Cocks (sic) St. and the whole of Bancroft Street to Portmill Lane." Strangely, for I've never seen it before, he puts Cock (or is it "Cook"?) Street on the left hand side of the page, with Bancroft Street on the right for the first few pages. At one point, later, he appears to cover a side street - Silver Street. John Broad was minister from 1841 to 1857 of what is now Tilehouse Street Baptist Church - it's actually in Upper Tilehouse Street - (see http://www.ths-baptist.org.uk/ .) I've found it on the modern map <www.streetmap.co.uk> and Bancroft and Portmill Lane are within a few hundred yards north west. I hope this helps. Mike Chaney -------------------------------------------------- From: "Alison Leedham" <aleedham@telus.net> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 4:04 PM To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Subject: [HRT] Cock St, Hitchin > Hello > > I'm trying to locate Cock St., Hitchin. It appears in the 1841 and 1851 > censuses but not after that and the maps on Old-maps.co.uk date from the > 1880s. > > In 1841, my 2g grandfather Rev John Broad and family were on Bancroft, > which is where I understood the manse was (and where they are in 1851). > But in the margin, it says Cock St. and so it's unclear to me which > address they were at in 1841. > > Looking at the census sheets around, it looks as if it should be somewhere > not far from Bancroft and/or Golden Square and/or Portmill Lane, but > that's as close as I can get. > > Does any one have access to an older map or some other reference document > that might help? > > Thanks > Alison > Vancouver