Barry Thanks for your kind offer - are you regretting it already? I hope not. Can you confirm whether the following is listed please? Benjamin Partington was a photographer at the Gainsboro' Studios in Atherton. He was at this address in 1905, but I don't know if the houses on Tyldesley Road had been constructed as early as 1885. Benjamin Partington, 134 Tyldesley Road, Atherton. Peter Wood Rotorua NZ

Peter In the 1885 Directory 'Tyldesley Road' numbers start at 138. Before that is the entry for Atherton & Tyldesley Botanic Gardens. The road numbers are 'even' to 294, then 203 to 253. No sign of Benjamin The following are the Partington's in Atherton David, carder at 15 Water St Anon Partington at 66 Samuel St John, Collier at 9 Powys St Richard, Watchman at 18 Mealhouse Lane John, Engineman at 75 Mealhouse Lane George, Ironmonger at 147 Market St Anon Partington at 58 High St David, Spinner at 61 Dan Lane Richard, Moulder at 87 Bolton Old Road Regards Barry Rainford -----Original Message----- From: Peter Wood [mailto:st.peter@paradise.net.nz] Sent: 27 May 2003 23:27 To: ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] 1885 Postal Directory Barry Thanks for your kind offer - are you regretting it already? I hope not. Can you confirm whether the following is listed please? Benjamin Partington was a photographer at the Gainsboro' Studios in Atherton. He was at this address in 1905, but I don't know if the houses on Tyldesley Road had been constructed as early as 1885. Benjamin Partington, 134 Tyldesley Road, Atherton. Peter Wood Rotorua NZ ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute regularly. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.484 / Virus Database: 282 - Release Date: 27/05/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.484 / Virus Database: 282 - Release Date: 27/05/2003