and a description of Nags Head Court is here http://booth.lse.ac.uk/notebooks/b354/jpg/123.html It sounds awful and must have been much the same, if not worse in 1841 :( Anne Anne Chambers wrote: > Hello Marcia > In the 1861 census, George is living at 18 Wellington Place, Southwark with his daughter Maria& son Alfred, a > Hat Case Salesman. > > In 1851 he's at 3 Blindon Row, Newington with wife Eliza, son Thomas, a French Polisher, daughters Emma& > Maria& son Alfred. > > in 1841, he's in Nags Head Court, St Clements, Eastcheap (Strand, near St Clement Danes) with wife Eliza, > daughter Eliza, sons George& Thomas and daughters Emma& Helen. > > Given the addresses (which are all in pretty poor areas) and the occupations of the sons, I'd be quite > surprised if he had made a will as he probably wouldn't have anything to leave. > > See http://booth.lse.ac.uk/notebooks/b363/jpg/105.html > for a description of Wellington Place > > Let me know if you'd like the full census details. > > Anne > South Australia