Hi Carole, A quick answer would be - both! Most people at the time lived in rented accommodation and had little in the way of goods, so moving was a regular occurrence and - unless fleeing a bad debt or similar - was usually to another address in the same area, even the same street. Reasons for the move could be as trivial as a row with the next door neighbour or as serious as loss of employment and so needing a cheaper rent. My grandfather was famous [well, in our family] for moving every couple of years - he'd look up, say, "this place needs a drop of paint - time to go," and off they'd go! There was also a great deal of building and rebuilding of houses in certain areas and consequently streets grew and shrank - and so were re-numbered as necessary. Dave Swarbrick On 1 October 2015 at 11:07, Carole Edwards Caruso via <[email protected] > wrote: > I notice in the censuses that people often lived on the same street, but > the numerical address would change from census to census. > > For instance, in 1901, the address was 484 Oldham Road. In 1911, it was > 440 Oldham Road. > > I assume these were terrace houses. > > Did the family actually move from residence to residence within the > terrace? If so, why? Or was the numerical address changed from time to > time? If the latter, why? > > Thanks for thoughts on this. > > Carole > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >