How do I search for an address in a census?

[Tinker]

It's the first time I've come up against this one, so you'll have to excuse me if I'm being a bit thick! I'm trying to find out a bit more about the area around a cork cutting business of my ancestor's, which was located at 358 Liverpool Road, Islington, through the 1880s. He never lived on the premises, so I can't put in his name and then do a search of the households on either side, and typing in just the address on the 1881 census popped up so many 'possibles' that I'd be there forever. Does anyone wiser than me have any suggestions or advice on how I might go about doing an address search in these circumstances?
Thanks.

[Sue Mackay]

You have to search via enumeration district. If you are at a record office they often have street indexes to help you locate the correct ED. Pay per view sites are all different, but if you are with Ancestry then bring up the search box for 1881, then scroll down below the search box, which you ignore, until you come to clickable links for each county. Then click on a parish and you get a list of the Enumeration Disrticts on the left - clicking will take you to the first page of that ED. On the right you can have the option of View Enumeration District, which takes you to the page showing which streets were in that particular ED.

[Astoria]

My thoughts too Sue, but there are 87 plus enumeration districts just for East Islington and 77 plus for West Islington.

Is there any other way of narrowing it down, just interested for future reference.

[Tinker]

Thank you, Sue. I shall trot off and try that!

Just seen Astoria's post, so perhaps I'd better wait around a bit!

[Astoria]

Ok Tinker,

The race is is on, you do East and I'll do West, I need a distraction my lot are driving me nuts.

[Astoria]

ED 1b Islington West has part of Liverpool Road up to 76, and a Fever Hospital which may help narrow things down a bit.

[Geoffers]

The race is is on, you do East and I'll do West,

I don't know for 1881 yet, but I've started with 1891

RG13/152 f37 p38
358 Liverpool Road, Islington

It's shown as in Lower Holloway Ward, West Islington.

So Astoria might get there first

[MaureeninNY]

Is this way off base?
1881
Robert Ruddock 45
RG11; Piece: 227; Folio: 51; Page: 50

Maureen

[Geoffers]

Is this way off base?
1881
Robert Ruddock 45
RG11; Piece: 227; Folio: 51; Page: 50

You just beat me, but Robert is at 356 (together with one other schedule), looks like Joseph Berton at 358

[MaureeninNY]

Iwasn't about to try that one!
Maureen