Today, most roads/streets have alternate numbers on each side; i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8 on one side, and 1,3,5,7, on the other.
That was not necessarily always the case, and over the years some roads/streets have been re-numbered. The house my dad was born in was 119, it's now 59. Similarly, mum was born at number 14, but that's now 28.
Look at the census pages. Not the schedule numbers - they're an entirely different thing altogether.
Second column in 1851 says that John is living at 59 Hatchett Street, with numbers 58 and 60 either side of him. So I expect that that street has been re-numbered today, with number 59 now being 119. Or would be had not all the houses been knocked down and replaced by industrial units!!! (I've just checked Street view. )
You can check out the other census.
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23-06-2022, 6:25 AM #11
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23-06-2022, 6:26 AM #12
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Hee! Your son! Mine knows my birthday is his and a half birthday, so he's all over the date.
I found the probate stuff that had a definite date of death for him, which helped work out which one I was looking for - he's the December quarter one. I've ordered it, so fingers crossed I have selected correctly.
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Generally, yes, there are even numbers on one side of the road and odd on the other. However, house/building numbers changed so if you are looking for a particular house number in say 1881, it would probably be a different number now!
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23-06-2022, 8:30 AM #14
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Pam has already explain this - sorry Pam, didn't see your reply.
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23-06-2022, 8:42 AM #15
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23-06-2022, 11:19 AM #16
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Hatchett st did not renumber. The street was complete by the 1880s, could not be extended , was not merged with another street or cut down in size, these being the main reasons why previously consecutively numbered streets were renumbered.It does not seem possible to post an image direct from my computer, only as an url. Otherwise I would show a 1950s map where no 59 was still extant close to the west end of the street on the north side
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23-06-2022, 1:33 PM #17
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You may find this useful: https://www.british-genealogy.com/fo...os-on-Brit-Gen
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23-06-2022, 4:29 PM #18
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Thank you squaredancer. I did once occasionally use another similar site, but they later stopped access to the images if you did not pay a fee.
Here is the 1950s map showing no 59 in red[IMG]screenshot utility[/IMG]
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