archway house

[A Lee]

Help! Can any one tell me about Archway House Archway Road in Islington / Highgate district c1922. The road comes under both boroughs.
We have found the road but have phoned a few places and no joy on this building. Help please!!!!!!!!!!

[AnnB]

Have you tried Islington Local History Centre at https://www.islington.gov.uk/Leisure/...istory/634.asp

If not, they might be worth contacting.

Best wishes
Ann

[A Lee]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, we've already tried them and they can't help us. It is entered under 'place of death' on a death certificate from 1922. I'm interested to know whether it was just a private address and didn't have a house number, or something like a care home etc.... It wasn't this persons normal address according to the certificate, so I want to know what he was doing there!

[MarkJ]

Well, it was still in existance in 1930. Found this in Google, from Ancestry -

George FORD was born ABT 1867 in Lambeth London , and died 13 JAN 1930 in Archway House . He was buried 18 JAN 1930 in Islington Cemetery


Also, from Rootsweb (again found via Google)-

iii. EPHRAIM FIGGINS, b. 3 October 1867, St Luke, Finsbury; d. 13 February 1929; m. MARY ANNE PAYNE, March 1896, St Saviour, Southwark.



Notes for EPHRAIM FIGGINS:

Ephraim Figgins b.1867 - d.19 Feb 1929 aged 62. Abney Park Cemetery



Figgins, Ephraim 13feb1929 62 149235 C04 7S13

Archway House, Archway Road . . 149235 . 7A13


Not really overly useful I suppose, but at least the place existed in the late 1920's to early 1930's.
It may be worth trying to find a trade directory of that area for 1930 or so - it may list the house if it was a business.

Mark

[Colin Moretti]

Is it part of Archway hospital, built as the Holborn Union infirmary?

You can find out about it here: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.htm, search for Holborn Union.

Archway House is not specifically mentioned but I seem to recall reading somewhere on the forum that union infirmaries were often given an innocuous name and not specifically mentioned in death certificates. Perhaps someone could confirm that?

Colin

[Colin Moretti]

Incidentally, I've just noticed that you've put this in the Surrey forum. Holborn & Islington are not Surrey at all, but Middlesex.

Colin

[A Lee]

Thank you all for your responses It's good to know other people were registered there and I will follow up the infirmary suggestion. I will also post a similar message on the Middlesex forum. Thanks