I have started a project to try and map where my ancestors were located in each census. I have 2 Grantham addresses from 1841 that I am having trouble locating: Russell Court and Granby Yard
Anyone have a clue as to where they might be?
My Ancestry subscription has run out so I can't look at the census pages and see which roads were nearby. I have also looked at the NA street indexes but Grantham doesn't appear to be on there. Old maps of Grantham haven't been forthcoming either.
Details are as follows:
MINTA family living in Russell Court
Class: HO107; Piece: 625; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Grantham; County: Lincolnshire; Enumeration District: 4; Folio: 34; Page: 15
BRIGGS family living in Granby Yard
Class: HO107; Piece: 625; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Grantham; County: Lincolnshire; Enumeration District: 4; Folio: 41; Page: 28
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17-05-2018, 10:14 AM #1
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Grantham street names
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17-05-2018, 12:58 PM #2
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Russell Court appears to follow addresses in Westgate; afterwards there are a couple more in Westgate, then it goes into Wilkins Place.
Granby Yard has Market Place on both sides, and the immediately preceding property is an inn. (Was there ever a Marquis of Granby there? It seems quite possible - apparently he was the local MP, as well as reputedly setting up retired soldiers from his regiment as innkeepers, hence the number of pubs that bear his name.)
Unfortunately I haven't managed to spot either address on a map.
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17-05-2018, 7:54 PM #3
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18-05-2018, 4:58 AM #4
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Thank you both. That's very helpful information
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18-05-2018, 6:06 AM #5
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History Gazetter & Directory of Lincolnshire 1856
GRANTHAM DIRECTORY
Granby Inn, Thos' Lunn, Market Pl
There's a pub called the Granby Head, 6 Market Place -
https://www.visitoruk.com/Grantham/gr...ouse-l148.html
The Gentleman's Magazine mentions the "... Granby Head Inn, in the Market Place ..." as early as 1796. From the 1820s I can only see Granby Inn, Market Place, the "Head" having apparently been dropped? Was it subsequently restored?"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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18-05-2018, 6:16 AM #6
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The URL above is correct but is returning an error when clicked - odd.
"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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18-05-2018, 6:36 AM #7
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Is The Granby Head now the Eden Wine Bar?
"dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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