Tracing Lawson Street

[willybite]

my bold:- I think that bit must have been a bit of Brain -wind, thinking Milton street went across, and not parallel- with Bath street, apologies for that.

 

p.t no problem i have same trouble i blame it on my keyboard, ha ha.

[Plain Talker]

Going back to Lawson street, and comparing the map that PT linked to and the 1920 directory - Court 1 must be the first on the left as you walked down from Exeter St.

 

Lawson St

(11 Exeter street.)

1 Staniforth Mrs. Martha

3 Elliott George Gerard, tramcar driver

5 Elliott Thomas, (j) file forger.

(Court 1)

7 Moss Louis, (j) tailor

9 Elliott Mrs. Sophia

11 Windley Mrs. Lucy

(Court 3)

13 Jefferson Joseph, grinder

15 Cook Samuel, carter

17 Moore George Arthur, (j) cutler"

19 Roe John Morton,(j) silversmth

(Court 5)

25 Dobson Harry, beerhouse

 

The number of addresses exactly matches the number of houses on the map, with three alleys leading to the three courts, and both sources show the public house at the bottom.

 

Hugh

 

Hi hugh.

 

Guess what? I found another map of that street, which showed the numbering on the courts in Lawson street, and you are right, the top corner of Lawson Street, with its junction with Exeter St is where it was.. (on the opposite end of the terrace from the public house.)