CherryNicole Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 I'm trying to find out when, in general, my house was built. It's a terrace house on Shoreham Street, near Bramall Lane. Does anyone know when any of the houses down there were built or where I could find out? I've tried some searching on google, but can't find anything. Thanks Cherry x Couldn't really find the right section for this, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feargal Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Doesn't it tell you on your deeds? I think mine does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryNicole Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 Sorry, it's just a rented house. I could ask my landlord, but he ignores my calls you see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysTique Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 You could always buy a copy of the title register from the Land Registry It costs £3.00 and should tell you when the house was first registered along with other information. There must be a way to find out for free, maybe ask your neighbours if they knew when they were built? Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawa Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Shoreham street is in this 1935 map of sheffield. All you need to do is look at old maps, then you'll get a rough idea of when it was built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawa Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 It's not on this 1855 map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawa Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Its not on this 1885 map either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawa Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 But it is on this 1890's map SO it must have been built between 1885 and 1900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 You can also use Trade Directories and Electoral Registers to narrow down the earliest dates for an address. Electoral registers are in the Local Studies Library, (1st floor of main library, Surrey Street). They also have the best collection of directories, though the Sheffield Archives (in Shoreham Street!) also have some. Have you done an address search here to see if the address existed in the 1901 census? If you were willing to pm me the address I can see if it existed in the 1891 census. Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherryNicole Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 Thank you all for your help I didn't know the old census' were available online, how fun I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question Cherry x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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