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I am trying to search an address in the 1911 Census to no avail.
The address is for a Manor House called Beau Desert (or Beaudesert) in Chorley, Cannock, Staffordshire. It was owned by the Marquis of Angelsey and I'm interested in seeing the names of any servants/workers that were there.

I am also trying to find out who was living in a workers cottage for the obove Mannor. It was called Providence Cottage in Chorley & Farewell, Staffordshire (I've located it on Google Earth and it is on a road named Goosemoor Green).

I cannot find either of these addresses using Ancestry. Has anyone any advise when searching for a particular address instead of a name?

Look up Arblaster 1 male 3 females in the 1911 census summary book - specifically this guy:

1911 England Census Summary Books about G Arblaster Mr
Name: G Arblaster Mr
Number of Males: 1
Number of Females: 3
Household schedule number: 1
Street Address: Sunny Side
Civil parish: Curborough and Elmhurst
Ecclesiastical parish: Sichfield St Chad
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Residence Year: 1911
Registration district: Lichfield
Registration District Number: 367
Sub-registration district: Lichfield
Sub-Registration District Number: 1
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1044

You can then page thru the possible addy's
Say you fancy Mr Lane @ Chorley Lodge on image 2 - it's schedule # 79
Now look up the main 1911 census for piece=16872 schedule=79 on Ancestry

EDIT Just spotted Providence Cottage - Sced#=83

Marquis of Angelsey

Family name is Paget

Can find the brother Berkeley Paget b 1841 and his wife, on census


Name: Henry (Marquis of Anglesey) Paget
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1898
Age at Death: 62
Registration district: Bangor
Inferred County: Anglesey
Volume: 11b
Page: 310

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Paget,_6th_Marquess_of_Anglesey

Name: Charles Henry Alexander Paget
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 23 May 1885
Father's Name: Alexander Victor Paget
Mother's Name: Hester Alice Paget
Parish or Poor Law Union: Cranley Gardens St Peter
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Register Type: Parish Registers


Which is not helping with the 1911 as I think that the father Alexander died in Scotland

Thank you for all your help. I was able to scan through the residents of the area using Mr. Arblaster (what a cool name!) as a reference point. It threw up some names of interest.
The folk I looked at on the Census seemed to be workers & servants living in various cottages around the area - not sure what happened to Beau Desert itself - unless it was uninhabited by this time.

- Thanks again for your input.

Beaudesert, had to be broken up and sold in the 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaudesert_(house)

here are the various servants etc. at Beau Desert


1911 England Census

Name: Alice Minchal
Age in 1911: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Shrewsbury
Civil parish: Longdon
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Beau Desert, Rugeley
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: scullery Maid
Registration district: Lichfield
Registration District Number: 367
Sub-registration district: Rugeley
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Household schedule number: 3
Piece: 16906

Charles Adie 43
Edith Amelia Adie 43
Agnes Emma Adie 17
John Adie 15
Charles Adie 12
Agnes Fairlie 38
Susan Cusack 24
Amy Dean 24
Alice Minchal 19
Elizabeth Hood 34
Ethel Tyler 24
Harietta Down 25
Mary Roberts 20
Elizabeth Rowles 17
Elizabeth Goodhead 19
Betsy Leslie 69
John Jackson 25
John Marshall 22
George Gray 18
William Turner 22
Frank Russell 38
John Maynard 30
John Burns 26
Joseph E Carlishaw 21
Garret A W Andrews 26


Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 16906; Schedule Number: 3; .

1911

RG14PN16872 RG78PN1044 RD367 SD1 ED14 SN83
Reg. District: Lichfield
Sub District: Lichfield
Parish: Farewell and Chorley
Enum. District: 14
Address: Providence Cottage Chorley Lichfield
County: Staffordshire



SAMMONDS, Edward Head Married
8 years M 31 1880 Sawyer Saw Mill Longdon Staffs
SAMMONDS, Angelina Wife Married F 41 1870 Herefordshire
HICKMAN, Daisy Servant Single F 14 1897 Domestic Chorley Staffs

Fabulous! I'd found Providence Cottage but not Beau Desert itself.
You guys are great super-sleuths.

Thank you so much.