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TIP: Locating London's Past

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Joy Kentish Maid

Joy Kentish Maid Report 13 Feb 2013 22:42

Thank you, Paul. And yes, Christine, that is a brilliant book.

Researching:
Sadd - Suffolk, Newton - Buckinghamshire, McCusker - Galway and Fermanagh, Brooks - London, and many others

Christine

Christine Report 13 Feb 2013 22:29

Very interesting website, thank you.

In case anyone is interested, I bought a book for my brother for Christmas, called
Lost London. It's quite a big book, consisting of old photos of streets and buildings in London that have since been demolished. I bought it simply because I knew he would like it, but what I didn't realise was that the street shown on the cover illustration was one where one of our family connections lived - as per the censuses.

He had researched it for a direct descendant of the family in Canada and been to photograph the area as it is today, for her.

There are so many photos in the book, anyone with a London family has a good chance of finding their location. Amazon have the book from £20, but I'm sure libraries would have a copy.

Researching:
Hill, Jewell - Cornwall. Langley-Shropshire,Cole, Neate -Wiltshire,Lott, Ewell- Kent.Punter, Gadd, Wapshott, White, Weston - Surrey. To say nothing of the other half's family!

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 9 Feb 2013 20:43

Just looked at it, it's great!
Thanks.

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambridgeshire. TAGG Thames Ditton & E Molesey. LLOYD London/Middlesex. FROST London/Middlesex.

Peter

Peter Report 8 Feb 2013 13:11


Most interesting, thank you.

Peter

K

K Report 7 Feb 2013 12:43

Thanks

Kay

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 7 Feb 2013 09:20

This website allows you to search a wide body of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London, and to map the results on to a fully GIS compliant version of John Rocque's 1746 map.

http://www.locatinglondon.org/index.html