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RockyMountainShy

RockyMountainShy Report 28 Jan 2018 23:54

Where was the civil parish of Hornsey in 1891? It says in the county of Middlesex

Researching:
Oxfordshire, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire etc.

Sharron

Sharron Report 29 Jan 2018 00:00

Middlesex was a bit elastic then.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 29 Jan 2018 01:29

The London County Council was created in 1889 from most of the County of Middlesex plus parts of Essex, Kent and Surrey. Hornsey is within Finsbury about 5miles north of St Pauls.i

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Kense

Kense Report 29 Jan 2018 07:23

Mostly part of the Edmonton registration district before 1965 but parts of it were allocated to other districts from time to time. See link:
https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/edmonton.html

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 29 Jan 2018 09:32

It looks like Hornsey grew slowly, and in patches!

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol6/pp111-122

..then they shuffled it around, as Kense's item shows! :-D :-D

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 29 Jan 2018 14:25

London districts were very fluid up until the 1920s.

Streets were absorbed into more affluent districts when roadways were designed and streets demolished.

In later decades this continued with the gentrification of less salubrious areas.

I have problems equating modern named districts with their historical locations especially those in Southwark and Greenwich. Deptford all of a sudden became Surrey Quays!!!

The planning departments do not help with research!

Researching:
Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 29 Jan 2018 20:35

Deptford salubrious? that'll be the day. Hornsey is nice.
Islington is under attack from estate agents along with Camden, Hoxton and so on. All the real Londoners are being squeezed out.
So sad.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle