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From: dave dobson <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] House renumberings?
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:35:19 -0500
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William, He may have just moved a lot. Many of my Liverpool ancestors moved
with great frequency often to the same street or in the same area. While I
don't suggest that your William did the same thing, I suspect that some of
mine did a "midnight flit". Most people in that era rented and did not own
their lodgings.

Dave D.

> Does anyone with more knowledge than I have know if there was much house
> renumbering in Liverpool in the 1840s?
> My gg g/father William Leece lived in Grafton Street for about 25 years from
> the mid-1820s. At first (1820s-1841) he is recorded as living at 14 Grafton
> Gtreet, and later, in the 1843 Gores, at 31 Grafton Street (now part of the
> Cains Brewery site).
> Under the conventional system of street numbering, no 14 should be on the
> western side of Grafton Street. But contemporary maps suggest that Grafton
> Street, initially, was built on one side only, with houses on the easterm side
> and now doubt enjoying a good view of the river and the Wirral.
> Just to confuse matters, in the 1851 census he appears to be living at 14
> Court Grafton no 2 house - it's difficult to decipher. His surname is also
> mistranscribed as Leese.
> Would these be three separate addresses, or possible the same house with
> different numberings? Frankly I'm puzzled - all suggestions gratefully
> received.
>
> William Leece
> Liverpool
>
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