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From: "Judy Lester" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Russell Square
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:48:22 +0100
References: <KJ+0ECAcFT0CFwC0@varneys.demon.co.uk>


There are a few street/square plans + names of inhabitants for some of the
more "fashionable" areas of London in the 1833 Royal Blue Book Fashionable
Directory (perhaps other directories too?), although not every house is
listed. This book is available from Archive CD Books and is indexed :-)

Judy
London, UK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eve McLaughlin" <>
> On the whole, there would not be street numbers in the C18, and only on
> a limited scale in the early C19. The street (pr in this case) Square
> name would be sufficient for locating anyone on the ground. To discover
> which house would involve some nifty work with tax records, and any
> street plans avaiable (which only the London Met Archives would have to
> hand)


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