1888/89 postal directories

[protohistorian]

Septic you are awesome. Dave

[Simon Wood]

Hi Doris,

No apostrophe.



Regards,

Simon

Who knows the boundary conditions of "knightbridge in 1888?" Dave

Any boundaries that the ancient settlement of Knightsbridge may have once had, were long gone, by 1888.

Throughout the nineteenth century, Knightsbridge was an undefined 'area' that straddled the boundaries of no fewer than four parochial entities:

- The Parish of St. Margaret, City of Westminster (Detached)
- The Parish of St. George Hanover Square, Liberty of the City of Westminster
- The Parish of St. Mary Abbotts Kensington
- The Parish of St. Luke Chelsea

Here's the general area, for which you are looking …


Knightsbridge (Click to Enlarge in flickr)
Underlying Aerial Imagery: Copyright Google Earth, 2007
Overlying Plots, Labels and Color-Shadings: Copyright Colin C. Roberts, 2010

[protohistorian]

so I throw the question to the class. Who knows the boundary conditions of "knightbridge in 1888?" Dave

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi Dave, sorry for being so slow in responding. Regarding Le Grand, his addresses in late 1888 were as follows:

35 Charlotte Street
85 Bolsover Street
3 York Place, Baker Street
283 The Strand (office)
10 Agar Street (office)

I have no idea about the boundaries of Knightsbridge. Sorry.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[doris]

Thanks for the kind offer.

An odd, trivial request, but could you possibly look up Miller's Court and settle once and for all the eternal question: apostrophe or no apostrophe?

Thanks

With an apostrophe, as it is named after John Miller who bought some gardens and built a few one up, one cottages on the location, reached via the passageway.
He called the area Miller's rents, which became Miller's court.

Number 13 appeared much later, when John McCarthy rented a house from a friend and partioned it.

doris

[protohistorian]

Hi Dave, here's a mini-list off the top of my head. Thanks!

Charles Grandy/Grand/Grande
Amelia Marie Pourquoi
Anyone named Buki
John Tyrell/Tysell
Everard or Edwin Smith
James Batchelor
J.H. Batchelor
Any Batchelor w/first initial 'J'
Israel Schwartz
N Benelius

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

O.K. Tom the Buki thing has gotten in my crawl. Could you find the boundaries for knightsbridge please. I will inventory all the streets and check each one. Dave

[protohistorian]

Thanks for the kind offer.

An odd, trivial request, but could you possibly look up Miller's Court and settle once and for all the eternal question: apostrophe or no apostrophe?

Thanks

Magpie, the directory was no help. In the pod cast on Dorset Street however it was mentioned that the man for whom the place was named was Miller. That would make it the possessive for or Miller's. Dave

[protohistorian]

Hello Dave,

The Victoria Home perhaps?

best wishes

Phil

I could find no entry for the Victoria home. Dave

[protohistorian]

The heading says "Dunster court, but it was a subsection of the minories entry. I have looked on my bacon atlas, and I can find no such hole in the wall. Dave

Chris was correct, I aplogize for the error. Here is the entirety of the minories entry. Dave

[protohistorian]

As I am not so quick with the names of places, and in light of the directory not using the nomenclature E1, here is the only entry for "Windsor St. There is also a "Windsor court in Whitechapel. Dave (1888)

[protohistorian]

Hi Dave, here's a mini-list off the top of my head. Thanks!

Charles Grandy/Grand/Grande
Amelia Marie Pourquoi
Anyone named Buki
John Tyrell/Tysell
Everard or Edwin Smith
James Batchelor
J.H. Batchelor
Any Batchelor w/first initial 'J'
Israel Schwartz
N Benelius

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

Here is part of it, the scans came out fuzzy. Will keep on it. Dave

[Chris]

The heading says "Dunster court, but it was a subsection of the minories entry. I have looked on my bacon atlas, and I can find no such hole in the wall. Dave

This is off Mincing Lane, I think, not the Minories.

[protohistorian]

for Nats

The heading says "Dunster court, but it was a subsection of the minories entry. I have looked on my bacon atlas, and I can find no such hole in the wall. Dave

[Debra A]

Dave, just out of curiosity, is there anything listed for Windsor Street E1? Thanks.

p.s. Thanks very much for the Thames torso finds maps that you sent me, my email is playing up again at present so I can't email to say thanks.