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Position:Home>History> How do I get information on the history of a specific street?Question: How do I get information on the history of a specific street!? I am looking into the history of my street in the UK, and I have googled, yahoo'd and MSN'd all the things I can think of to get street history, yet I have had no luck!. Does anyone know where I can find any websites for these things!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: O!.k!., as above go to your local library!. also you could try going to your local museum!. Censuses are good sources, as are ordinance survey maps, both of which should be in the library!. If there are shops on your street, then it may be worth looking in Kelly and White's directories!. Should you wish to search on the Internet, search for the 1901 census, you will be able to find some information there!. Happy huntingWww@QuestionHome@Com Probably not on the internet!. You will probably have to go to a Planning Commission or whatever that is called in the UK, in your town for that!. Or if you have a local historian there that would be handy!. We have one in our town!. The public library here has local history of our town and some of the streets!. You'll probably have to resort to books or manuscripts or at least something written!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Your best bet would be a local public library and local newspaper!.Www@QuestionHome@Com To find the information you require, your best source of information will be your local library where they have everything on microfilm!. Another source of 'local' information is your local newspaper!. Local 'Rags' (newspapers), esp!. here in UK keep archives going back to their first day of publication!. You can try one more time using Google by asking your question as follows : - georgetown street dunberry-on-sea humshire The sort of entry I have made up above, will give lots of information!. Here below is some info on Oxford Street here in London, using a symilar method : - All the shops on Oxford Street, London Oxford Street is one and a half miles end to end!. Most shops open 10am until 6 or 7pm!. Some open Sunday 12 to 6pm with late nights on Thursday!. !.!.!. http://www!.streetsensation!.co!.uk/oxford/!.!.!. To get the above plus millions more, all I did was type these words into the Google slot : - oxford street london Result, a complete list of all the shops along Oxford Street!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Just go onto the website of the town it belongs to and if the streets anything special there'll be history about it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com go to council they will give you the websiteWww@QuestionHome@Com Ask GoogleWww@QuestionHome@Com |