George
Musgrove & Cole Family at Southampton Street St Pancras
George
Musgrove was living with his uncle Henry Cole at number 7 Southampton
Street off Fitzroy Square
London. We have
now identified the property in which they lived, complicated
by the fact that not only have all the house numbers changed
but the road
itself has changed names three times. The road was originally named Conway
Street, and then became
Southampton Street in the mid nineteenth century.
It later reverted back to its original name Conway Street which is its
current name. We calculated the Cole's house (number 7) from the fixed
point on the corner which had always been a Dairy (number 10). By 1895
the Dairy at number 10 had become number 35 (which is its current number
as shown in the photo above). The Cafe in the above photo occupies the
same premises and still has its late Victorian shop front. As the Cole's
house was at number 7 (now 29) it was an easy task to count 3 houses
to the left of the old Dairy to establish the exact house.The map below
is the area in 1870. Where the Cole family lived is coloured green.
Directly
below
left
is
a closeup view of number
7 as it is today. To the right is a rate book extract from Oct 1864 number
7 is shown as unoccupied. The column marked with an arrow is the rateable
value of the property. Number 7 is shown as rated at £56 the column
directy to the left is the
gross estimated rental value £66. George Aitchison the cabinet
maker died in October 1864 in Princes Street
the
informent
on
the death
certifcate
was Henry Cole (his son in law) who was living at 7 Southampton Street.
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