Guide Post Buildings

[loopylou]

Hi, I’ve been looking on the census at where my ancestors (Storey) lived in 1871 and 1881 and came across two places I’ve never heard of; East Row (1871) & Choppington Row (1881). Both in Guide Post.

Does anyone know anything about them? 

Thank you.

Edited Tuesday at 09:37 by loopylou

[DJA 24]

Hello,

You may already be aware of this so sorry if it's a repeat.  National library of Scotland offers access (free!) to historical maps.  If you're lucky the old maps have street names, sometimes not.

Follow this link to the map for 1898, sadly no names but the layout is the same as the previous map and neither of the roads you seek are on that one.  This is the link    https://maps.nls.uk/view/101027289   Warning, you can spend endless hours just browsing where you lived or in my case born, a street in Crofton long since gone.

 

 

 

[loopylou]

@DJA 24 Thank you for your reply. I’m already aware of the NLS maps (and what a brilliant resource they are!). 
 

I’ve looked at the Guide Post maps but unfortunately as you say, they don’t bring up much even when the layouts have been the same. Guide Post is quite a mystery…

I searched up one of the named streets, Blyth Terrace, and even that has been enigmatic in results except a few newspaper articles. 

[loopylou]

A potential lead on from a newspaper article in 1874, I’m thinking maybe this East Row in 1871 was at Scotland Gate. Unless there were two, one there and one in Guide Post. 🤔

 

I’ve just checked and Thomas Marsden does appear in the 1871 census a few pages from my ancestors. So Scotland Gate, not Guide Post.

Edited 3 hours ago by loopylou