[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Tetti

Hi. The impression I get is that there are people who do not seem to believe that there was a pub called The Spread Eagle before it was renamed The Railway Hotel, I was trying to make the point that there is evidence to back up your documentation. I dont have these documents nor do I have the census forms from 1841/51 and I am not in a position to visit the library I closed my eyes and tried to visualise that area of Accy.. The other thing I thought it could have been is that there was a Bank or other company that had an eagle as an emblem though I thought that very unlikely. There are probably other streets named after pubs, next quest for Katex perhaps!
Tetti

There were two families living in Eagle St in 1841.
Hutchinson's and the Hilton's.
So it was Eagle St before the railways came.

Retlaw.