Simla St. Accy
 

Does anyone know where Simla St in Accrington used to be?
I am researching my family history and a relative was born there in 1909.
Cheers

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I've never heard of that. Is it handwritten on a document? Could it possibly be something else?

Busman says "Could it be something simla?" :D

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Tee Hee busman!

I don't know if its been taken from a handwritten document, my copy is printed. She was baptised at Sacred Heart as were all her siblings, so I'm thinking that she would have lived in the parish.

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Willow has a good point ..lots of records were handwritten and misinterpreted .. e.g. researching my father's side of the family, the surname was recorded differently for 3 generations with different spelling.

Suspect was probably something like Swiss Street or Lima Street.

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There is no such street in Accrington.
When I joined the Fire Brigade there were a number of old log books and records of Accrington streets and hydrants, dating back to pre 1900, which I enjoyed reading, we all had to know the streets, roads and back alleys, not just for Accrington but Church, Clayton, Gt Harwood, Rishton and Oswaldtwistle, we also had 839 farms, smallholdings and isolated properties in our turnout area as well, which covered an area of 90 square miles. Even turned out to fires as far as Trafford Park, Lancaster, Morcambe and Preston, so you had to know your way around.
Retlaw.

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If you can get access to a Barrett's directory you will probably find you relatives ( you didn't give us a name) - try Accrington Library.They may also have Voter's Lists If so, try Swiss and Lina, as Katex suggests. I agree with her.Try China too.

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Well my money is on Lima Street Bob .. if you do the fancy joined-up writing they did 100years ago ...a fancy 'L' could look so much like an 'S' .. and a fancy 'a' at the end could become an 'l and a' .. :D

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That's fine katex but there is no Lima St it's Lina.:)

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Aaw shucks Bagpuss, you right. Was looking at an old map of Accrington, and did look like an 'm' .. but on closer inspection is an 'n' .. maybe had an ancestor who was a registrar .. LOL.

Back to the drawing board again.

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easy mistake to make kate, its very simla.:D

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I'll get this in before Katex responds....Himmler had something simla....

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And Gobbels had no balls at all.

Retlaw.

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Thanks for your comments. Katex, you were right, it was a problem with the deciphering. The correct address was Lune Court, How 'Simla' is that??

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I think it was somewhere around Grange Lane

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Was definitiely in East Ward Jelly Baby, actually Lune's Court. Retlaw will probably know exactly where, once teased us with a competition on where certain 'courts/yards' were. Will have to throw this challenge to him... :D

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Lune Court was off 30 Grange Street

Retlaw.

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Which was demolished and replaced with Wellington Court.

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Does anyone have a map of the area? Or is there one I could upload from anywhere?

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Try looking at this map - it will zoom in
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environ...cc/acceast.jpg
I found Grange St near the 'smudge', central on the map

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Thanks for that.
:)

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Shurmers maps show it as it was before demolition.

The 1863 map shows only 3 blocks have been built.

Retlaw

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Don't understand that Retlaw .. my Shurmers map only shows one block still standing (well, a shorter street which ends as it reaches Napier Street) and Wellington Court in it's place .. must have a later edition do you think ? Does say 1988 though, when it was adopted by as the 'Official Borough Guide'

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A lot of Grange St at the southern end, was demolished in 1966 to make way for Wellington Court, I have photo's of the demolition somewhere.

Retlaw.

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Yeh, but you said Shurmer's map shows it before demolition and the other map with just 3 blocks ? Did you get it the wrong way around, or have I misunderstood ?

Sure Jelly Baby would appreciate the photos if you can find them.

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The dates are as I gave in my earlier post.

Pictures of the area taken in 1966.
Retlaw

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Thanks retlaw, I appreciate that.

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I used to live in that area and cannot remember Simla St.

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It's not Simla St, that was a misinterpretation of census info, it's actually Lunes Court.

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I can't remember that either......but I left that area in 1966.