Lord Nelson Street lookup

Post by **tonyhennessey1** » 29 Oct 2009 01:05

Hi all
would anybody with a directory for Liverpool circa 1916 please look up 30 Lord Nelson Street. I'd like to know who was listed there and if it was a house/hotel/hostel etc.

thanks

Tony

Post by **Tina** » 29 Oct 2009 05:30

Hi Tony
My 1911 doesn't list No. 30.
2-28 is Cope Cigar Manfs.
Then it goes to No. 32
Across the road 29&31 is a Temperance Hotel.

Jan has 1914 I'll ask her to have a squizz.

Cheers
Tina

Post by **tonyhennessey1** » 29 Oct 2009 09:21

Hi Tina
I had a look at the records I was checking out and both nos 30 and 31 are listed as residence at different times. It must be the hotel then.

thanks for your help Tina.

Tony

Post by **Tina** » 29 Oct 2009 09:35

No worries Tony.
Jan has gone to work (with a toothache) she will be back later.

Tina

Post by **dickiesam** » 29 Oct 2009 16:31

Hi Tony,
I realise that the following is from 15 years earlier than the time you are interested in. Just thought it might be useful if you didn't have it already.

From the 1901 census:
Address: 30 Lord Nelson Street.
ROBINSON, William Watson - Head - Married - 39 - 1862 - Collector Of Gov Taxes - Bangor, Carnarvonshire, Wales.
ROBINSON, Agnes M - Wife - Married - 40 - 1861 - Scotland.
ROBINSON, Lena - Dtr - Single - 5 - 1896 - Liverpool.
ROBINSON, Philip Watson - Son - Single - 2 - 1899 - Liverpool.
MCDONALD, Annie - Servant - Single - 19 - 1882 - General Servant - Birkenhead.

Dickiesam

Post by **jan44** » 29 Oct 2009 18:38

Sorry for delay,

I looked in 1914, and number 30 not listed, drats!

I also did an address search on the 1911 census and again not listed!

Jan

Post by **dickiesam** » 29 Oct 2009 20:24

Just noticed that on the 1901 even #s 2 to 28 were a single entity occupied by a lone night watchman on the night of the census. Probably a commercial property of some kind such as a factory or warehouse.

I worked on the even-numbered side of Lord Nelson Street in the mid-1950s in very old premises then part of the Automatic Telephone Co. It backed onto Lime Street Station and was pretty extensive. I remember the main entrance was just around from Lime Street and only a few yards up the hill from the back of the Empire Theatre. That was almost definitely #s 2 to 28, with 30 possibly tacked on between 1901 and 1911.

Dickiesam