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Happy Easter all,

I may have a distant relative,Edward Fearns living and dying at 9,Crown Square,Liverpool/1861/1869.

What kind of houses were there and where in Liverpool was it.

Sarah his widow was living as a boarder at the home of Robert Sampson and his family in 1871,at 8,Kemble Street,West Derby,Liverpool.
So I guess Edward and Sarah didn,t own their house.
She describes herself as a Widow of a Warehouseman Wine & Sprits Trade.

Many thanks Tsumi

Hi Tsumi, the 1860 Gore's Directory shows Crown Square, Crown Street .
Crown Street, Pembroke Place, Londondon Road .
Don't know what type of houses for Crown Square .

Doreen

Thanks Doreen,

I was thinking it may have been around where the New Courts are now.
But they were at the other end of the Town!

Many thanks Tsumi

Hi Crown Square was on Crown St inbetween Pembroke Place and Brownlow Hill if you go on Google Earth and look for Crown St follow it upwards towards Pembroke Place, were Pembroke Place meets West Derby St, just below was Crown Square.. it looks to me like a sort of triangle of trees and bushes now..

Regards

I don't know if it helps but I think Liverpool should have 10 ft to the mile maps? These were Ordnance Survey maps done in the late 19th century for most major towns. I've looked at those for Manchester. The detail is incredible - both external and internal- even hedges and trees and garden layouts can be seen. If you really want to know what the square was like they would be worth looking at.

Ken

Many thanks to all for your time and knowledge.

Cheers Tsumi

Hi

If you go on Tony Swarbrick's web site he has old maps.. you can see where Crown Square was from this lnk

http://www.leverpoole.co.uk/1.001/m/hackney/13.shtm just look at maps 1850-1860 find Crown St and West Derby St and its between the two..

Regards

Many thanks once again .
I have now bookmarked the site .
I did have most of the good one,s in my favorites list ,but after losing most of my data with a recent crash of the computer ,you don,t know what you have lost until you need it.

We have a lot to thank Tony Swarbrick for.

Cheers Tsumi

Hi, I used to walk along Crown Street or Smithdown Lane every day to school at Harrison Jones, but I honestly dont know what Crown Square was like it may have gone in the bombing, but the houses in Crown Street itself were quite grand i.e stone steps up to front door , basements and railings around, and at least 3 stories high. possibly let off in to many family's in my time, the street was wide as I remember, some of the streets off it were either small terrace on to the street or had basements, never the less houses which would have cost a mint these day's. What a legacy we have lost through bad planning. L.B

Thank you Liverbird for the lovely description,I was almost traveling along with you.
I agree entirely about the planners.
I was in Liverpool town a number of weeks ago and a lady was doing a survey on that subject,she said it would only take about two minutes,she was glad to get away from me, after half an hour spent on the rant after my doing her questions.

Cheers Tsumi