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Originally Posted by katex
I checked the Burgess rolls this afternoon, and going through them starting at 1900, 1910, 1914, 1920 & 1930, they all show nu 3 to 19,
19 being the one that later became know as Catlow's Fruit & Veg.
Across the top of Marques St, then 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 and so on to the end of that block. In 1920 & 1930 there is no nu 21, that block starts at 23. The numbers are still the same today, so you need'nt worry Kate, the letters, telegrams & parcels wouldn't be flying all over the place, its all in yon blegburner's head, I think he also believes in father christmas, and if he harps on long enough, some one may come to believe him.
I suppose now he will come back, and after claiming the census's are wrong, that all the Burgess Rolls are wrong as well, only his trade directories are right.
Retlaw.
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The Burgess Rolls on their own neither prove nor disprove anything, except for the fact that Whalley Road had those house numbers during the years you have listed. It doesn't tell us where numbers were actually situated, other than the fact they were towards the bottom/start of the road. I mean, let's face it, Whalley Rd is a long road and obviously it would have house/property numbers 1 - 31 (and beyond).
Whereas the trade directories (Barrett's) have house property numbers and actually list the streets off as you cross them. For instance the example page I put on here. You know, numbers 1 - 11 then in italics '
Marquis St' and so on and so on, right along the road until the end. I've never seen an electoral register marked out like that (unless yours in Accy differ to other towns). Usually they just have the street name, the property numbers and those of voting age at the individual properties.
Now if you could photograph the one from 1925 and put it on here for us to view and if the names at the addresses differed greatly to the pages from the 1925 Barrett's Directory listings I attached, then I would start to believe you.
My problem is though, you could very easily photograph a list from any year after 1936 and then tell us it's the 1925 one.
The Burgess rolls on their own are Inadmissible Evidence I'm afraid
But nice try !