Calling anyone that lives/d in Rawdon, Yorkshire
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How would I find the physical location of a house that I think doesn't exist anymore?
So about 1961 I spent the winter at "Alderley", Emmot Drive, Rawdon and remember playing in the icy stream nearby. It was so cold that we couldn't get the car up the steep driveway. The house had a great view over the valley.
This last summer I walked up and down that street to no avail. I could not find the house. I asked the local postman who hadn't heard of it. I checked on Google maps and could not find it.
What do I do next? I would really like a photo for my album of all the places that I lived. I'm up to about 25 places now.
So about 1961 I spent the winter at "Alderley", Emmot Drive, Rawdon and remember playing in the icy stream nearby. It was so cold that we couldn't get the car up the steep driveway. The house had a great view over the valley.
This last summer I walked up and down that street to no avail. I could not find the house. I asked the local postman who hadn't heard of it. I checked on Google maps and could not find it.
What do I do next? I would really like a photo for my album of all the places that I lived. I'm up to about 25 places now.
paul.deitch said:
How would I find the physical location of a house that I think doesn't exist anymore?
So about 1961 I spent the winter at "Alderley", Emmot Drive, Rawdon and remember playing in the icy stream nearby. It was so cold that we couldn't get the car up the steep driveway. The house had a great view over the valley.
This last summer I walked up and down that street to no avail. I could not find the house. I asked the local postman who hadn't heard of it. I checked on Google maps and could not find it.
What do I do next? I would really like a photo for my album of all the places that I lived. I'm up to about 25 places now.
Might be barking up the wrong tree, as it's on a different road, but could it be this?So about 1961 I spent the winter at "Alderley", Emmot Drive, Rawdon and remember playing in the icy stream nearby. It was so cold that we couldn't get the car up the steep driveway. The house had a great view over the valley.
This last summer I walked up and down that street to no avail. I could not find the house. I asked the local postman who hadn't heard of it. I checked on Google maps and could not find it.
What do I do next? I would really like a photo for my album of all the places that I lived. I'm up to about 25 places now.
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Try the maps here https://maps.nls.uk/os/ as they have sets of old and large scale ones, very useful for looking at historical property locations.
I had a quick look and the 1:1250 series surveyed in 1961 looks promising, but typically the bit you're after is on a sheet corner so you need to look at 4.
I also think there's more than one set as there seems to be an 'A' set with the road not complete and with house names, and another 'B' set with a through road and different houses? Bit confusing.
Easiest way to access is to set the map set/scale/date you're after and choose off the map.
I also think there's more than one set as there seems to be an 'A' set with the road not complete and with house names, and another 'B' set with a through road and different houses? Bit confusing.
Easiest way to access is to set the map set/scale/date you're after and choose off the map.
Some old maps are here.
https://maps.nls.uk/os/national-grid/sc-sh.html
The numbers relate to grid reference, SE, SW, NE, NW around the grid reference and the A/B/C is time related.
Have a look at SE2239 and work around from there. Most of the houses on the Leeds Planning Portal look like they have been there since pre-75 (as far back as it goes). The maps suggest most of the houses were already there in 1961 apart from a few that look like the split the gardens to build later.
https://maps.nls.uk/os/national-grid/sc-sh.html
The numbers relate to grid reference, SE, SW, NE, NW around the grid reference and the A/B/C is time related.
Have a look at SE2239 and work around from there. Most of the houses on the Leeds Planning Portal look like they have been there since pre-75 (as far back as it goes). The maps suggest most of the houses were already there in 1961 apart from a few that look like the split the gardens to build later.
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