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Hampden Terrace, Ealing Lane

In 2023 Julie Jakeway asked about the location of 1 Hampden Terrace, Ealing Lane, where her Kenton family lived in 1871.

The 1871 census lists many named cottages and terraces along Ealing Lane which would have been marked by plaques on the house frontages, sometimes with a build date. This must have been necessary to identify properties for mail delivery prior to when the road was numbered. Google StreetView shows the plaque for Noy's Cottages survives, but much of the road has been redeveloped by 2023.

The list below shows the sequence of properties near where Julie's ancestors lived in 1871. The trick is to find a landmark property (such as a pub or bank - likely to survive decades or more) on either side of the property you are interested in; your property is likely to be sandwiched between them on the ground, as well as in the census.

In this case two pubs - the Princess Royal and Bricklayers' Arms - serve the purpose. In the 1891 census they were at 107 and 69 Ealing Lane respectively and it is possible to work out house numbers for various terraces and cottages between them 20 years earlier.

The Ordnance Survey map published in 1876 (link below) shows the area was built up with no gaps to build new houses that could affect numbering. This increases the chances of finding the Ealing Road house number for 1, Hamden Terrace.

The list below is a summary of the addresses of household heads from the 1871 census, including the number of properties with the address: 4 Ealing Road properties were followed by two Woodbine cottages and so on.

This map is much later, dating from the 1960s, but has been used as it includes house numbers. The Princess Royal was at no. 107 Ealing Road, marked 'PH'. The Bricklayers Arms occupied numbers 67 and 69, the wider frontage can be seen on the map although it was not marked as a public house.

The sequence of recording shows the census man was working his way southwards along the west side of Ealing Road towards the High Street. The two pubs are below, and the house numbers for the properties between them have been added in brackets. The numbers added fit well.

• Ealing Lane 4 properties
• Woodbine Cott 2 properties
• North Cott 1
• South Cott 3
• Hampden Cott numbers 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 6
• Ealing Lane 3
• *** Princess Royal (107 Ealing Road)
• Myrtle Cots 3 properties (105-101)
• Hamden Ter numbers 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (99-87)
• Ealing Lane 1 (85)
• Victoria Cotts 1-4 (83-77)
• Brays Cott 3 (75-71)
• *** Bricklayers Arms (67 & 69 Ealing Road)
• Ealing Lane 6
• Albert Cotts 1
• Victoria Cott 1
• Hawthorn Cotts 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

From this it seems 1 to 7 Hampden Terrace were at 87 to 99 Ealing Lane. In the 1891 census 87 Ealing Road was occupied by James Gazeley, bricklayer and grocer. There is a note under the address 'General shop'.

Links

Notes on Ealing Road, includes the OS map from 1876 and links to images.

More about the National Library of Scotland website, includes link.

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Published January 2023