where could i find out about the history of my street dating back as far as victorian era?

Question

im in Nottingham, UK and wish to find out about the history on my street and the premises im currently living. is there a website i can go to to obtain this info?

Answer 1

Go to the public library in Nottingham City Centre. Apart from holding relevant information, large local libraries have specialist librarians who will be able to guide you. You may find your researches also take you later to the Nottinghamshire County Archives if you get relly stuck into researching your local history.

The Victorian equivalent of Yellow Pages was Kelly's Directory, which listed all the houses and who lived there, and gave information about all the local businesses. There will almost certainly have been one for Nottingham. Kelly's Directories were published annually.

Census details are available on-line up to 1901, which list who was in the house each time (every ten years) the census was taken in Victorian times. Look up www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

There are sure to be lots of local publications on the history of Nottingham, with old photographs etc. If you wish to get seriously involved, there will almost certainly be a local history society. Also, you may find evening courses on local history - again ask at the library. I am sure Nottingham University, and probably Nottingham Trent University, will have historians specialising in lo cal history. Again, they may run short courses, you could go and study history if you are really serious, and they might be able to help you if you have a specialist query (they are not going to be bothered with something as general as "can you tell me the history of X Street?" though, otherwise they would get innundated).

Happy searching!

Answer 2

Those pictures are a happy version of a very different time. Victorian London for ex didn't have much of a sewage system until the late 1900. The Thames basically provided that service with terrible consequences to the health of the people. A sewerage system was created after the " Great Stink" around 1858. Litter such as horse droppings were found everywhere, although esp. those were often collected and used as heating material. There were no toilets at all and as such there of course could be no public facilities, so everybody relieved themselves at their own discretion (of course not on main roads or in richer neighbourhoods). The litter that we battle today, such as paper, food, chewinggum etc was in the two former cases scarce anyway and the latter one not yet invented. There were no papercups from fastfood chains etc. There was no such thing as garbage disposal in the poorer areas (considering that people lived in conditions that most of us would consider a dump) but since people back then lacked the convenience of supermarkets and ready made stuff, waste was much scarcer and more easily burnt at home. There was no need to throw away food, hardly anything was wrapped like today, so a lot of garbage was actually prevented.

Answer 3

History Of My Street

Answer 4

Hello,

To find that information you should approach Nottingham City Counsil or your local liberary. They should have an archive of information dating back that far, if your lucky that information might well be digitised and be accessible via a PC or even possibly online.

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Answer 5

I think people should use the local library so much more than they do these days. they usually hold this kind of information!

Answer 6

your local library and town hall will have all the details you should require

Answer 7

Your local library should have some stuff on it

Answer 8

you could view your library books or your goverment you could ask the responsiple for this.good questionyou could also view internet.

Answer 9

the internet just type and search