i'm trying to find out the history of my house in avenham terrace preston but getting nowhere!?

Question

i'm trying to find out about the history of my house and row of houses especially as it is only 8 houses on 1 side of the road that is that address the rest of the street has a different name entirely although all the houses were built around the same time. i'm getting nowhere on the web when i put in the address, no information apart from about the general area of avenham. the house is over 100years old so surely there is some information out there?

Answer 1

Not necessarily. I tried to do the same thing with an old store in my home town that was nearly 100 years old and ther was NOTHING on the Internet about it at all. But I would keep checking back every few weeks. I will often look up information about something and find very little information and then I try amonth later and three new articles appear with just the information I need.

Good luck.

Answer 2

The reason why you have different houses on a row terraced housing is because when the land owner wanted to make money from the land he would sell them in plots to different builders. These blocks, which would normally consist of a row of between 5 -15 houses, would have been sold to different builders, and you may of had different builders putting up houses on the same road, but each block slightly different.
Things to look out for are different details on the windows and doors, also you may have a cellar and a neighbour in the same street, but on a different block of houses may not.
Also look at the windows, if the lintle at the top of the window is substantialy wider than the window itself, it may have been a hand loom weavers cottage, also is there evidence of an outside toilet, if you have or had one and your neighbours didn't, your house was built when a row of terraced house shared the outside toilet with with other members on that row. If there has always been one there, then it was most likely built after 1845. If you have to access your house through a tunnel (like the houses on St. Peter's square near the Uni library), your house is going to be quite a a bit older, and was built when they were building just to house the influx of people.
Another thing to remember is that if you have a cellar, that also would have housed a family, or even two.
The best thing to do is go to the record office and look at the census, the people there are very helpful, and may even be able to guide you in the right direction. It's situated at the back of county hall.

Answer 3

Try Preston Council Planning Building Control Office.

Answer 4

I lived in your house over a hundred years ago when it was first built. I died there when I fell down the stairs and banged my head.
Unfortunately that caused me to lose my memory as well as my life, so I can't help you on the history. My spirit still moves around the house and I'm so pleased that you are taking good care of my home. I have many wonderful memories of the place, if only I could remember them.

Answer 5

Hello there, Try writing to your local council. If they don't know, I am sure that they will be able to point you in the right direction. Your local library may have some historical records and advice for you. You could also write to a university or college where they study history. The resident lecturer would definately tell you where to start your research.
Happy hunting! :o)

Answer 6

^ ^ ^ lol...

i just logged into yahoo answers ready to ask the same thing. i have no idea, but im hoping to find some answers regarding your same question. good luck :)

Answer 7

Contact your local coucil,they have records, maps etc, and should beable to advise and or assist you.