John Connell

[Elma]

Could anyone help me read an address. It is for John Connell and is on Ancestry, London, England, Deaths and Burials.​

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This John Connell died on 20th Jan 1853 aged 55 years.​

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I am just trying to identify him. My John was staying at 19 Tottenham Place, St Pancras at the end of 1851. ​

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I would be very grateful. With thanks Elizabeth ​

 

[Londoner]

Did you mean 20th March ? I cant find one in January.
The March one looks like 2 Slades Bldgs

 

[Doug]

Like Londoner unable to find one with 20 Jan death. If it is the 20 March one I also think 2 Slades Bldgs.

 

[PeterG]

Same problem here as Londoner but I agree the address is 2 Slades Bldgs.

You'll probably find the census street indexes on the National Archives site a great help for this sort of question.

 

[Elma]

Oops sorry yes it is January. Is there something written after this? Sorry to be a nuisance. Elizabeth

 

[Doug]

Oops sorry yes it is January. Is there something written after this? Sorry to be a nuisance. Elizabeth

Sorry Elizabeth - confused. Is it January or March? If January what was the Parish & Borough as we are unable to find him.

The March one was in Saint Marylebone, Borough Westminster.

The information after the address was 14 March 53 being the date of admission into the Infirmary

 

[Elma]

I'm going back to bed It's March Oh sorry

 

[Doug]

I'm going back to bed It's March Oh sorry

Not a problem. Happens to the best of us.

Do you have all the information you need now?

 

[PeterG]

Perhaps you just misread Sun(day) as Jan(uary)

 

[Elma]

You are kind thank you. Yes I have the information I need thank you, unless anyone can tell me where Slade's Buildings are and dare I ask what infirmary is the record for? I'm hiding under a blanket but will peep out very quickly.

 

[Doug]

Unfortunately the register does not specify that information. I will leave it to someone with more London knowledge to respond.

 

[Daft Bat]

.....dare I ask what infirmary is the record for?

As Doug mentioned:

The March one was in Saint Marylebone, Borough Westminster.

The information after the address was 14 March 53 being the date of admission into the Infirmary

I expect that it could well have been the St Marylebone Infirmary. It was a large building, which could accommodate up to 300 patients and was in the grounds of the Workhouse buildings. There is a picture of it on the workhouse website and it tells you a lot more about it: workhouses.org.uk/StMarylebone/

Not sure where Slades Buildings were, but will check an old map of London that I have. Will return if I can find it.

 

[Huncamunca]

I have the information I need thank you, unless anyone can tell me where Slade's Buildings are

Henry Harben's 'Dictionary of London' (1918) is very handy for identifying all those obscure London alleys and terraces. It's available via the excellent British History Online site. Here is an extract:

'Slade's Buildings
West out of Angel Square, north of Smith's Buildings, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
Former name: "Hoare's, Hoar's Yard" (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now occupied by Liverpool Street Station and the railway lines.
Named after the owner or builder.'​

From http://www.
british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63313#s11

The reference to 'Horwood 1799' led me to find Slade's Buildings on Horwood's map. It is in the top right-hand square of Sheet E2 of the map:

http://www.
motco.com/map/81005/E2.asp?page=E2

(NB This overview map doesn't show the boundaries of the 25 smaller squares, but if you click in the very top right-hand corner you should get an enlargement of the square you want. It may open in a new browser window, so you may need to close the overview window to see the enlargement.)

Hope this is the right Slade's Buildings!

 

[Daft Bat]

'Slade's Buildings​

West out of Angel Square, north of Smith's Buildings, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).​

Former name: "Hoare's, Hoar's Yard" (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).​

The site is now occupied by Liverpool Street Station and the railway lines.​

Named after the owner or builder.'​

So maybe he wasn't in the St Marylebone Infirmary....

 

[Huncamunca]

So maybe he wasn't in the St Marylebone Infirmary....

or maybe I've got the wrong Slade's Buildings. Will keep looking in case there is another.

 

[Huncamunca]

or maybe I've got the wrong Slade's Buildings. Will keep looking in case there is another.

There must be another one! A witness at an 1865 Old Bailey trial said 'I live at 3, Slade's-buildings, Blandford-mews' and another witness in the same trial referred to 'Blandford Mews, Mary-le-bone'.

http://www.
oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18650612-618&div=t18650612-618

 

[Huncamunca]

Blandford Mews is marked on an 1872 plan. Go to the Old Maps website, put in coordinates 528000 and 181600, and press Go. Then switch to the 1872 plan (1:1056 scale) in the right-hand menu. You should see Blandford Mews running between Dorset Street and Blandford Street, just east of Baker Street.

 

[Elma]

Thanks Huncamunca and Jan. I will look at these suggestions. Blandford Mews sounds good and the Marylebone Infimary.

 

[Elma]

Now I am having a bad day! I'm almost frightened to ask but shouldn't I find a death for him?

 

[PeterG]

The 1861 census street index (which Elizabeth now knows is often useful for this sort of thing) lists the address as Slades Buildings, Blandford Mews.

The 1929 listing of London streets shows Blandford Mews as being in the vicinity of Blandford Street, which still exists.

The register in question looks like a register of the Marylebone Board of Guardians but I'm not sure that it's the infirmary register. The 4th column is headed "W.H. or Out". Your man is an "out" - possibly a recipient of out relief?