High Maxwell Street

[jeff]

I have found an 1871 Census entry for one of my wife's relations in what appears to be High Maxwell Street. I can only find Maxwell Street on my 1901 OS map of S Shields. Can anyone please shed a little light. Was there a High Maxwell Street?

Jeff

[Jarrow Pete]

Never heard of High Maxwell Street. Maxwell Street ran between Victoria Road and Derby Terrace and in fact it is still there. It consists of small industrial units and garages.

[Mr Smith]

I think Maxwell Street was divided by Victoria Road.
Maxwell Street runs/ran from Victoria Road to Derby Street.
I believe High Maxwell Street ran from Victoria Road to Laygate Lane,
there are flats there now, so that part of Maxwell Street is no longer there.
I'm not 100% sure of what I've said, but I'm pretty sure that's where it was.

[jeff]

Here's a couple more!

Campbell Street or Back Campbell Street
Joseph Terrace.

Thanks

jeff

[Mr Smith]

Campbell Street ran from Laygate Lane and across Havelock Street, it ran parallel
with Frederick Street. I've got a photo showing Campbell Street towards Laygate
Lane with my sister on it, I took it about 1952, I'll see if I can sort it out and post it.
Campbell Street was a long street of many block, it consisted mainly of houses with
the odd shop or boozer thrown in. Laygate was heavily populated, there was a
Salvation Army Citadel on the corner of Havelock Street and Campbell Street.
Back Campbell Street would have been the address for some business which had
access only from the rear of Campbell Street there were many such businesses
with that sort of address in the area.

Joseph Terrace I am unfamiliar with, I'll see if I can find out about it for you.

[jeff]

Thanks for the info so far. Look forward to Mr Smith's piccies.

As an extension to this enquiry I am currently looking into the history or background to Theodora Mitchell formerly Grieves nee Ward (There's a mouthful to start with!).and her various moves around South Shields after she moved there in 1863 from Brancaster in Norfolk. I think she was widowed and came north to be nearer to her daughters Lucy and Agnes, then married Henry Mitchell a seaman, also from Norfolk, and settled in S Shields.

In the 1901 Census she was shown, if I have interpreted the information correctly, at two different addresses.
South Taylor Street and South Eldon Street which I believe are/were quite near to each other.

Can anyone suggest why she might have been registered twice?

Judging by my AA street map the area in question for all these addresses has been quite dramatically changed over the years with lots of streets no longer in existence.
Any old photos of these particular streets which anyone can drag out of the box under the bed would be very welcome so as to get a true flavour of the conditions prevailing in the late 19th century.

Can anyone also recommend any books of S Shields giving background to the town in that era?

Thanks for all the information so far given

Jeff

[Mr Smith]

When a person is widowed or divorced (less likely in the old days) they
will be listed twice when married again. You will note that if that is the
case you will find that the register numbers etc are the same.

South Eldon Street and South Taylor Street ran parallel with Campbell
Street and South Frederick Street.

[Delilahcat]

Jef I'm not sure if you live locally but South Shields library has Electoral Registers going back to the mid 1800s. I traced a lot of my relatives in the years between the census by using them. There are also some interesting Trade Directories listing people by occupation.
BTW I used to live in South Eldon Street at number 374.

[jeff]

No Delilahcat we don't live locally (semi rural Somerset in the centre of the old North Somerset Coalfield) and only make occasional forays "up north", next one probably next year, so to a great extent I rely on local knowledge from the likes of you kind people plus a prolonged visit to the Central Library on our visits. Thanks for the pointers, I was not aware of the extent of the registers available but have used the various directories in the past.

Jeff

[Mr Smith]

On the offchance that you don't already have it, here
is the link to access South Shields Registry Office online BMDs.

http://www.southtyneside.info/community ... fault.aspx

[jimmywizz]

i served my time as a printer at murray hearns in maxwell street, mind you it was just units as it is now the only old part left is the church building at the end of the street

[Mr Smith]

i served my time as a printer at murray hearns in maxwell street, mind you it was just units as it is now the only old part left is the church building at the end of the street

GoGay Shoes had a factory in Maxwell Street, and the Gabriele family
had a cornet and wafer making factory there as well. There was also
a place which did customising of cars, I know there was a small
garage workshop there as well; where they did MOTs, I remember
my father getting ripped off there.

[westoelad]

There was also
a place which did customising of cars, I know there was a small
garage workshop there as well; where they did MOTs, I remember
my father getting ripped off there.

Would that have been Scriven's Garage by any chance?

[Mr Smith]

There was also
a place which did customising of cars, I know there was a small
garage workshop there as well; where they did MOTs, I remember
my father getting ripped off there.

Would that have been Scriven's Garage by any chance?

I never knew the name of the garage which did the MOTs.

[Mr Smith]

Here is a an old photo taken in Maxwell Street, I'm guessing
that it was taken about 1960. It is of GoGay Shoe's staff going
on their annual trip away, I knew nine of the people in the
photo, myself included although I never worked at Gogay I
had a few friends who did. I used to take photos of new styles
of shoes as they brought them out, they used my photos in
their sales brochures. I cannot for the life of me remember
going on this trip, but I'm there in the photo so I must have
been there. It was quite a surprise seeing myself when I first
saw this photo. I've even got hair there.

[brian c]

Are you the midget 7th from the left

[Mr Smith]

Are you the midget 7th from the left

No, I'm the midget 21st from the right.