By pcmacs |
hello there everybody, thank you for helping me with St Patrick Hotel on the dock road. My great gradfather was the landlord and his grandfather was a teacher circa 1860-70, again were trying to find out information on his school/academy. we know from a newspaper artice in 1870 he had the Mr Norris's Academy on 20 upper parliment street. ive found him at this address on a census with the damily and a boarder. What were looking for is information about the academy or what life was like in upper parliment street in 1860's to 70's. Its more important to know what it was like, what they did.
his name was richard norris / dob 17-2-1813 woolston
i promise to answer quicker this time
Thank you for any help or direction
Paul in Praparaumu
The 1853 Gores Directory puts
The 1853 Gores Directory puts Richard at 2 Rathbone Street, Liverpool. There's a snippet in the Liverpool Mercury, July 17, 1857, that mentions the opening date for Mr Norris's Academy, 2 Rathbone Street.
I assume at that period of time, only people of a certain financial standing would be able to afford to live in Upper Parliament Street in the area of number 20, those properties having approx 8-10 rooms.
agreed, i got a fe pics of
agreed, i got a fe pics of the road and its a lot different than the upper parliment street i remember. thank you
1860, Gores, Norris
1860, Gores,
Norris
Cemetery View, must have been
Cemetery View, must have been the name of the terrace or block.
1874 Liverpool Mercury
funny name isnt it, i looked
funny name isnt it, i looked at an old map and it is in fact opposite the cementry, thank you
Another advert for Cemetery
Another advert for Cemetery View, 22 Upper Parliament Street, mentions opposite St James's Cemetery,
Likely to be the block below (W)indsor.
Well done Bert. I do believe
Well done Bert. I do believe the area would have been fairly wealthy around that time so the academy may have been for the children of more well to do families.
Cemetery View was between
Cemetery View was between Blair Street and Lestock Street. The properties there now are more modern. If you look at Liverpool directories by 1873 they had moved to 24 Upper Parliament Street which still stands it's the end house next to the new properties on the site of Cemetery View. You can see number 24 on Google, they're posh old houses so the family were doing well and living in a nice area. They were last listed at 24 in the 1877 directory. I've attached Gores's Directory 1874 extract showing them at number 24.
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Here's a 1950s map showing
Here's a 1950s map showing the house numbers. The numbers appear to be the same the block where number 20 is was Cemetery View. The block where 24 is has survived. By 1878 they had moved (not far) to Wesley Street off Upper Stanhope Street.
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awesome, thank you so much
awesome, thank you so much
awesome, thank you so much
awesome, thank you so much