Another address challenge

25 Hyde Road Swindon Wiltshire please for as far back as it goes!

I've tried to find it in 1911 but there don't seem to be house numbers and it may have come under Blunsdon St Andrew Wiltshire in those days rather than Swindon.

I know who lived next door in the 1900's and that was the Harris family if that helps. Their house was called Clovelly.

Thank you

Is this the right Harris family in 1901?

So, is the house you're looking for either side of them?

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7814&path=Wiltshire.Blunsdon+St+Andrew.ALL.5.15&sid=&gskw=John+Harris

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7814&path=Wiltshire.Blunsdon+St+Andrew.ALL.5.16&sid=&gskw=

STG

Edited : cos I only posted one side. Doh!

Hi STG

I don't think that is the right family. All I know is the daughter was called Hilda because I had piano lessons from her when I was little.
She lived to a ripe old age so must have been born early 1900's. I don't think she had any brothers and sisters. Never knew her parents as she was quite old when I knew her.

I think Clovelly was number 27 Hyde Road and I am interested in who lived at number 25 Hyde Road which was next door and where my grandmother lived.
Clovelly was a detached property (still there today)

I'm not having a great deal of luck.

Back in 1881, there are only 4 pages for Blunsden St Andrew, but no mention of Hyde Road

In 1891, there's lots of mentions of Hyde Road, but no numbers. Grrrrrr!

Same in 1901.

And in 1911 I've been through the pages that have Hyde Road as their address, looking for any clues (number of rooms etc - 'cos I've looked on Streetview and see that Clovelly is a largish house) but the nearest one was a farmhouse.

Will have another look later and hope for more success.

STG

Still no luck with No. 25 Hyde Road, but having googled "hilda piano teacher swindon" I found this

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/55212/notices/281

which led me to Hilda in 1911, but unfortunately not living at Clovelly. Sozza!

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2352/rg14_11763_0617_03/43904133?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dhilda%2belizabeth%26gsln%3dharris%26msbdy%3d1899%26gskw%3dhyde%2broad%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3dykz%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d43904133%26db%3d1911England%26indiv%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord


STG

Been through all the houses with a Hyde Road address that I can see on the 1911 census and the only one with more than 4 rooms is Hyde Farm, which has 7 rooms.

Unless anyone else has better luck, perhaps an electoral roll check would be the next best thing. Then at least we'd know what names we were looking for.

Sorry I couldn't find it.

STG

Oh now that's interesting because I thought Hilda lived in the same house all her life. I wonder if the house was built later I went in the front room to play the piano and once into the hind quarters kitchen area which was very old fashioned to my young eyes.

Really frustrating without house numbers isn't it. I looked up my grandma in 1911 when she was 9 and no road name let alone a number just says Kingsdown Swindon Wilts. It gives 6 rooms but can't tell if that is the house or not.

Back to 1901 the parents are living Hyde Road but no number. Parents names William John Keene b 1873 and Mary Jane b 1875.

Thanks for looking so hard STG. I'll try not to come up with anymore address queries for a bit