address search.....

spears · Post by **spears** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:20 pm

looking for 102 glencairn drive govan,ibelieve there are 3 glencairn drives in glasgow and have just found that my grandad lived there according to the 1891 census. he was born 1889-originally thought it was glencairn drive pollok shields but it seems that the house nos do not go that far. can any one help in tracking down the right area, hoping to get a picture of address when i get the right one. thanks a lot elaine

Post by **AndrewP** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:35 pm

Hi Elaine,

On the Royal Mail website, I see the three Glencairn Drives.

(1) Glencairn Drive, Chryston, Glasgow, G69
(2) Glencairn Drive, Glasgow, G41
(3) Glencairn Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow, G73

Try a search for Glencairn drive on www.streetmap.co.uk and you can see the location for each of them.

Looking at these locations, as far as I can see only one of them is in the right general direction to be in Govan Parish or Registration District. That is the Pollockshields one.

The Royal Mail website shows that the current valid addresses there go up to 91 (odd numbers) and 72 (even numbers). Number 70 looks interesting (could the numbering have changed at some time?).

http://www.pollokshieldsburghhall.com/

All the best,

AndrewP

spears · Post by **spears** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:40 pm

hi there thanks very much for reply, i'll look further into it and let you know what comes of it, cheers elaine

Tom-W · Post by **Tom-W** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:00 pm

Hi Elaine

If you have the 1891 census you should be able to access the header images which will give you a description of where the street is in the district. The names of neighbouring streets should confirm if it is Glencairn Drive in Pollokshields or not.

I used to live in Pollokshields and it was in Govan for parliamentary elections.

Tom

spears · Post by **spears** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:13 pm

hi tom thanks for that, i;ll have a closer look cheers elaine

Tom-W · Post by **Tom-W** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:49 am

Just been in the library and decided to pull out the films for Glencairn Drive.

In 1891 it is in registration district Kinning Park, Civil Parish of Govan, Police Burgh of Pollokshields.

I also found the John Tuddenham you mention in your previous post. As suggested elsewhere the 102 is the number in the schedule. The actual house number was No 60 which is an address that does still exist according to royal mail.

Here is a link to the entry in the 1913 valuation roll for this address

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/imagevie ... =TGSV23072

Tom

spears · Post by **spears** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:40 pm

hi tom, thank you so much, i've been trying for what seems like ages to track my grandads house down. with a starting point now i can trace his life and rest of family. thanks again for your research, sites like this are indeed a godsend, take care elaine