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Birth Location - Weston Super-Mare
published by on Fri, 07/04/2017 - 0:49

I live in Canada, but would like to ask if someone would be so kind as to take a picture of a house where an ancestor was born. The location is 12 Carlton Street - Weston Super-Mare. Stanley Harold Crabbe was born there 3 Feb 1891.

Thanks,

Bonnie White

hieland@shaw.ca

Comments ..

Submitted by Pat Hase on Sat, 08/04/2017 - 21:16

As with many streets in Weston, Carlton Street was renumbered in about 1908 so the numbers today do not match the those of 1891. Added to which much of the Carlton area was demolished in the 1950s and 60s to make way for Dophin Square which is itself currently undergoing another redevelopment. Thanks are due to David Tyler who has compared the numbering of Carlton Street in street directories and has decided that No 12 Carlton Street in 1891 was on the left hand side just before the Coopers Arms.

No 12 Carlton Street is not in this photo it would have been to the left of the Cooper's Arms and you can just see the corner of its garden wall across the lane.

When this photo was shown at a recent meeting it was discovered that the niece of the woman standing in the front garden was there that evening!

Submitted by Bill Caple on Tue, 11/04/2017 - 13:29

The house in the center of the picture below was no.12 Carlton Street which was just to the left of the Coopers Arms. My father was born less than 100 meters from this house in 1902.

Below is a map of the area

Submitted by on Tue, 11/04/2017 - 23:47

I would like to thank those individuals that were so thoughtful to post the pictures, map and explanations of my request regarding #12 Charlton Street.

Regards,

Bonnie