I have my 2x great grandfather Thomas William Kincaid b1849 Ratcliff living at 64 Raymouth Road, Bermondsey on the 1901 census. I can't find him in 1911 (I know he didn't die until 1929).
In an attempt to find him in 1911 I looked up the address, and there are only odd numbers for Raymouth Road. Looking on Google street view, most of Raymouth Road is now redeveloped, but a few original houses remain on the odd side, but the even side is railway arches (the line form London Bridge towards Greenwich).
Thinking that the arches were constructed between 1901 and 1911 and his house was demolished I did some digging and found that the railway was constructed, and widened, considerably earlier than 1901.
The original construction was 1834/5, a southern widening in 1841 and a northern widening in 1850 (Wikipedia). I can't find any more recent construction.
So, from this I can only come up with 3 conclusions:-
1. The house number was wrong on the 1901 census
2. He was living in a railway arch in 1901
3. There was a later expansion of the railway between 1901 and 1911 and his house was demolished.
So, railway buffs, anyone know any more about the London Bridge & Greenwich Railway?
In an attempt to find him in 1911 I looked up the address, and there are only odd numbers for Raymouth Road. Looking on Google street view, most of Raymouth Road is now redeveloped, but a few original houses remain on the odd side, but the even side is railway arches (the line form London Bridge towards Greenwich).
Thinking that the arches were constructed between 1901 and 1911 and his house was demolished I did some digging and found that the railway was constructed, and widened, considerably earlier than 1901.
The original construction was 1834/5, a southern widening in 1841 and a northern widening in 1850 (Wikipedia). I can't find any more recent construction.
So, from this I can only come up with 3 conclusions:-
1. The house number was wrong on the 1901 census
2. He was living in a railway arch in 1901
3. There was a later expansion of the railway between 1901 and 1911 and his house was demolished.
So, railway buffs, anyone know any more about the London Bridge & Greenwich Railway?
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