St John's Court 1842 Tithe Map
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St John's Court 1842 Tithe Map

A series of tiny cottages were here, set between Market Jew Street and Leskinnick Place; by 1875, a number of them had been demolished and new buildings erected; Properties 717, 718, 719 and 720 together with messuage had become one property and remained so until 1910, when the corner property was formed (at one time a chemist, and now a locksmith); by 1936, the only 'original' cottage on the east side was Nr 721, the rest having been demolished and taken into a large warehouse, which was at one time a furniture store. The west side at the top (Nr 749) became an open plot by 1939; In 1939 were new built cottages at Nrs 727, 728 and 729; Nrs 730 and 731 remained original.
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Note:This is not the St John s Court built at the lower end of The Terrace by PHA next to Wood Street. I will see what else I can upload for spartanwarrior and others ....
 
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Fantastic information as always from treeve, Thankyou. The property at 720 is now a larger cottage, owing to the fact that it has taken on almost half of what was 719 with the other half being a store and rear entrance to reynolds opticians which would have been 717. read#
 
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I am now making a start on the Census records, and there is a reference to Johns Place in just two of the records. I need to tie that in with just where they are, and tie it in with the Apportionment Books, as well as any records of individual families and their Civil/Church records. It is as yet inconclusive about the name of this little street, though it is named as St John s Court in 1939.
 
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741 was the Public House ... very old; I have now managed to find my lists of buildings again; Cornish Arms, next down was Miller - fancy goods, Miss Rawle - sweets and cakes. Nr 47a was Polglase; 48 was Richards sweets, later taken over by Jacksons with Nr 49; Nr 50 was Rowe the baker, also taken over by Jackson s. I am trying to find the name of the street and whether or not a mistake has been made in the records. It will take a while to sift through it all.
 
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I have at last identified the specific addresses in the 1851 census, it is a matter now of spreading sideways into the other census records, and tying them in with the apportionment books; in 1851 it was ..... Jones s Place; to do this search required that I mentally walk the enumerator s route, otherwise an address could be anywhere in Penzance, literally. Not forgetting that many Closes and Courts, etc were demolished in later years. You need a certainty to start with, which I now have.
 
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The apportionment is for 1845, and so far I cannot identify the properties; neither can I identify the properties in the 1841 census; howver, Leskinnick Place is overpopulated with properties, so I suspect it was incorporated in that throroughfare, with no actual name given; I have references with regard to landowners of 1841, and it is quite likely it was owned by a Mr Johns. Please remember, if you see butcher or whatever as someone s occupation, it does not necessarily follow that that person conducted that trade at that address; that is where Trade Directories are useful; I have a number of them, and access to others.
 

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