When was my house built?

I'm trying to find out when, in general, my house was built. It's a terrace house on Shoreham Street, near Bramall Lane.

Does anyone know when any of the houses down there were built or where I could find out?

I've tried some searching on google, but can't find anything.

Thanks

Cherry x

Couldn't really find the right section for this, sorry

Doesn't it tell you on your deeds? I think mine does.

Sorry, it's just a rented house.

I could ask my landlord, but he ignores my calls you see!

You could always buy a copy of the title register from the Land Registry

It costs £3.00 and should tell you when the house was first registered along with other information.

There must be a way to find out for free, maybe ask your neighbours if they knew when they were built? Good Luck.

Shoreham street is in this 1935 map of sheffield. All you need to do is look at old maps, then you'll get a rough idea of when it was built

It's not on this 1855 map

Its not on this 1885 map either

But it is on this 1890's map

SO it must have been built between 1885 and 1900

You can also use Trade Directories and Electoral Registers to narrow down the earliest dates for an address. Electoral registers are in the Local Studies Library, (1st floor of main library, Surrey Street). They also have the best collection of directories, though the Sheffield Archives (in Shoreham Street!) also have some.

Have you done an address search here to see if the address existed in the 1901 census?

If you were willing to pm me the address I can see if it existed in the 1891 census.

Hugh

Thank you all for your help

I didn't know the old census' were available online, how fun

I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question

Cherry x