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    Tomkins Building, Canal Side, Spring Hill

    Superb find. Wonderfully helpful and illuminating. I really appreciate all the effort you've put into trying to find answers to my questions :)
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    Tomkins Building, Canal Side, Spring Hill

    Fascinating! There's no sign of him or his family at all in the 1881 census despite his death certificate proving he was still there in 1887. I seem to remember doing a street search of the census a while back and that part of Canal Side was nowhere to be found. I know some pages from some...
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    Tomkins Building, Canal Side, Spring Hill

    Wow, this is so helpful. I think you may well be correct in your conclusion. Many thanks indeed for all your detective work. I wonder if these buildings were ever photographed... and in what year they were demolished?
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    Tomkins Building, Canal Side, Spring Hill

    I fear the relevant pages of the 1881 census may be amongst those that are missing, now lost for whatever reason. Alas!
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    Tomkins Building, Canal Side, Spring Hill

    Thanks so much for this. Don't know why I hadn't thought to look at the preceding page of the census before. Doh! Do let me know if you manage to uncover further info.
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    Tomkins Building, Canal Side, Spring Hill

    The 1871 census reveals that my Great Great Grandparents, John & Ann Moseley (née Darley) and their family resided at the Tomkins Building on Canal Side in the All Saints/Spring Hill area of the city. They must still have been living there in 1881 (alas, I can find no trace of the 1881 census...
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