Princes Road Quiz

Read the article on Princes Road. Then do the following quiz.

1. The house now numbered 50 Princes Road was built in which year?

2. The same house (No 50) was first recorded under what name in the 1878 Post Office Directory?

3. On the north side of Princes Road (houses 15–59) in the 1891 census there were a large number of households employed in what type of work?

4. What feature of the garden of No 53 (north side) made it suitable for laundry work?

5. The detached villa at the junction of Crescent Road and Princes Road is called what?

6. Which year saw the houses at 9–27 Princes Road built?

7. Which houses on Princes Road were built in 1882?

8. The pair of houses numbered 55 & 57 date from which year?

9. On the south side of Princes Road, the house originally numbered 48 was renumbered as which number in 1895?

10. Name three railway-related jobs recorded among Princes Road residents in 1891.

11. What type of outbuilding existed behind houses on the south side (for example at Nos 48/50) that was used for laundry business?

12. How many residents were there in houses 1–76 Princes Road in the 1891 population count?

13. The page mentions a “signalman’s house” called Railway Cottage located at which house number on the north side?

14. Which house on Princes Road is described as a “gabled flint house” built in 1875?

15. What industrial facility caused complaints from laundries in the late 19th century in the area?

16. In what year were houses 10–12 Princes Road built?

17. What year is given for the construction of houses 38 and 40–46 Princes Road?

18. Many houses in Princes Road were built in the 1880s — where are the Edwardian terraced houses located (which house numbers)?

19. The 1891 washing businesses on Princes Road employed many women; name two of the women's roles or job titles recorded.

1. 1875.

2. Hill House.

3. Laundry work — many households operated laundries.

4. Its L-shaped garden provided space for drying clothes.

5. Princes Villa.

6. 1878.

7. Nos. 1–7 and 26–32 were built in 1882.

8. 1868.

9. It was renumbered as No. 50 in 1895.

10. Signalman; railway porter; carriage works employee.

11. A wash-house or purpose-built laundry outbuilding.

12. 334 residents were recorded in houses 1–76 in 1891.

13. Railway Cottage, the signalman’s house, was at No. 83.

14. The gabled flint house built in 1875 is No. 48 (now No. 50).

15. The chimney of the dust destructor or waste incinerator caused complaints from laundries.

16. 1879.

17. 1880.

18. The Edwardian terraced houses are Nos. 69–81.

19. Examples include laundress, laundry maid, laundryman, and laundry assistant.

This page was last updated by Ted on 22-Nov-2025