In Search of a Cavendish Family

Inns Question: where, exactly were these hotels?

Without wishing to open old wounds, one of the problems with answering this question exactly has been the Luftwaffe. So much damage was done along London's river during the Blitz that most of the area covered by our search had to be cleared, completely.

Mind you, post war planners did almost as much damage.

Joking aside, photographs of the area as it was in the Savages' day show it to be a fairly uninspiring part of London. There is a huge number of photographs of the area at the time at this address.

Anyway, by searching the Census, registers, and old and new maps of S. E. London, alongside the letters which Sandra has transcribed, we can, with reasonable confidence, place the Savages and their businesses in the area around Waterloo Station.
This link should show you the corresponding area today.

The starting point is York Road:
  • At No. 60, George and Emma Savage are recorded as being Hotel Proprietors in 1901. We believe this to be the "Trafalgar". In fact, if you search through the Lambeth Landmark site, you can find a picture of No 58, standing on the corner of Vine Street and York Road, with the Trafalgar sneaking in on the left. This whole area of housing is long gone, probably under the Shell Centre.
  • 88-90 York Road is where William Savage was "Hotel Manager" in 1901, and where Rillo Brown was cook.
    This was the "Shakespeare"
  • Up York Road, and across Waterloo Road, is Stamford Street, site of "Sharmans Hotel", and Dora and Owen.

Most of the Lambeth locations of the Savages are within shouting distance of these three establishments: New Cut (now "The Cut"), Griffin Street (which seems to have disappeared), the church of St John, and so on.
The census records indicate a very diverse population even then, with many foreign workers and visitors.

William Savage was one such worker.

Read about what we know about the
Brown Family History

 		  

See what we found about William, and other members of the
Savage family
of Cavendish and beyond

 		    

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© Tracey Foulds, Sandra Poole and Stephen Clarke
September 5 2005
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