On the 1st July 1948 the London County Council ordered that Cranworth Gardens be renumbered. The reason why is not exactly clear, it could possibly relate to the fact that the original numbering was rather confusing with there being flat 1 to 6 in each block, meaning that on one street there were 25 flat number 1’s and so on. The confusing nature of the numbering possibly came to light even more during the second world war when Cranworth Gardens was bombed on numerous occasions, each incident had to be tended to as quickly as possible and if buildings are numbered in a confusing manner then the task of locating a ‘flat one’ on a street of 25 of them might be somewhat difficult in a blackout, so perhaps the renumbering came off the back of that.
See the table below for details of modern flat numbers and their original number…
Modern Flat Number | Original Flat Number |
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1 | Flat 1, 1 Cranworth Gardens |
2 | Flat 2, 1 Cranworth Gardens |
3 | Flat 3, 1 Cranworth Gardens |
4 | Flat 4, 1 Cranworth Gardens |
5 | Flat 5, 1 Cranworth Gardens |
6 | Flat 6, 1 Cranworth Gardens |
7 | Flat 1, 3 Cranworth Gardens |
8 | Flat 2, 3 Cranworth Gardens |
9 | Flat 3, 3 Cranworth Gardens |
10 | Flat 4, 3 Cranworth Gardens |
11 | Flat 5, 3 Cranworth Gardens |
12 | Flat 6, 3 Cranworth Gardens |
13 | Flat 1, 5 Cranworth Gardens |
14 | Flat 2, 5 Cranworth Gardens |
15 | Flat 3, 5 Cranworth Gardens |
16 | Flat 4, 5 Cranworth Gardens |
17 | Flat 5, 5 Cranworth Gardens |
18 | Flat 6, 5 Cranworth Gardens |
19 | Flat 1, 7 Cranworth Gardens |
20 | Flat 2, 7 Cranworth Gardens |
21 | Flat 3, 7 Cranworth Gardens |
22 | Flat 4, 7 Cranworth Gardens |
23 | Flat 5, 7 Cranworth Gardens |
24 | Flat 6, 7 Cranworth Gardens |
25 | Flat 1, 9 Cranworth Gardens |
26 | Flat 2, 9 Cranworth Gardens |
27 | Flat 3, 9 Cranworth Gardens |
28 | Flat 4, 9 Cranworth Gardens |
29 | Flat 5, 9 Cranworth Gardens |
30 | Flat 6, 9 Cranworth Gardens |
31 | Flat 1, 11 Cranworth Gardens |
32 | Flat 2, 11 Cranworth Gardens |
33 | Flat 3, 11 Cranworth Gardens |
34 | Flat 4, 11 Cranworth Gardens |
35 | Flat 5, 11 Cranworth Gardens |
36 | Flat 6, 11 Cranworth Gardens |
37 | Flat 1, 13 Cranworth Gardens |
38 | Flat 2, 13 Cranworth Gardens |
39 | Flat 3, 13 Cranworth Gardens |
40 | Flat 4, 13 Cranworth Gardens |
41 | Flat 5, 13 Cranworth Gardens |
42 | Flat 6, 13 Cranworth Gardens |
43 | Flat 1, 15 Cranworth Gardens |
44 | Flat 2, 15 Cranworth Gardens |
45 | Flat 3, 15 Cranworth Gardens |
46 | Flat 4, 15 Cranworth Gardens |
47 | Flat 5, 15 Cranworth Gardens |
48 | Flat 6, 15 Cranworth Gardens |
49 | Flat 1, 17 Cranworth Gardens |
50 | Flat 2, 17 Cranworth Gardens |
51 | Flat 3, 17 Cranworth Gardens |
52 | Flat 4, 17 Cranworth Gardens |
53 | Flat 5, 17 Cranworth Gardens |
54 | Flat 6, 17 Cranworth Gardens |
55 | Flat 1, 19 Cranworth Gardens |
56 | Flat 2, 19 Cranworth Gardens |
57 | Flat 3, 19 Cranworth Gardens |
58 | Flat 4, 19 Cranworth Gardens |
59 | Flat 5, 19 Cranworth Gardens |
60 | Flat 6, 19 Cranworth Gardens |
61 | Flat 1, 21 Cranworth Gardens |
62 | Flat 2, 21 Cranworth Gardens |
63 | Flat 3, 21 Cranworth Gardens |
64 | Flat 4, 21 Cranworth Gardens |
65 | Flat 5, 21 Cranworth Gardens |
66 | Flat 6, 21 Cranworth Gardens |
67 | Flat 1, 23 Cranworth Gardens |
68 | Flat 2, 23 Cranworth Gardens |
69 | Flat 3, 23 Cranworth Gardens |
70 | Flat 1, 25 Cranworth Gardens |
71 | Flat 2, 25 Cranworth Gardens |
72 | Flat 3, 25 Cranworth Gardens |
73 | Flat 4, 25 Cranworth Gardens |
74 | Flat 5, 25 Cranworth Gardens |
75 | Flat 6, 25 Cranworth Gardens |
76 | Flat 1, 26 Cranworth Gardens |
77 | Flat 2, 26 Cranworth Gardens |
78 | Flat 3, 26 Cranworth Gardens |
79 | Flat 4, 26 Cranworth Gardens |
80 | Flat 5, 26 Cranworth Gardens |
81 | Flat 6, 26 Cranworth Gardens |
82 | Flat 1, 24 Cranworth Gardens |
83 | Flat 2, 24 Cranworth Gardens |
84 | Flat 3, 24 Cranworth Gardens |
85 | Flat 1, 22 Cranworth Gardens |
86 | Flat 2, 22 Cranworth Gardens |
87 | Flat 3, 22 Cranworth Gardens |
88 | Flat 4, 22 Cranworth Gardens |
89 | Flat 5, 22 Cranworth Gardens |
90 | Flat 6, 22 Cranworth Gardens |
91 | Flat 1, 20 Cranworth Gardens |
92 | Flat 2, 20 Cranworth Gardens |
93 | Flat 3, 20 Cranworth Gardens |
94 | Flat 4, 20 Cranworth Gardens |
95 | Flat 5, 20 Cranworth Gardens |
96 | Flat 6, 20 Cranworth Gardens |
97 | Flat 1, 18 Cranworth Gardens |
98 | Flat 2, 18 Cranworth Gardens |
99 | Flat 3, 18 Cranworth Gardens |
100 | Flat 4, 18 Cranworth Gardens |
101 | Flat 5, 18 Cranworth Gardens |
102 | Flat 6, 18 Cranworth Gardens |
103 | Flat 1, 16 Cranworth Gardens |
104 | Flat 2 16 Cranworth Gardens |
105 | Flat 3, 16 Cranworth Gardens |
106 | Flat 4, 16 Cranworth Gardens |
107 | Flat 5, 16 Cranworth Gardens |
108 | Flat 6, 16 Cranworth Gardens |
109 | Flat 1, 14 Cranworth Gardens |
110 | Flat 2, 14 Cranworth Gardens |
111 | Flat 3, 14 Cranworth Gardens |
112 | Flat 4, 14 Cranworth Gardens |
113 | Flat 5, 14 Cranworth Gardens |
114 | Flat 6, 14 Cranworth Gardens |
115 | Flat 1, 12 Cranworth Gardens |
116 | Flat 2, 12 Cranworth Gardens |
117 | Flat 3, 12 Cranworth Gardens |
118 | Flat 4, 12 Cranworth Gardens |
119 | Flat 5, 12 Cranworth Gardens |
120 | Flat 6, 12 Cranworth Gardens |
121 | Flat 1, 10 Cranworth Gardens |
122 | Flat 2, 10 Cranworth Gardens |
123 | Flat 3, 10 Cranworth Gardens |
124 | Flat 4, 10 Cranworth Gardens |
125 | Flat 5, 10 Cranworth Gardens |
126 | Flat 6, 10 Cranworth Gardens |
127 | Flat 1, 8 Cranworth Gardens |
128 | Flat 2, 8 Cranworth Gardens |
129 | Flat 3, 8 Cranworth Gardens |
130 | Flat 4, 8 Cranworth Gardens |
131 | Flat 5, 8 Cranworth Gardens |
132 | Flat 6, 8 Cranworth Gardens |
133 | Flat 1, 6 Cranworth Gardens |
134 | Flat 2, 6 Cranworth Gardens |
135 | Flat 3, 6 Cranworth Gardens |
136 | Flat 4, 6 Cranworth Gardens |
137 | Flat 5, 6 Cranworth Gardens |
138 | Flat 6, 6 Cranworth Gardens |
139 | Flat 1, 4 Cranworth Gardens |
140 | Flat 2, 4 Cranworth Gardens |
141 | Flat 3, 4 Cranworth Gardens |
142 | Flat 4, 4 Cranworth Gardens |
143 | Flat 5, 4 Cranworth Gardens |
144 | Flat 6, 4 Cranworth Gardens |
145 | Flat 1, 2 Cranworth Gardens |
146 | Flat 2, 2 Cranworth Gardens |
147 | Flat 3, 2 Cranworth Gardens |
148 | Flat 4, 2 Cranworth Gardens |
149 | Flat 5, 2 Cranworth Gardens |
150 | Flat 6, 2 Cranworth Gardens |
Read on for Part 6 – Who were the first tenants? – Cranworth Gardens on the 1901 Census