Part 5 – What number was your flat? A guide to the re-numbering

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 NumberOriginal Flat Number
1Flat 1, 1 Cranworth Gardens
2Flat 2, 1 Cranworth Gardens
3Flat 3, 1 Cranworth Gardens
4Flat 4, 1 Cranworth Gardens
5Flat 5, 1 Cranworth Gardens
6Flat 6, 1 Cranworth Gardens
7Flat 1, 3 Cranworth Gardens
8Flat 2, 3 Cranworth Gardens
9Flat 3, 3 Cranworth Gardens
10Flat 4, 3 Cranworth Gardens
11Flat 5, 3 Cranworth Gardens
12Flat 6, 3 Cranworth Gardens
13Flat 1, 5 Cranworth Gardens
14Flat 2, 5 Cranworth Gardens
15Flat 3, 5 Cranworth Gardens
16Flat 4, 5 Cranworth Gardens
17Flat 5, 5 Cranworth Gardens
18Flat 6, 5 Cranworth Gardens
19Flat 1, 7 Cranworth Gardens
20Flat 2, 7 Cranworth Gardens
21Flat 3, 7 Cranworth Gardens
22Flat 4, 7 Cranworth Gardens
23Flat 5, 7 Cranworth Gardens
24Flat 6, 7 Cranworth Gardens
25Flat 1, 9 Cranworth Gardens
26Flat 2, 9 Cranworth Gardens
27Flat 3, 9 Cranworth Gardens
28Flat 4, 9 Cranworth Gardens
29Flat 5, 9 Cranworth Gardens
30Flat 6, 9 Cranworth Gardens
31Flat 1, 11 Cranworth Gardens
32Flat 2, 11 Cranworth Gardens
33Flat 3, 11 Cranworth Gardens
34Flat 4, 11 Cranworth Gardens
35Flat 5, 11 Cranworth Gardens
36Flat 6, 11 Cranworth Gardens
37Flat 1, 13 Cranworth Gardens
38Flat 2, 13 Cranworth Gardens
39Flat 3, 13 Cranworth Gardens
40Flat 4, 13 Cranworth Gardens
41Flat 5, 13 Cranworth Gardens
42Flat 6, 13 Cranworth Gardens
43Flat 1, 15 Cranworth Gardens
44Flat 2, 15 Cranworth Gardens
45Flat 3, 15 Cranworth Gardens
46Flat 4, 15 Cranworth Gardens
47Flat 5, 15 Cranworth Gardens
48Flat 6, 15 Cranworth Gardens
49Flat 1, 17 Cranworth Gardens
50Flat 2, 17 Cranworth Gardens
51Flat 3, 17 Cranworth Gardens
52Flat 4, 17 Cranworth Gardens
53Flat 5, 17 Cranworth Gardens
54Flat 6, 17 Cranworth Gardens
55Flat 1, 19 Cranworth Gardens
56Flat 2, 19 Cranworth Gardens
57Flat 3, 19 Cranworth Gardens
58Flat 4, 19 Cranworth Gardens
59Flat 5, 19 Cranworth Gardens
60Flat 6, 19 Cranworth Gardens
61Flat 1, 21 Cranworth Gardens
62Flat 2, 21 Cranworth Gardens
63Flat 3, 21 Cranworth Gardens
64Flat 4, 21 Cranworth Gardens
65Flat 5, 21 Cranworth Gardens
66Flat 6, 21 Cranworth Gardens
67Flat 1, 23 Cranworth Gardens
68Flat 2, 23 Cranworth Gardens
69Flat 3, 23 Cranworth Gardens
70Flat 1, 25 Cranworth Gardens
71Flat 2, 25 Cranworth Gardens
72Flat 3, 25 Cranworth Gardens
73Flat 4, 25 Cranworth Gardens
74Flat 5, 25 Cranworth Gardens
75Flat 6, 25 Cranworth Gardens
76Flat 1, 26 Cranworth Gardens
77Flat 2, 26 Cranworth Gardens
78Flat 3, 26 Cranworth Gardens
79Flat 4, 26 Cranworth Gardens
80Flat 5, 26 Cranworth Gardens
81Flat 6, 26 Cranworth Gardens
82Flat 1, 24 Cranworth Gardens
83Flat 2, 24 Cranworth Gardens
84Flat 3, 24 Cranworth Gardens
85Flat 1, 22 Cranworth Gardens
86Flat 2, 22 Cranworth Gardens
87Flat 3, 22 Cranworth Gardens
88Flat 4, 22 Cranworth Gardens
89Flat 5, 22 Cranworth Gardens
90Flat 6, 22 Cranworth Gardens
91Flat 1, 20 Cranworth Gardens
92Flat 2, 20 Cranworth Gardens
93Flat 3, 20 Cranworth Gardens
94Flat 4, 20 Cranworth Gardens
95Flat 5, 20 Cranworth Gardens
96Flat 6, 20 Cranworth Gardens
97Flat 1, 18 Cranworth Gardens
98Flat 2, 18 Cranworth Gardens
99Flat 3, 18 Cranworth Gardens
100Flat 4, 18 Cranworth Gardens
101Flat 5, 18 Cranworth Gardens
102Flat 6, 18 Cranworth Gardens
103Flat 1, 16 Cranworth Gardens
104Flat 2 16 Cranworth Gardens
105Flat 3, 16 Cranworth Gardens
106Flat 4, 16 Cranworth Gardens
107Flat 5, 16 Cranworth Gardens
108Flat 6, 16 Cranworth Gardens
109Flat 1, 14 Cranworth Gardens
110Flat 2, 14 Cranworth Gardens
111Flat 3, 14 Cranworth Gardens
112Flat 4, 14 Cranworth Gardens
113Flat 5, 14 Cranworth Gardens
114Flat 6, 14 Cranworth Gardens
115Flat 1, 12 Cranworth Gardens
116Flat 2, 12 Cranworth Gardens
117Flat 3, 12 Cranworth Gardens
118Flat 4, 12 Cranworth Gardens
119Flat 5, 12 Cranworth Gardens
120Flat 6, 12 Cranworth Gardens
121Flat 1, 10 Cranworth Gardens
122Flat 2, 10 Cranworth Gardens
123Flat 3, 10 Cranworth Gardens
124Flat 4, 10 Cranworth Gardens
125Flat 5, 10 Cranworth Gardens
126Flat 6, 10 Cranworth Gardens
127Flat 1, 8 Cranworth Gardens
128Flat 2, 8 Cranworth Gardens
129Flat 3, 8 Cranworth Gardens
130Flat 4, 8 Cranworth Gardens
131Flat 5, 8 Cranworth Gardens
132Flat 6, 8 Cranworth Gardens
133Flat 1, 6 Cranworth Gardens
134Flat 2, 6 Cranworth Gardens
135Flat 3, 6 Cranworth Gardens
136Flat 4, 6 Cranworth Gardens
137Flat 5, 6 Cranworth Gardens
138Flat 6, 6 Cranworth Gardens
139Flat 1, 4 Cranworth Gardens
140Flat 2, 4 Cranworth Gardens
141Flat 3, 4 Cranworth Gardens
142Flat 4, 4 Cranworth Gardens
143Flat 5, 4 Cranworth Gardens
144Flat 6, 4 Cranworth Gardens
145Flat 1, 2 Cranworth Gardens
146Flat 2, 2 Cranworth Gardens
147Flat 3, 2 Cranworth Gardens
148Flat 4, 2 Cranworth Gardens
149Flat 5, 2 Cranworth Gardens
150Flat 6, 2 Cranworth Gardens

Read on for Part 6 – Who were the first tenants? – Cranworth Gardens on the 1901 Census

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