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Kennedy's Horse Repository - Garden Road [????- ]

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Submitted by annelisec on Wed, 2011-01-26 21:19

Listed on maps as Livery Stables.

Who has a 1880 map and can place this properly ?

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Submitted by David on Thu, 2011-01-27 10:20.

Hi Annelise, Are you sure they had a building here? The 1900 Jurors List shows a "5, Garden Road" address for one employee, but then it also shows a "30, Elgin Street" address for another. I wonder if these are just residential addresses, rather than offices or stables?

Regards, David

Submitted by tngan on Thu, 2011-01-27 11:38.

Hi there,

5 Garden Road..... Don't know if the #5 of present day Garden Road is the same as the #5 back then.  Were there a government staple at Lower Albert Road next to the present day American Consulate back then?  I wonder.......

Best Regards,

T

Submitted by 80sKid on Thu, 2011-01-27 14:48.

Hi: the government ones on Lower Albert Road would have been around then

http://gwulo.com/node/6075

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2011-01-27 23:55.

1894 - The Directory & chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, ...

Horse Repository and Hongkong Dairy, Garden Road, rear of Murray Barracks

 

 

Submitted by David on Fri, 2011-01-28 17:21.

That's interesting. As Thomas and 80skid say, there's the stables on Lower Albert Road we know about. Seems unlikely that would have a Garden Road address though.

There's a 'livery stables' on this 1880 map (bottom left corner):

Admiralty, 1880

It's inside the military area, so I always assumed it was for the army's horses, but maybe it's the 'horse repository' mentioned above, or at least the horse repository was somewhere nearby?

Regards, David

Submitted by Adam on Fri, 2011-01-28 18:58.

This narrows it down a bit (second item down):

http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1881/680566.pdf

Submitted by annelisec on Sat, 2011-01-29 02:42.

That's the map.  It is the Livery Stable.  Do you think I have it placed correctly on the modern map ?

Submitted by David on Mon, 2011-01-31 19:40.

It looks about right to me.