Paradise Place, Radford

Hello I am researching two women living at The Cottage in the 1891 census and am trying to establish exactly where the property was located. The census appears to show two entries for Paradise Place, then The Cottage, followed by another Paradise Place entry, and then Radford Villa and Radford Cottages. This suggests that Paradise Place may have been a small street, court, or cluster of dwellings. Does anyone know where Paradise Place was situated in 1891, whether it survives today, or if there are any historic maps showing the area? Any information about The Cottage would be especially welcome, as its two occupants were both recorded as laundresses. Many thanks for any help.

Welcome to the forum SHS - I've just had a quick look on the 1906 map and can't see any direct mention of a Paradise Place but we do have a thread on Paradise Street..... I'll keep digging.............

I don't know of anywhere with all those names in close proximity but short stretches of terraces were often given names, even though they were part of a longer road. Those names often didn't last long. A place called the Cottage was roughly here. I'd have expected the place you were looking for would be off the Radford Road and the Radford Villa was supposed to have been replaced by Villa Road. There's a picture of it if you Google.

A Google search turned up this surprisingly helpful post on Facebook.... https://www.facebook.com/groups/224800314660611/posts/108129.... ...which then led me to looking at the wonderful National Library of Scotland maps.... https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.6&lat=52.42433&lon=.... Using the two newspaper adverts I found (below), I would guess that the cottages and villas were part of the cluster just below the congregational chapel shown on the old map (a fader, bottom left, will reveal the modern map), right next to the Radford Road. Possibly where the shops are nowadays on Google Maps.