There are lots of references to Peck Lane, but I can't find a thread specifically about this lane. A brief description from the late Bill Dargue :
"Peck Lane which ran from new Street to Dudley Street was perhaps of more interest after its disappearance. In existence by 1731, the lane and the surrounding area was gutten int eh 1850's for the building of New Street Station. The Street Commissioners, predecessors of the Town Council, sold the site with its rights of way. Some 10 years later, in 1862, the newly elected Town Council petitioned unceccessfully for the return of the right of way, formerly Peck Lane. the London Birmingham Railway Co had provided a footbridge over the station as a voluntary concession. By its constant use of 100 years it became a right of way once more, and when the present station was built, this right, though slightly circuitous, was maintained".
One of the Lines' family portrayed the Lane in the drawing below. The Tavern to the right would have been the Grapes Tavern on New Street. To the left would have been King Edwards School, New Street. A later painting shows the Lane entrance between those two buildings.
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"Peck Lane which ran from new Street to Dudley Street was perhaps of more interest after its disappearance. In existence by 1731, the lane and the surrounding area was gutten int eh 1850's for the building of New Street Station. The Street Commissioners, predecessors of the Town Council, sold the site with its rights of way. Some 10 years later, in 1862, the newly elected Town Council petitioned unceccessfully for the return of the right of way, formerly Peck Lane. the London Birmingham Railway Co had provided a footbridge over the station as a voluntary concession. By its constant use of 100 years it became a right of way once more, and when the present station was built, this right, though slightly circuitous, was maintained".
One of the Lines' family portrayed the Lane in the drawing below. The Tavern to the right would have been the Grapes Tavern on New Street. To the left would have been King Edwards School, New Street. A later painting shows the Lane entrance between those two buildings.
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