Unfortunately I don't have any photos of our house in Swanshurst Lane but am enquiring of other members of the family so hope I will find some! Looking back at Ernest Stanbury I found that on 1871 census he was living with his father, was aged 17 and the address was Sare Hole, Yardley, Solihull, Worcestershire. When he married May Welsford in December 1895 he was Ernest Justice Stanbury Eardley aged 41, Counsel in the law and his residence was Berry Mound, Shirley. He gave same address on Electoral rolls 1898, 1903 and 1905. So he obviously had a strong interest in the story of Berry Mound! From the 1903/5 electoral rolls he had an interest in Low Brook farm with 70 acres. On the 1898 Electoral Register he was living at Berry Mound, near Shirley and had an interest in freehold houses and land in Knighton, near Avon Dassett. I don't know where the Eardley came from yet but am enjoying finding out about this rather interesting character. My family name on my father's side was Bloxham and there are a few of these around Burton Dassett villages including three on the same page of the electoral register as Ernest! Small world. So much quicker these days with the Internet, when I started it was a lot of visits to Birmingham library!
