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Address plaques and nameplates for Terraces, Villas, Places etc

I think there might possibly have been various ways of fixing plaques to walls. Two missing plaques below, one fixed with something the other clean as a whistle (or maybe the fixing agent has been removed). Just an observation as I've seen quite a few where the fixing agent has been left behind.
 

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Salisbury Road, Lozells
7, Erwyd (?) Villas - above passageway
14, Drakeleigh Villas - above passageway
21, Rose Villas - above passageway
40, Waverley Villas - above passageway
46, Jersey Place - above passageway

Carlyle Road, Lozells
68, Lechlade Place

Lodge Road, Winson Green
54 Belgrave Terrace

James Turner Street, Winson Green
83, Charles Place - above passageway
At corner with Franklin Street Sycamore Buildings 1869(?)

Perrott Street, Winson Green
56, Rose Place - above passageway
86, Ash Place

Spencer Street, Hockley
94, Plantagenet Buildings

Rookery Road, Handsworth
122, Moor Bank - above passageway
142, Queens Villas - above passageway
150, Kings Villas - above passageway (see photo)
176, Rose Villas - above passageway

Douglas Road, Handsworth
23, Brighton Villas- above passageway
27, Laxey Villas- above passageway
31, Ventnor Villas - above passageway
35, Grosvenor Villas - above passageway
43, Ellerslie
44, Ivy Villas - above passageway
45, Lonsdale
47, Silverdale
48, Fern Villas - above passageway
49, Fernleigh
56, Ramsey Villas, name on lintel above passageway entry
60, Cedar Villas, name on lintel above passageway entry
71, Myrtle Villas
75, Maple Villas
83, Palm Villas
87, Holly Villas
93, (Davy ?) Villas
99, Ethel Villas

Linwood Road, Handsworth
25, Priory House, and a separate plaque 1880
49, Cefnhendre House
51, Hawthorn Villas- above passageway
53, Pine Tree Villas - above passageway
59, Pine Wood Villas - above passageway
87, Clent House
113, Frederick Villas - above passageway
120, Woodbine Villas - above passageway
121, Providence Villas - above passageway
125, Lansdown Villas - above passageway
126 Mona Villas
133, Devonshire Villas 1883 - above passageway
141, Douglas Villas - above passageway
145, Verthor Villas - above passageway
149, Bay Villas, 1885 - above passageway

Lodge Road,Winson Green
254, Belgrave Terrace

Handsworth New Road
5, Elmdon New Terrace - above passageway
7, Florence Place - above passageway
9,Malvern Villas - above passageway

Dawlish Road, Selly Oak
91, Queens Jubilee Villas 1887
115, Edith Villas- above passageway
119, Herbert Villas- above passageway
122, Oak Villas
250, Honiton Villas 1900 - on lintel over passageway
258, Adelaide - above passageway lintel
262, Ulster Villas - ornate plaque above passageway
311, Buxton
313, 902 (or 1902 ?) above passageway on lintel - see photo
315, (..onway?)
319, Hepley(?)
331, Munster Villas - ornate plaque above passageway

Exeter Road, Selly Oak
3, Elliot Villas - modern sign
7, Ascot Villas - ornate
24, Stanley Villas - above passageway
Murdock Road, Handsworth
45, Rosary Villas - ornate

Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak
18, Sunset Cottages 1892
25, Alma Cottages
32, Glan-Y-Wern
172, Lambavady

Bristol Road, Selly Oak
558, Market Place
830, Oaktree Place 1880
874, Lansdown Villas 1880 - above shops

Selly Oak Road, Selly Oak
22, Laburnum Place 1879 - above passageway
30, The Oaklands
36, The Hawthorns

Victoria Road, Aston
24, Swansea House
26, Camborne Villas - above passageway
86, Friar Park Villas 1873
92, Victoria Avenue Villas- above passageway
98, Queenslade (?) Villas
102, Brighton Villas - above passageway
106, Rowington Villas- above passageway
128, Clent Villas - above passageway
132, Cranbrook House
134, Chatsworth House

Ellesmere Road, Saltley
49, Longstone Villas- above passageway
69, (......cote) Villas - above passageway
73, Chudleigh Villas - above passageway

Ralph Street, Saltley
11, Herbert Villas (190.?) - above passageway as in the B&W photo
 

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Some Balsall Heath plaques.. Of particular interest is the Cannon Hill Stores plaque.

Hallam Street, Balsall Heath
41, Oakfield Villas
46, Cannon Hill Stores, above shop entrance - see Streetview below

Willows Road, Balsall Heath
4, Cannon Park Villas 1889
5, Prospect Villas - above passageway
12, St George's Villas - above passageway
19, Brookland Villas - above passageway
22, Highbury Villas- above passageway
25, John's Villas - above passageway
28, Woodside Villas - above passageway
29, Elm Villas - above passageway
30, Claremont Villas 1891 - on passageway lintel
33, Rose Villas- above passageway
34, Belle Vue 1891
38, Belmont Villas 1890
51, plaque missing but recess for plaque visible - see Streetview image below

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In Kings Heath. The Addison Road/Melton Road plaque pictured below is a phenomenal size! Given the rendering beneath it, maybe it was part of a larger sign ? Can't make sense if it.

Drayton Road, Kings Heath
5, Glen Avon
6, Rose Villas 1893
10, Kyrle Villas 1893 - above passageway
30, Wat...? Villas - above passageway
38, Sydney Villas - above passageway

Goldsmith Road, Kings Heath
14, Burton Villas - above passageway
18, Cowper Villas 1891 - on Iintel above passageway
19, Templefield Villas - on lintel above passageway
22, Milton Villas 1891- on lintel above passageway
26, Dryden Villas 1891- on lintel above passageway
34, Goldsmith Villas on lintel above passageway
52, Picton Villas
58, Almeha (?) Villas
59, Spencer Villas
67, Hazelwell Villas - above passageway

Institute Road, Kings Heath

31, South View
39, Deanfield
41, Coniston Villas - above passageway
47, Ir(?)beside- above passageway
88, Myrtle Cottage

Gaddesley Road, Kings Heath
25, Bessboro Villas- above passageway
29, Hill Crest
34, Belle Vue
42, Evelyn Villas - above passageway

Addison Road, Kings Heath
32, Glen Helen 1891 - above door
58, Clarach(?) - above passageway
140 (corner with Melton Road) Addison House 1906 - enormous plaque, see Streetview below

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