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cheston. road nechells

Astonian

gone but not forgotten
Hi guys
In the 1873. Return of owners. Land for Warwickshire notes that the executors. Of Charles. Chest on of Aston. Owned. 23 acres. Of land
Worth £185. ,given that nechells. Was in the parish of Aston ,and that the district of Aston was just across the canal
From chest on road, it is likely that the road is named after him

I may had that my god father was the post master general of the postal sorting office years after in the early thirty and fortys
At the chest on road sorting office his name was Doug rogers from the Barr beacon area my god mother still lives up the beacons today she is in

Late eightys and blind he was her husband whom died in the fifths best wishes astonian,,,,,,,,,
 
This building (125 Cheston Road) is now occupied by Fitzgerald, early 1900s it appears to have been a council storage depot. The position of the door has been changed but the old entrance has been expertly and sympathetically filled in as can be seen on streetview.
 

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