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Dingley's Hotel

The following is taken from the Transactions of the Birmingham Archeological Society 1932.

In the early 1800s four prominent nonconformists purchased land in Moor St and on some of it constructed the New Meeting house, with Chapell street running by it to Dale End. The name was later changed to New Meeting Street. One of the four, Joseph Smith, an ironmonger, in 1745 built himself a house on the corner of this street with Moor St, and this can be seen on Bradford's map of 1850 (in Blue). Next to it was a warehouse for his products, which I assume is the small building to the back.

map 1850 showing what became Dingley's hotel.jpg
Later this was no. 124 Moor St. He lived there till 1785, and in 1886, the house was occupied by Michael Lakin, and warehouse used by his firm Lakin & Stokes. Michael was originally a plumber and glazier but advanced into a businessman, a wheeler and dealer with property in the area.. However, he died in November 1890, and in 1892 the house was taken by John Francis, merchant & Factor, with the warehouse being used by his firm Francis & Lee. He and his successor, James Reeves, occupied the house and warehouse till 1840. They seemed to be general merchants and factors, in Reeves' time one item that was dealt with several times was silkworm gut. In 1840 Mary Ann Dingley took the house over and turned it into a hotel.
 
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