Field Gate Farmhouse, Acocks Green

[bilsat]

In the Mail today 12th Dec there is story in the old suppliment dated 15th Dec 1977 about the demise of Field Gate Farmhouse and that it was to be demolished, brick by brick, did this happen and if so what happened to the bricks and was it rebuilt?
Also where along Yardley Rd was it?

 

[bilsat]

Have I found a subject that no-one knows about, no replys in two days!

 

[ladylinda]

Hi Bilsat,I did have a look for some info re the census etc,but all I could see was Field Gate Cottages,there were 3 of them (if I remember correctly) but I couldn't see a farmhouse! I think I had a look on the Electoral Rolls as well,and couldn't see it,so I didn't post!!

 

[suemalings]

I did a search on google. There is a mention of Field Gate Farm on the BGFL site. But nothing except to say it was Tudor. I think perhaps, Birmingham Library would be a good place to enquire.

 

[bilsat]

Hi All.
Your search Suemalings is the right farm as the Mails article said it was of Tudor origin, it just seems strange that a farm and building can vanish of the face of the earth with no trace!
Ladylinda where does the census say the cottages were/are and when?
Thanks
Pete

 

[ladylinda]

Hi Bilsat,I looked at the 1901 census which shows a place labelled "The Farm" as uninhabited.,then there is a couple of houses,then 3 cottages called Field Gate Cottages,then "The Wharf",then Brighton Place,Yardley Rd,Albert Terrace,Yardley Rd,shop,Sheldon Lodge,then Olton Lodge on the Census sheets.In the other direction were some larger houses.Peoples name at one of the cottages were Thomas and Mary Jones,aged 73. At another the family were Martha Bullock and a William and George Smith and at another was a William and Caroline Heffer or Haffer. I think if someone could come up with a map of the area we could pinpoint it.My maps don't cover that part of Brum.On the 1901 census it was labelled RG13 2922.After looking on the 1891 and 1881 census,I think it was near to the canal not far from Augusta Rd?
Hope this helps!

 

[robert]

there was an old cottage standing on the canel around that time. I dont know if it was taken down brick by brick or demolished. there,s a pair of semis there now.

 

[lencops]

https://aghs.jimdo.com/the-rest-of-the-nineteenth-century/ Link to the Acocks Green History Society an article on Stockfield Rd canal bridge says that behind Field Gate Farm was a wharf where coal was kept when offloaded. Len.

 

[mikejee]

The map c 1912 shows the wharf. Stockfield road is the one coming down on the left, so field gate farm must be the building in red, though it is not named on the 1912 or 1890 maps, or, as far as I can see, in any directory
Mike