Guildford house

[Astoness]

hi folks..just been given an address of guildford house..lozells aston juxta and i would like to find out more about it...ive heard of guidford st and of course there is a lozells st..would anyone have any info on this address please..

thank you for any help given...

lyn

 

[brassman]

Lyn, don’t you mean Guildford House in the text, and could it have be on Gower Street close to Guild Street or the other way round.

There… done it… my first reply !!!

 

[Astoness]

welcome to the forum adam... ive just edited my post..bit early in the morning when i posted that....yes i hope someone can locate this guildford house for you..fingers crossed...oh what year was guildford house there...??

lyn

 

[Astoness]

the years we are looking for guildford house is 1865/8

thanks to anyone who may be able to track this building down...

lyn

 

[horsencart]

The problem is that I need a suname, to check the directorys, then it may be possible to find Guildford House were they trade the more info the more chance to fiind the place

 

[Astoness]

horsencart...i am only helping brassman out but from the info i have a mrs ann bodhill lived at guildford house..1865.

 

[brassman]

The problem is that I need a suname, to check the directorys, then it may be possible to find Guildford House were they trade the more info the more chance to fiind the place

Thanks horsencart,
I have two copies of two administration documents that lists the last address as Guildford House Lozells Aston Birmingham for both William Bodill and Joseph Bodill father and son who both died in 1865 William Bodill was one of the messengers to the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. Ann Bodill was also registered as living there. and later at
Gower Street Lozells but with no house number in the Post Office directory of 1868 the listing places her just before Guildford Street and the Congregational Schools first thereafter.
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[Astoness]

hi adam..just emailed you as i think the mystery is solved

lyn

 

[horsencart]

In the 1868 directory there is a
Bodhill William & Co tin plate worker, 35 & 36 Great Hampton Row in the 1870 directory he is listed as Bodill it is the same for the 1865 diirectory
in the 1855 directory there is a
Bodill Wm, messengeer to Court of Bankrupcy, 224 Hagley Rd,

in the 1868 directory 224 Hagley Rd the house was called Stonehurst

in the 1849 directory there is a
Bodil William Messenger to the court of bankrupcy 28 Broad St

Thanks horsencart,
I have two copies of two administration documents that lists the last address as Guildford House Lozells Aston Birmingham for both William Bodill and Joseph Bodill father and son who both died in 1865 William Bodill was one of the messengers to the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. Ann Bodill was also registered as living there. and later at
Gower Street Lozells but with no house number in the Post Office directory of 1868 the listing places her just before Guildford Street and the Congregational Schools first thereafter.
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[Vivienne14]

Two nice lithographs of Guildford House in the 1860s.Viv.


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[brummy-lad]

I just found this 1851 census record for Guildford House, typically I was looking for something completely different.

 

[Astoness]

thanks john very interesting...if memory serves me right i think there is a photo of guildford house in the distance on the furnace lane thread..

lyn

 

[brummy-lad]

thanks john very interesting...if memory serves me right i think there is a photo of guildford house in the distance on the furnace lane thread..

lyn

That's right Lyn. Also, on the census pages adjacent to these, there were lots of records for a Furnace Meadows, probably another reference to the original furnace.

 

[Astoness]

i would definately think its a reference to aston furnace john and to think it still lies intact under the ground..wish i could get at it

 

[brummy-lad]

Well let's hope that they put the park in the right place so future generations have a chance. There are about 15 houses referred to as Furnace Meadows and they are on the records following the Wheeler Street entries, could be that there was little property between Wheeler Street and Guildford House in 1851.

 

[Astoness]

john i was thinking that furnace meadows could make a good thread for investigation...i wonder if you could start a new thread for it please posting the relevant census page and date..no rush

lyn

 

[brummy-lad]

john i was thinking that furnace meadows could make a good thread for investigation...i wonder if you could start a new thread for it please posting the relevant census page and date..no rush

lyn

Will do, I'll just check the 1841 census first.

 

[brummy-lad]

Guildford House also appears on the 1841 census, looks as though it was a school then also. The record before it is Lozells Road and after is Wheeler Street.

 

[brummy-lad]

It was only when I was looking for Gladstone Terrace the other day that I realised the same aerial view would also show Guildford House.