Location of Brewery Lane, Deritend, Birmingham - circa 1841

[Now-Slow-Eddie]

Deritend doesn't seem to have a Brewery Lane anymore - browsed through the Brewery Section without getting any clues. My great grandfather was born on Brewery Lane, Deritend in 1841 (his father was a Bellows Maker), and I was wondering which Brewery this Lane would be connected to, and where exactly this Brewery Lane used to be. I'm also looking into Bellows Making businesses.

 

[Vivienne14]

There was a Deritend Brewery in the 1860s in Moseley Street. This business discontinued in 1866.

Source : British Newspaper Archive

 

[MWS]

I wonder if it was/became part of Alcester St.

On the 1841 census Alcester St is listed before and after Brewery Lane.

By 1851 Brewery Lane appears to have become Brewery St - a John Bragg and family is listed on Brewery Lane in 1841 and Brewery St in 1851.

By 1861 Brewery St appears to have been absorbed into Alcester St - John Bragg's widow is now listed on Alcester St as are a John Cadman and a William Cadman (different household), all 3 of which whom listed on Brewery St in 1851.

Brewery Lane doesn't appear to be on the 1839 map. Either way appears to be in that area.

 

[Vivienne14]

Yes I think so. I've extracted this from the Warstone and Deritend Brewery thread. Deritend Brewery separated from Warstone Lane Brewery in the 1830s. The Deritend brewery site occupied both Moseley and Alcester Streets. Link to that thread here

Warstone Deritend brewery

The brewery in the early 19th century. Forrest and Sons brewed dark, bitter tasting porter made from malt heated to a high temperature. Engraving from the Revolutionary Players site. Viv.

birminghamhistory.co.uk

 

[mikejee]

This would presumably be the brewery in red on the cc1824 map

 

[mikejee]

And on the 1839 map

 

[mikejee]

I wonder if it was/became part of Alcester St.

On the 1841 census Alcester St is listed before and after Brewery Lane.

By 1851 Brewery Lane appears to have become Brewery St - a John Bragg and family is listed on Brewery Lane in 1841 and Brewery St in 1851.

By 1861 Brewery St appears to have been absorbed into Alcester St - John Bragg's widow is now listed on Alcester St as are a John Cadman and a William Cadman (different household), all 3 of which whom listed on Brewery St in 1851.

Brewery Lane doesn't appear to be on the 1839 map. Either way appears to be in that area.

Brewery St is listed in the 1867 Kellys as next to no 197 Darwin St, which is very close to the end of the streetafter Salop and hollie rSt, and so would be almost Alcester St (which is not listed as connecting to it). so I think MWS is correct

 

[Vivienne14]

From Showells Dictionary the brewery was one of the earliest on a large scale and goes back to the 1780s.

"In the days of old nearly every publican and innkeeper was his own brewer, the fame of his house depending almost solely on the quality of the "stingo" he could pour out to his customers. The first local brewery on a large scale appears to have been that erected in Moseley Street in 1782, which even down to late years retained its cognomen of the Birmingham Old Brewery"

 

[Vivienne14]

And would the bellows maker have been Onions (later Alldays & Onions )? Located in nearby Bradford Street too. There's a thread here

Alldays & Onions

Hello Folks, scouring through some old pics of 1966 I found this one, I was wondering about the van in the background, any info, picture taken Wyndhurst Rd, Stechford........

birminghamhistory.co.uk

 

[mikejee]

Apparently there were several Onions bellows makers in 1841 (Pigots directory 1841