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Quinton

It doesn't appear on the 1921 map but it's there on the 1938 one.

You could check the electoral rolls to find out when it first appears. There only appears to be one listing for Corville Road on Ancestry and that's in 1935 but spelling for roads is not great so there could be others.
 
MWS said:
It doesn't appear on the 1921 map but it's there on the 1938 one.

You could check the electoral rolls to find out when it first appears. There only appears to be one listing for Corville Road on Ancestry and that's in 1935 but spelling for roads is not great so there could be others.
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How do you search for roads in Ancestry?
 
On the Midlands Electoral Rolls search page just type in the road in the street address. You don't need to enter the complete road, you can just enter 'Corville' for example and search that. As I said spellings are not great so results can be a bit hit and miss.

Complete electoral rolls are available at the Library of Birmingham.
 
1909 is the date quoted here when Quinton became part of Birmingham ex Worcestershire.
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Quinton, Birmingham - Wikipedia

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One interesting fact, to me anyway, was the reference about the watershed separating the Severn catchment from the Trent catchment.
 
MWS said:
On the Midlands Electoral Rolls search page just type in the road in the street address. You don't need to enter the complete road, you can just enter 'Corville' for example and search that. As I said spellings are not great so results can be a bit hit and miss.

Complete electoral rolls are available at the Library of Birmingham.
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Thank you
 
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