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Recent content by CGR

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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    Everyone has been very responsive and helpful - thanks!
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    That's for sure!
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    yes that's right (well spotted)
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    yes, that is in whom i'm interested - no relation - art historical interest.
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    Thx! - looks like it could be - though he identifies himself as an architect on his daughter's birth cert there wasn't any restriction on self-identifying as such in 1878, and I suppose anyone active in building/property management could see themselves as an architect, especially if they had...
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    thx - though I can't locate it on the interactive map - despite the reference to it (of 3 images) - can you pinpoint it for me please?
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    Great! Thank you all for this helpful info. It looks like it could be a Victorian property but an AI search says Farm Road houses were built in 1930s - any ideas or older maps available please? Also, an AI search say Aston, Warwickshire, was known officially as Aston-juxta-Birmingham until early...
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    Thanks for the responses. It is Farm Road (not Street) - at least, that's what the writing looks like (Farm). I've copied here.Thx again
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    Farm Road Sparkbrook

    A birth certificate of a person I'm researching lists the place of birth (in 1878) as Farm Road, Aston. The Farm Road I can find is located in Sparkhill. Would that have been covered by Aston in the late 1880s and the proper way to nominate the place of birth then (rather than Sparkhill)? If so...
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