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Hello everyone,
I am looking for the 2 sites:
The weights and measures department on Corporation St and John Wyatt's burial in St Philip's Churchyard.
Do you know where they are located?
Also, I have this aerial view of Bham town centre, but the quality is not that great. Do any of you own a...
Hello,
I am currently working on a series of videos entitled "Bham City Past and Present." I am working on it street by street (1 video = 1 street). And I would like to know when was Moat Row cut for development ?
Was it in the late 18th C when Thomas Gooch received an Act of Parliament that...
Hello Vivienne, Elijah Walton drawing seems to be a representation of the courtyard shown with the blue arrow. And it might well be the Horse Shoe Courtyard. As you said the house on the right looks "expensive-medieval." Also the Horse Shoe was right in the middle of St Martins Lane. So I would...
I think you are right Vivienne. The Inn was probably named the 3 horse Shoe because it had 3 gables.
It was built for Elena Ferrers (nee Bermingham) and her 1st husband, Lord Edmund Ferrers, who was for a time the Lord of the manor.
Thank you very much for your input Vivienne.
Thank you so much Mikejee.
Do you think it the Horse Shoe Inn is the building adjacent to the swan with 2 necks. I know that the Horse Shoe Inn was rebuilt in the Victorian era. So it might that tall victorian building in the photo. What do you think?
Thank you.
Hello,
Does anyone know the exact location of the Horse Shoe Inn in St Martins Lane. It is said to be the last place Edward Bermingham (the last Lord of the Manor) lived before he died.
I am also looking for a drawing or painting of the Horse Shoe Inn.
Thank you in advance.
Joseline