Recent content by Solihull Girl

Mills of Britain - another website I sometimes use.

Mills Archive - has a list of mills which may help for any future search.

Hi all, many thanks for the info you have provided. :)

I found Netherwood on Facebook (only I do not have access)

Hi Janice Thanks for this - I was born in the late 50's, so Brook House sounds right.

My birth certificate gives the above address which my mother always called the "cottage hospital". My sister, born two years later, was delivered in the new Solihull Hospital. Does anyone have information on 19 Lode Lane please? Thanks in advance.

Hi, fabulous info above. I have provided the info on how to "buy" the section/plot information to a friend of mine. Interesting that Birmingham charge for this and yet information for other burial sites is freely available!

Hi, have just found out that my cousin's grandfather was listed in 1858 Trade Directory as a greengrocer at 100 Lichfield Street. His name was John Gilford Reynolds.

Hi Brummie Lad Thanks so much for this information. Richard Burley died in 1855 and his wife Ann carried on the business. I hadn't got around to checking the directories, so will have a look now. SG

Hi Brummy Lad Thanks for the info. It would make sense if it was a single property as they had a servant! Plus I am assuming that an iron founder who employed staff would be better off than the poorer folk crammed into court houses.

Hi all, I am new to the site and came across it when looking for information on Anne Burley nee Davis (widowed) who in 1861 lived at 60 1 Court 20, Lower Hurst St East, Birmm. She is stated to be an iron founder employing 5 men and 4 boys. The maps previously linked to this thread are...