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Snow Hill (the Road)
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Pedrocut
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From “Birmingham Buildings; the architectural story of a Midland City by Little, Bryan D. G.”
wonderful photo pedro...hard to believe how things look now...this is the white horse cellars pub today...the snow hill photos are also great....lyn
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Richard Dye
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Pedro, the Snow hill pictures are WONDERFUL!. The b&w are so very effective. Thank you!
Richard Dye
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lyn, thank you for that! Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! Such a beautiful city taken away!wonderful photo pedro...hard to believe how things look now...this is the white horse cellars pub today...the snow hill photos are also great....lyn
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i agree richard and like ive always said...without photographs we would not have a clue how things once looked
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Very unusual view Pedro. I guess around late 1950s/early 1960s ? Viv.
I'm new to this forum. It's really interesting. I'm looking for any information about the Barrel Pub at 50 Snow Hill. My gggg grandfather, Benjamin Bridgwater, bought the pub after 1829 from John Gayly. When Benjamin died, his wife, Mary, took over. Later on their son, John Yates Bridgwater, my ggg grandfather took over. John got married to Helen Greenwood who was living 2 doors away. Her mother was a Grocer and Tea dealer at 48 Snow Hill in 1851. I have no idea how long my ancestors had the pub (or the grocery) nor when the pub closed for good. I know that John was still a publican in 1871 but would love to find any other info.
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The directories give some information, though, as date on them is publication date, year referred to can be the year before. Details of the Barrel from them are below:
1829 Thomas Castle
1833 John Gayley
1839- 1841 Benjamin Bridgewater
1845-1862 Mrs Mary Bridgewater
1867-1884 John Yates Bridgewater
1888-1890 Mrs Eleanor Fanny Green
1892 Henry Watkins
1895-1899 William Butler
1900-1903 Arthur Wade Edge
But name seems to have changed to the Crown, and in 1904:
1904-1905 Charles White
1908 – 1915 George William Ansell
1921 – 1924 Sidney Samuel Fumpston.
1932-1933 Mrs Dorothy Maud Fumpston
1936-1950 Frederick Thomas Stansbie
1955 Harold William Rogers
1956 Richard William Fisher
No landlords are listed in directories after 1956, but pub Is listed till the 1961 edition, disappearing from the 1962 edition.
In 1833 Benjamin Bridgewater is listed as a victualler at 44 Birchall St
And in 1829 a Benjamin Bridgewater is listed as a gun & gunlock manufacturer at 57 Coleshill St.
Below is a map from 1880s showing the position of the Barrel inn on the corner of Bath St.
1829 Thomas Castle
1833 John Gayley
1839- 1841 Benjamin Bridgewater
1845-1862 Mrs Mary Bridgewater
1867-1884 John Yates Bridgewater
1888-1890 Mrs Eleanor Fanny Green
1892 Henry Watkins
1895-1899 William Butler
1900-1903 Arthur Wade Edge
But name seems to have changed to the Crown, and in 1904:
1904-1905 Charles White
1908 – 1915 George William Ansell
1921 – 1924 Sidney Samuel Fumpston.
1932-1933 Mrs Dorothy Maud Fumpston
1936-1950 Frederick Thomas Stansbie
1955 Harold William Rogers
1956 Richard William Fisher
No landlords are listed in directories after 1956, but pub Is listed till the 1961 edition, disappearing from the 1962 edition.
In 1833 Benjamin Bridgewater is listed as a victualler at 44 Birchall St
And in 1829 a Benjamin Bridgewater is listed as a gun & gunlock manufacturer at 57 Coleshill St.
Below is a map from 1880s showing the position of the Barrel inn on the corner of Bath St.
Thank you so much Mikejee! Very much appreciated!!
So the pub was actually in the family for 45 years.
I read somewhere years ago that the Barrel was a stop for wagons, vans or carts carrying people to Darlaston on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and to Walsall, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays so it must have been a busy place. I would imagine that the grocery shop a couple of doors away would have ben busy too. It seems like my two gggg grandmothers, Mary Bridgwater and Hannah Greenwood were both hardworking busy women!
So the pub was actually in the family for 45 years.
I read somewhere years ago that the Barrel was a stop for wagons, vans or carts carrying people to Darlaston on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and to Walsall, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays so it must have been a busy place. I would imagine that the grocery shop a couple of doors away would have ben busy too. It seems like my two gggg grandmothers, Mary Bridgwater and Hannah Greenwood were both hardworking busy women!
Samuel Thornley (chemist) was at #6 Snow Hill from 1801. Thornley's has a long history with the business dating back to 1794. Prior to Snow Hill, the business was in Bull Street as Chemist and Tea Dealer.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
