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Low Wood Harborne
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Looks to be still standing and is a listed building - 32 AND 32A, ST MARY'S ROAD B17
LOW WOOD, Non Civil Parish - 1343112 | Historic England
List entry 1343112. Grade II Listed Building: Low Wood. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
historicengland.org.uk
And on Google Streetview...
Looking it up - The house once belonged to John Reynolds, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, and had a huge telescope in the garden. See the third page of this article...
Looking at an aerial view on Google it looks like the dome built to house the telescope(s) is still in the garden!
John Reynold's seemed to have owned the house until at least 1924 - So perhaps your great Aunt was a "private" nurse there to look after an elderly relative?
Looking at an aerial view on Google it looks like the dome built to house the telescope(s) is still in the garden!
John Reynold's seemed to have owned the house until at least 1924 - So perhaps your great Aunt was a "private" nurse there to look after an elderly relative?
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Thank you all for your replies which are very interesting. I appear to have confused you with my question. I have found Auntie Elsie (Elsie Turner) staying with my grandparents on the 1921 Census in Chase Terrace but the additional information re her occupation was written at the side.