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High Street Erdington

I've just revisited the auctioneers advert for the cottages in post #421 and it says "twenty 2 storey cottages known as 'Easy Row' " A second look at the way it's presented in the advert certainly looks like it's quoting the name of the cottages and not the name of a road.

On reading the ad, I still had in mind that the cottages were behind the High Street for some reason. A bit slow on the uptake on this one !
 
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Vivienne14 said:
I've just revisited the auctioneers advert for the cottages in post #421 and it says "twenty 2 storey cottages known as 'Easy Row' " A second look at the way it's presented in the advert certainly looks like it's quoting the name of the cottages and not the name of a road.

On reading the ad, I still had in mind that the cottages were behind the High Street for some reason. A bit slow on the uptake on this one !
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i also noticed in the advert that the cottages are numbered 115 to 153

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Yes Lyn, all makes sense now.

In post #405 was Rymond the butcher and Mullis the tobacconist listed as being part of the ER terrace of cottages ?
 
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The sale notice from 1915 shows that Machin owned 20 x two-storey cottages. High Street, 115-153.
The rate book from 1914 backs this up showing owner Charles Machin (excs). Number 155-165 are owned by the living GH Machin. 163 and 185 being The Lindens.

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Hi Janice, I hadn't seen Sutton Road with reference to the High Street before but it was the road to Sutton so I suppose that makes sense. Especially when you look at the by-pass which was named 'New' Sutton Road.
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Lady Penelope said:
Hi Janice, I hadn't seen Sutton Road with reference to the High Street before but it was the road to Sutton so I suppose that makes sense. Especially when you look at the by-pass which was named 'New' Sutton Road.
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If you look above "Stop & Stich" on the corner near Station Road, you will see it still has a sign saying "High Street"
 

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The above clip shows that Charles was builder of dwelling in Erdington within half a mile of the Chapel.

Back in time the Erdington faithful had to travel to Aston parish Church. A south aisle was added “Erdington Chapel” inside the Church.
A new chapel of ease, High Street, was consecrated in 1824 and called Erdington Chapel. In 1858 it became a district chapelry and the Parish Church, over time became known as St Barnabas.

This is a clip from 1823 of a building opposite the Chapel. Theoretically this could appear on the Tithe Map, and maybe… ??

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Not sure if this answers any questions but 1865 rates book shows Charles Machin owning property in Erdington Village
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But also renting building and brickyard owned by Earl Howe
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Is it just also coincidence that there's kilns/brickworks at the back of the "Easy Row" named cottages? See Janice's map post #380 if interested. Post #369 shows there were 3 kilns still showing on the c1880s map in post #369. Do we know where the listed business was yet in #469 or have I missed something ?!

Could have got the wrong end of the stick here, or not processed all the info pouring out on this one, but couldn't the Chapel have been St Barnabas Chapel of Ease (or similar as I think it was named in the 1820s)? Prepared to be shot down in flames on this one !
 
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I assumed it was that brickworks - hadn't seen another one.
I also thought it might mean St Barnabas Chapel but wasn't sure

Will check rates book but think it only says Erdington Village

If you look at post#467 there are properties listed under Easy Row and then the brickyard but no actual road listed.
 
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It is confusing and I think it is just the way the Chapel was referred to in local adverts and reports. It was certainly dedicated to St Barnabas when it was built in 1822/4 as the Chapel of Ease, after being the “Erdington Chapel” within Aston Parish Church. They just kept referring to it as Erdington Chapel or just the Chapel.
I am not sure when the proper name came into general use, but Erdington became a separate parish in 1858, and it was down as St Barnabas in Showell’s Dictionary in 1880s.
 
Apparently, there were two operational brickworks in the area to the west of the High Street. It's unconfirmed, but one might have belonged to Haines, the other unamed according to this extract from the British Bricks site. Of the two, and wildly speculating on this, I'd say the one by Summer Lane (later Summer Road) is a contender.

As I originally understood it, Machins brickwirks wasn't a very large concern, at least not on the scale of Nocks. And considering Machin's building/property development interests too, how convenient that brickworks would have been for Erdington housebuilding at a time of significant expansion of Erdington Village.

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Here is a report from 1825 about a highly improvable portion of land….with a profitable brick-kiln establishment attached to the same, situate opposite Erdington Chapel, occupied by Edward Twiss.

So it looks that in 1825 it was on lease to Twiss by the Earl Howe.


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