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It's been several years since this thread but... does anyone know if records from the original location of the Kings Norton Workhouse (The Green location, before 1870) still exist? My GG Grandmother and her siblings were born there 1842-1847) and her grandfather died there in 1844 so any records...

...and Mary Oates, her sister, was informant and present at death

@mikejee it's interesting that 22 was a button manufacturer... Elizabeth Faulkner's (my GG Grandmother) brother-in-law was Charles Oates whose profession in multiple censuses was a button maker. In 1881 they were living in Lancaster Street. Maybe it's coincidence, maybe he got his sister-in-law...

Thanks for all your replies! The death certificate actually says "Back 22 Newhall Street"... so I am guessing this means there were some poorer houses at the back or in a close?

My great great grandmother's death is recorded at 22 Newhall Street in 1876. I've looked at the location on old maps (it seems to have become offices some time in the 20th century) and it looks like it was a reasonably posh area compared to the back-to-backs where my gg grandmother lived so I am...

My great grandfather was a tube drawer and later a driller and engineering labourer who live in locations all around Shakespeare Road, Monument Road and Beach Street in the 1890s to 1940s. I notice that in the middle of all those locations were two large factories: the Credenda Tube Works (by...

Thank you very much Mike. I haven't seen an old OS map with house numbers on before - what is your source for this please? I may be able to locate other ancestral homes! Thanks again, Peter

Hello @mikejee thanks for the photo of Sheepcote Lane. My grandfather was born at no. 22. Do you have any idea the house numbers showing on your photo? I would love to identify 22 if it is visible there. Thanks Peter