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Viv, did you mean the 1903 extension to the market?

Here's an excerpt form the Oxford English Dictionary definition for 'Villa' to give a bit of philological context :) "Etymology: Partly < Latin villa country-house, farm, etc., perhaps a diminutive from the stem of vīcus village, hamlet, country-seat; partly < Italian villa (whence also French...

I think the sources are not clear on whether the building named 'Aston Villa' by 1818 was a school at that time. The earliest reference to the building as a school I have seen is in 'Don Abbott's blog where Don refers to John Skally moving his school to Aston Villa in 1825. Whether it was a...

The 1818 map is included in this blog on the origin of the name Aston Villa on the Birmingham Library Archives and Collections website by Don Abbott: https://theironroom.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/guest-blogger-the-original-aston-villa/ I also attach the map:

My understanding was that around the late 18th and/or early 19th century it had become fashionable for well-off people to want to name their houses 'Villas.' If so might be that Villa Cottage and Aston Villa (the house/school) were not necessarily named one after the other, but rather both named...

Just spotted this post from several years ago. Here's what we know about the name 'Aston Villa' being used in the Villa Cross area. Initially it was the name for a house, later used as a boarding school, that stood on the junction of Heathfield Road and Lozells Road. i.e on the site the Villa...

The building was located at 20-24 New Street at the junction of New Street with Union Passage. Hyam's occupied Nos. 21-3. Hyams closed sometime in the 1920s and the building was taken over by Hornes Bros. The building was demolished in the 1950s. (Information from Roy Thornton's 'Lost Buildings...

Can you share the photo you have of the inside of Highgate Park Chapel please :)?

The 1888 ordnance survey map shows a large open area behind the hotel. This photo of the Hen and Chickens shows the passageway from New Street. So possibly it was access to a courtyard or stables behind the hotel.

The drawing in post 600961 by Vivienne14 is New Street. Note the Hen and Chickens Hotel in left foreground. Here's another view of the same building from a print of a Samuel Lines 1833 drawing published in RK Dent's 'Making of Birmingham' p336, 1894.

Which street is this?

Does anyone know / can find out when Dale Forty moved into 80-84 New Street (corner with Pinfold Street) and also when they vacated the property? Many thanks.

The tram car in this photo is No.51 (taken from a higher definition copy of the same photo). According to David Harvey's 'Birmingham Before the Electric Tram,' that car entered service in 1885. Further in the same book David Harvey, also gives a date of 1886 for the commencement of the 'C' route...

What is the date of this map?

What software do you use for colourising photos?

Hi, we're having a debate about this photo on facebook's Old Pics of Brum group. The question is: Is this photo colourised? Very well done if it is.

Does anyone have any information on Dean's Tailor's, seen here on the junction of New Street and High Street, including dates they were on that site and any more information on their history? Thanks

Does anyone have any information on Dean's Tailor's, seen here on the junction of New Street and High Street, including dates they were on that site and any more information on their history? Thanks

The House of Fraser Achieve has an article on the history of Rackhams. Here are some highlights: The roots of the business is Drapery Store opened by William Riddell and Henry Wilkinson in 1851 The store became known as Rackhams & Co. c.1881, named after John Rackham who over 20 years had...

Thanks. Then I may have Mary's 37th birthday present from her husband. I bought a copy of RK Dent's 'Old and New Birmingham' (1880) and found the following words beautifully handwritten on the front fly leaf: "Mary M Rodway. January 1st 1880. A Birthday Gift from her husband."