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Hope you don’t mind me posting this extra information on the Davenport family. Not only was Baron John Davenport a philanthropist, donating £100,000 in July 1930 to establish the charity in his name and still going today with an estimated fund value of £30 million. But his cousin Frank R...

I do not have a close up photo of the book but as far as I can remember it was placed by the brewery employees. It records their appreciation of him being an excellent employer. Baron John was my 2nd cousin 3x removed,his great grandfather is my 4 times great grandfather Robert Davenport founder...

This is the resting place of Baron John Davenport.Brewer

This is the marriage certificate showing 10 Bull Ring.

Thank you so much for this photograph showing the address, what a find

Ah Thanks,

Do you know what the brick tower on the right hand side with the metal railings around is ?

Not sure of date, possible mid 60s

Thanks Janice, could be that C Green had a shop on the premises as well as manufacturing and she was a sales person there.

Thank you for this

I also assumed that it was mainly a commercial and shop area so the flat above does seem the most plausible explanation. Her surname was Sneath she was a salesperson, and her Father‘s profession was coach painter. Thanks for the map. Thank you for your help.

I have a distant relative who married in June 1931 at St Martin’s Parish church. She gives her address as 10 Bull Ring on the marriage certificate. I presume this was a residential address and wonder how it fits into the market / retail area that I know of ? Thanks.

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My Wife used to work on the 13th floor for Legal & General in the late 1970s

Sorry it’s not very clear.

Hello Dale, Ada was the 7th Daughter b. 1878 of Joseph Davenport b.1832 d.1910. She married William Robert Walker Murray , Solicitor. Her Brother Baron John is my 2nd Cousin 3x removed. Sounds distant but we share the same 4 x Great Grandfather Robert Davenport b.1765. so you and I are related...

This has reminded me of my 3x Great Grandfather William Davenport b.1769. He was a die sinker but he used his profession and ‘skill’ to produce counterfeit coins including Sovereigns,half Sovereigns and other coins. He was convicted in 1829 and was on the Prison ship Cumberland. I believe his...