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    Nechelles in 1851: Osborne Buildings

    Dear Brummies: My ancestor, John Homer, a glass blower, lived with his family in Nechelles in 1851 in Osbornes Buildings. The occupants of Osborne's Buildings go on for pages and pages in the census. No address is given for them, other than Aston Parish, Ste Matthews Ecclesiastical District. Can...
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    What is the Parish Church for Ketley Bank?

    My ancestor, Sarah Appleby nee France, lived in Birmingham (Deritend and Bordesley) from 1827 to 1852. in the 1851 England Census it records her 1811 birthplace as Coal Pit Bank, Shropshire, now known as Ketley Bank. I cannot find a parish church that might hold baptismal records for Coal Pit...
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