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This website about similar plaques in Loughborough would seem to suggest the initials being the name of the house builder or architect. https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2016/02/victorian-house-plaques.html

"Glenaverlin" - What a lovely sounding place! - But I can't find anywhere in the world with that name. - Nearest I've found is Glengavlen in Ireland.

A cluster of buildings on the Washford Heath Road in Saltley has some interesting plaques - Some with very early dates. On the one side is a complex of buildings much knocked about over the years - It ends up merging with the Saltley Inn. 37 Washwood Heath Road, Yiewsley Cottage, 1860 39...

The Birmingham home of a retired Sherlock Holmes? :) - Or maybe just someone who thought "This'll puzzle them in a hundred years time!" :)

Edmund Road, Saltley. 3-5 Edmund Road, Dora Villas 6-8 Edmund Road, Wynn House - Building looks to have once been one house. 10-12 Edmund Road, Edmond House - Building looks to have once been one house. Note "Edmond" is spelt differently to the road name. 14-16 Edmund Road, Burcote Villas 18-20...

Berners Street, which backs onto Lozells Street has some interesting groupings - Three buildings on this street have plaques that either never had a name carved on them, or they have been since scrapped off or plastered over. These are the remaining plaques - Note the Terraces of multiple...

Thanks for the heads-up on this street Lyn. It seems to be the best street so far for all the plaques on one side of the street remaining, with no breaks. And the dates are very early -and clearly show the buildings seem to have started being built in the middle of the row and moved outwards...

Cheers, Viv, I'll get these - They include a name plaque with a date of 1872 on it - Which is the earliest one to be logged so far I think.

The Back Streets of Kings Heath seem to be full of houses with Plaques - One special street to point out is Woodville Road - The side of the street with the odd-numbered houses has elaborately carved lintels with names above every single front door (nos 3-65). Here's just one example of a pair...

Certainly Possible Viv. I wonder if the people who moved into a house first had a "say" in what name it would be given, or just had to accept what the builder called it?

Some more plaques for Tiverton Road, Selly Oak. - This long road certainly has some remarkable examples of stonework on door lintels and above alley arches. Sad to see so many of the buildings in a poor state of repair, but the area is in the low-cost "student let" area. 15-17 Braknall Place...

Rowheath Road, Cotteridge. 28-30 Chad Villas 52-54 Apsty Villas - ??? Adsty, Arsty? second letter indistinct. 61 Roseleigh (lintel) 67 Ashleigh (lintel) 68-70 Oatby Villas 81-83 Grove Villas

Not exactly a plaque or a door lintel - This is a name above a bow window in elaborate stonework with a separate date plaque 264 Alcester Road South "Bathurst" - 1902

This video might help...

Back in the 60s and into the early 70s our Mom used to buy an "instant" coffee powder that used a blend of chicory and coffee. Because chicory is so cheap compared with coffee and so strong it meant the price was a lot lower than if it had been pure coffee. So for me, it's a taste of pure...

More Harborne plaques... North Road Harborne 81-84 Queenscote Place 1884 97-95 Kingscote Place 1883 Park Hill Road 158 Fern Villa 160 Brewood Villa 1888 170-172 Brook Villas 1888 178-180 Park Hill Place 1886 Park Hill Road meets North Road next to Park Hill Place - The dates give a clear...

Clarence Road, Harborne. A block of 7 houses at one end of the road Nos-1 to 13 Have the plaque "Tenby Place" - although the "b" is a bit indistinct - could be "Tency" or "Teney".

Maas Road in Northfield 14-20 Primrose Villas 19-21 Stoneleigh Villas 23-25 Oakleigh Villas 24-26 - Unknown Villas (plaque indistinct) 27 Tudor Villa - Note "Villa" rather than "Villas" 29-33 Rosery Villas 102-104 Mozart Villas 110-112 Maas Cottages - with an indistinct date.

Since some of the websites linked at the start of this thread seem to have gone down I thought I'd post this link to a video of the song being performed on Youtube...

Some examples in Northfield Road, Harborne. That is the road that runs from the bottom of War Lane to California Way. Yew Tree Villas 12-14 Northfield Road Oak Place 25-27 Northfield Road Arundel Cottages (Built 1877) 22-36 Northfield Road Eton Place 39-41 Northfield Road Harrow Place 49-51...