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Hi All Has anyone got any old Birmingham maps for the period circa 1881? I'm trying to find the exact location where my Great Grand Parents lived at the time of the 1881 census which listed 10 Sycamore Place, Ryland Street, Bordsley, Deritend Municipal Ward. I suspect it has been demolished if...

My dear old late mother and father were married at Holy Cross Church in or around 1938 followed by the Wedding Breakfast at the Billesley Arms Hotel. My mother lived lived with her mother and eldest sister at 28 Wold Walk which I remember visiting many times in my early years. I believe they...

I have often wondered who built and owned the houses in which my grandparents lived in the late 19th century up until the Great War. Paternally, my grandfather was born in a back-to-back one up one down terrace home, Prospect Terrace, Louise Road, Handsworth (now demolished) and my maternal...

Hello everyone... I am very new to this site so do excuse me if my request or format is out of order or in the wrong section. Following the recent Remembrance Commemorations, I was trying to find information on my 99 year old mother's uncle, one William Thomas Beechey who was killed in...