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There is a row of commercial buildings running along the southern side near the top of Bordesley St, at the junction of Bartholomew St and near Alison St. I would like to find out when the red brick buildings standing there now were built. I've asked the amazing staff at the Birmingham...

Wow, that serious dedication! Thanks again!

Thank you for your insightful responses, MWS and mikejee, really appreciate it. Mikejee, do you have any sources for the info you kindly shared? By the way, I love this treasure trove of a forum :)

Hi, does anyone know how the house numbering system worked in first half of the 19th century Birmingham? I'm looking at maps and directories from 1810-1820, and while some of the later directories sometimes state actual house numbers for some businesses, it's not consistent. But it looks like...

Thanks, yes, Lefevre was in 107 High Street initially https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/5399351:2583 Looks like that was in Stourbridge, west of the town: https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000196/18061103/050/0003 In 1808 he seems to have moved to Birmingham...

That's so helpful, thank's very much. I had no idea those maps existed. I think it's more likely that it's the Bordesley Street that comes off Parkes St, a bit further north, and still carries the same name today:

I'm interested in finding the exact location of a warehouse that was in Bordesley Street in 1817 (see article below) that belonged to a Samuel Lefevre. The building might have still been there in 1880. @mikejee, where did you source the map for your earlier response? And do you know if there...

It's a long shot, but does anyone know the earliest sound recording of a native from Birmingham? I've not found anything useful in the library/archives. It couldn't have been before about 1860 I suppose. Even though I'm really interested in what someone who grew up here 1800-1820 would have...

Thank you so much, I'd love to hear back when you get to review your papers. By the way, did you keep the hard drive that gave up on you? It's amazing what some people can do retrieving info from old hard drives. I hope you're lucky!

Thank you so much, Lady P, that's interesting, and I appreciate you scanning in that document. And I think you're right that he wasn't in the merchant navy. I had another look at the record I found in the National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16553897 My guy...

Thanks so much, that's really interesting. I was wondering how he might have ended up joining the merchant navy. Do you have a source handy for what you stated, that there were recruiting parties? Did they set up stalls at the markets?

Thank you for asking, Lyn, and no, he definitely did not return to England. I’ve looked at the Parish records through Ancestry. I’m pretty sure it was 1800 or a few years before. If he was indeed in the merchant navy, then he would have been 13 or 14 at the time. Was that too young to be in the...

Thank you In all the documents where his ‘native’ place is mentioned, it’s always stated as ‘Birmingham’. Does that mean he was actually born in Birmingham? I imagine he could have been born in the surroundings of Birmingham too, and moved there early on in life, and then still given his native...

Hello all. So exciting to see this forum exists. I'm writing a book on a convict from Birmingham named Joseph Wilkes (a silversmith/sailor) who arrived in Australia in 1820 and had a rather interesting life. He was convicted and sentenced to transportation in Warwick for larceny committed in...