Address plaques and nameplates for Terraces, Villas, Places etc

[Vivienne14]

I think there might possibly have been various ways of fixing plaques to walls. Two missing plaques below, one fixed with something the other clean as a whistle (or maybe the fixing agent has been removed). Just an observation as I've seen quite a few where the fixing agent has been left behind.

 

[Vivienne14]

More for the record

Salisbury Road, Lozells
7, Erwyd (?) Villas - above passageway
14, Drakeleigh Villas - above passageway
21, Rose Villas - above passageway
40, Waverley Villas - above passageway
46, Jersey Place - above passageway

Carlyle Road, Lozells
68, Lechlade Place

Lodge Road, Winson Green
54 Belgrave Terrace

James Turner Street, Winson Green
83, Charles Place - above passageway
At corner with Franklin Street Sycamore Buildings 1869(?)

Perrott Street, Winson Green
56, Rose Place - above passageway
86, Ash Place

Spencer Street, Hockley
94, Plantagenet Buildings

Rookery Road, Handsworth
122, Moor Bank - above passageway
142, Queens Villas - above passageway
150, Kings Villas - above passageway (see photo)
176, Rose Villas - above passageway

Douglas Road, Handsworth
23, Brighton Villas- above passageway
27, Laxey Villas- above passageway
31, Ventnor Villas - above passageway
35, Grosvenor Villas - above passageway
43, Ellerslie
44, Ivy Villas - above passageway
45, Lonsdale
47, Silverdale
48, Fern Villas - above passageway
49, Fernleigh
56, Ramsey Villas, name on lintel above passageway entry
60, Cedar Villas, name on lintel above passageway entry
71, Myrtle Villas
75, Maple Villas
83, Palm Villas
87, Holly Villas
93, (Davy ?) Villas
99, Ethel Villas

Linwood Road, Handsworth
25, Priory House, and a separate plaque 1880
49, Cefnhendre House
51, Hawthorn Villas- above passageway
53, Pine Tree Villas - above passageway
59, Pine Wood Villas - above passageway
87, Clent House
113, Frederick Villas - above passageway
120, Woodbine Villas - above passageway
121, Providence Villas - above passageway
125, Lansdown Villas - above passageway
126 Mona Villas
133, Devonshire Villas 1883 - above passageway
141, Douglas Villas - above passageway
145, Verthor Villas - above passageway
149, Bay Villas, 1885 - above passageway

Lodge Road,Winson Green
254, Belgrave Terrace

Handsworth New Road
5, Elmdon New Terrace - above passageway
7, Florence Place - above passageway
9,Malvern Villas - above passageway

Dawlish Road, Selly Oak
91, Queens Jubilee Villas 1887
115, Edith Villas- above passageway
119, Herbert Villas- above passageway
122, Oak Villas
250, Honiton Villas 1900 - on lintel over passageway
258, Adelaide - above passageway lintel
262, Ulster Villas - ornate plaque above passageway
311, Buxton
313, 902 (or 1902 ?) above passageway on lintel - see photo
315, (..onway?)
319, Hepley(?)
331, Munster Villas - ornate plaque above passageway

Exeter Road, Selly Oak
3, Elliot Villas - modern sign
7, Ascot Villas - ornate
24, Stanley Villas - above passageway
Murdock Road, Handsworth
45, Rosary Villas - ornate

Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak
18, Sunset Cottages 1892
25, Alma Cottages
32, Glan-Y-Wern
172, Lambavady

Bristol Road, Selly Oak
558, Market Place
830, Oaktree Place 1880
874, Lansdown Villas 1880 - above shops

Selly Oak Road, Selly Oak
22, Laburnum Place 1879 - above passageway
30, The Oaklands
36, The Hawthorns

Victoria Road, Aston
24, Swansea House
26, Camborne Villas - above passageway
86, Friar Park Villas 1873
92, Victoria Avenue Villas- above passageway
98, Queenslade (?) Villas
102, Brighton Villas - above passageway
106, Rowington Villas- above passageway
128, Clent Villas - above passageway
132, Cranbrook House
134, Chatsworth House

Ellesmere Road, Saltley
49, Longstone Villas- above passageway
69, (......cote) Villas - above passageway
73, Chudleigh Villas - above passageway

Ralph Street, Saltley
11, Herbert Villas (190.?) - above passageway as in the B&W photo

 

[Vivienne14]

Some Balsall Heath plaques.. Of particular interest is the Cannon Hill Stores plaque.

Hallam Street, Balsall Heath
41, Oakfield Villas
46, Cannon Hill Stores, above shop entrance - see Streetview below

Willows Road, Balsall Heath
4, Cannon Park Villas 1889
5, Prospect Villas - above passageway
12, St George's Villas - above passageway
19, Brookland Villas - above passageway
22, Highbury Villas- above passageway
25, John's Villas - above passageway
28, Woodside Villas - above passageway
29, Elm Villas - above passageway
30, Claremont Villas 1891 - on passageway lintel
33, Rose Villas- above passageway
34, Belle Vue 1891
38, Belmont Villas 1890
51, plaque missing but recess for plaque visible - see Streetview image below

 

[Vivienne14]

In Kings Heath. The Addison Road/Melton Road plaque pictured below is a phenomenal size! Given the rendering beneath it, maybe it was part of a larger sign ? Can't make sense if it.

Drayton Road, Kings Heath
5, Glen Avon
6, Rose Villas 1893
10, Kyrle Villas 1893 - above passageway
30, Wat...? Villas - above passageway
38, Sydney Villas - above passageway

Goldsmith Road, Kings Heath
14, Burton Villas - above passageway
18, Cowper Villas 1891 - on Iintel above passageway
19, Templefield Villas - on lintel above passageway
22, Milton Villas 1891- on lintel above passageway
26, Dryden Villas 1891- on lintel above passageway
34, Goldsmith Villas on lintel above passageway
52, Picton Villas
58, Almeha (?) Villas
59, Spencer Villas
67, Hazelwell Villas - above passageway

Institute Road, Kings Heath
31, South View
39, Deanfield
41, Coniston Villas - above passageway
47, Ir(?)beside- above passageway
88, Myrtle Cottage

Gaddesley Road, Kings Heath
25, Bessboro Villas- above passageway
29, Hill Crest
34, Belle Vue
42, Evelyn Villas - above passageway

Addison Road, Kings Heath
32, Glen Helen 1891 - above door
58, Clarach(?) - above passageway
140 (corner with Melton Road) Addison House 1906 - enormous plaque, see Streetview below

 

[mikejee]

Viv
I think it is definitely Almeha

 

[Dinger]

Wow Viv. You've really stormed ahead with this topic. Well done!

 

[Vivienne14]

Frederick Road, Aston

156, Holly Villas

An example of how address plaques can sometimes help us to track down more information.This is on the "Frederick Road before 1960" thread.

 

[Vivienne14]

A trend for all the plaques in Charles Road, Serpentine Road and Yew Tree Road to be named "Place"

Frederick Road, Aston
134, Mona Villas
140, Primrose Villas - above passageway
141, Cleeve Villas - above passageway
144, Moss Rose Villas - above passageway
145, Clevedon Villas - above passageway
149, Cheltenham Villas - above passageway
152, Thorn Villas - on lintel above passageway
153, Broughton Villas - above passageway
156, Holly Villas
159, Gordon Villas
216, Prospect House

Ettington Road, Aston
27, Avondale Villas - above passageway
30, Breedon Villas - above passageway
31, Clarence Villas - above passageway
34, Ramsey Villas - above passageway
35, Beacon Villas - above passageway
38, Ettington Villas - above passageway
39, Douglas Villas - above passageway
42, Leamington Villas - above passageway
43, Berwyn ? Villas - above passageway
47, Llanfair Villas - above passageway
50, Victoria Villas - above passageway
51, Mostyn Villas - above passageway
54, Claremont Villas - above passageway
55, Ashby Villas - above passageway
59, Arley Villas - above passageway

Bevington Road, Aston
51, Padra Villas 1877 - above passageway
67, Snowdon Villas - above passageway
75, Mayfield Villas -above passageway

Prestbury Road, Aston
13, Prestbury Villas - above passageway
26, Bertha Villas - above passageway
30, Beatrice Villas - above passageway
38, Clarence Villas - above passageway
42, Victoria Villas - above passageway

Charles Road, Aston
4, Rupert Place
16, Witton Place
22, Holte Place
26, Sutton Place

Serpentine Road, Aston
2, Church Place

Yew Tree Road, Aston
4, Lillian Place
10, Rosalie Place
16, Gladys Place
22, Hilda Place
28, Lavinia Place
37, Gilbert Place
40, Blanche Place
45, Albert Place
46, Barbara Place
51, Hubert Place
52, Mildred Place
56, Bertha Place
57, Harold Place - above passageway
68, Alrewas Place - above passageway
73, Vincent Place
74, Armitage Place
80, Clarendon? Place
85, Howard Place
86, Crosscall Place
91, Bernard Place - above passageway
92, Foleshill Place
97, Andrew Place
98, Cromer Place
104, Wenlock Place
118, Matlock Place
124, Halifax Place
132, Hagley Place
138, Byfield Place
146, Holland Place

 

[Vivienne14]

An updated list of streets covered to date.

 

[Vivienne14]

In Erdington:

Osborne Road, Erdington
38, Osborne Houses (first time I've seen plural 'houses')

New Street, Erdington
33, Hatfield
37, Witley
40, Avondale
44, Ferndale
45, Salisburn
48, Oakdale
49, Bowness
52, Ivydale
53, Furness
56, Belmont
60, Claremont
68 - 82 a series of blank plaques

Orchard Road, Erdington
49, Orchard Vills - unusual plaque, see image below
59, (H ?) Mellicent Villas - above passageway
63, A. D 1877 - above passageway

 

[Vivienne14]

Some more Handsworth plaques

Wood Lane, Handsworth
35, Frances Cottage
(Corner Wood Lane/Butler's Road) Calthorpe Cottages

Howard Road, Handsworth
11, The M(...)lverrs, above passageway
20, Alfred Place
27, Rose Place
28, Jubilee Cottages 1887
38, Victoria Cottages 1887

Wellington Road, Handsworth
109, Wellington Villas - above passageway

 

[SDUG]

Love the Woodville Street ones Dinger. Giving your house a single name probably hinted at living in a stately home, although they're in a terrace of several similar houses !

You mentioned early plaques. The earliest I've come across so far (1862,1863 and 1865) are these, all in Albert Road, Handsworth.


Albert Place 1862, 151 Albert Road
Ernest House 1863, 59 Albert Road
Moorcroft Place 1865, 180 Albert Road


One very unusually named plaque is this one:

Salathiel, 215 Albert Road

Also in Albert Road are some more ornate plaques. At a glance I thought some might have mini gargoyles on the bottom corners, but not sure. In contrast, there's a very plain plaque (Elgin Villas) which looks similar to victorian metal road signs


Albany Villas, 218 Albert Road
Lorne Villas, 224 Albert Road
Wolesley Villas, 224 Albert Road
Seymour Villas, 230 Albert Road
Grove Villas, 232 Albert Road
Sandhurst Villas, 240 Albert Road
Elgin Villas, 303 Albert Road

Numbers given for addresses are those nearest to the plaque and where a clear view is possible on Streetview

Pretty sure those are Aston, not Handsworth. I grew up in one of those houses with the plaque above the passage. Alas, Salathiel is no more.

 

[Vivienne14]

Thank you. I've edited the original post.

 

[Dinger]

Off topic I'm afraid as this does not have a name on it (unless there is something I've missed hidden in the brickwork)- Just an interesting plaque and brickwork slowly disintegrating - sitting above a gateway between 530 and 532 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath. - Sheep? Lion? Cow? Camel?

 

[John L]

Horse? (you missed one)

 

[Dinger]

Yep, Mind you, I'd hate to put a horse collar on a horse with a neck like that!

 

[Astoness]

could be a horse i guess...is this 2008 st view any clearer...be interesting to find out what went on behind those gates..could it have been a market of some sorts back in the day

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[Vivienne14]

Think it was a bull. We discussed this elsewhere on the forum. I think it was an indicator of, possibly, an abattoir (linked to a butchers shop) down the alley underneath the sign

 

[Astoness]

Think it was a bull. We discussed this elsewhere on the forum. I think it was an indicator of, possibly, an abattoir (linked to a butchers shop) down the alley underneath the sign

thanks viv that rings a bell

lyn

 

[mikejee]

I also remember it, though not sure where it is. But in 1900 532 was Samuel Adkins . butcher, and I posted this map from 1951, showing alleyway

 

[Dinger]

Strange one - 4-4A Waterworks Road Edgbaston. - A more modern sign "Norwood Villas" - The 1888 map shows that Norwood Villas was the whole block of 6-7 houses.

 

[Dinger]

Some Tyseley Plaques

ADA ROAD
5-7 Weavers Villas 1898
17-19 Algernon Villas
41-43 Half plaque missing " ...CIS ...AS" - Francis Villas - maybe?

HAY LANE
24-26 Francis Place
18-20 Leonard Place
10-12 Raymond Place
4 Clarence Place

GEORGE ROAD
5-7 Albert Cottages (this is the building with the side brickwork showing a portrait of George V as you come down the Coventry Road)
17-19 Victoria Cottages
29-31 Alfred Place
33-35 George Place
36-38 Victoria Place June 1880

FRANCIS ROAD (not to be confused with the other Francis Roads in nearby Yardley or the one near Five Ways.)
7-9 Chesnut Place
13-15 Bentley Villas

SPEEDWELL ROAD
66-68 Fairview
70-72 The Poplars
93-95 Ivetsey Place
115-117 Surrey Place
121-123 Notts Place
125-127 York Place
221-223 Speedwell Villas

 

[JudyTink]

I have done a small search of this thread but am unable to find what I'm looking for. My husband's grandfather and parents were living at Prospect Villas, Hillaries Road, Erdington on the 1901 Census. Can anyone show me where that might have been please?

 

[Astoness]

hi judy i decided to do a google street view walk of hillaries road and managed to find prospect villas..click on link below and zoom in and you will see the name plaque on the wall..difficult to tell which house your husbands grandad lived in ..could be either the house to the left or right of the entry...unless the 1901 gives you a number ?

lyn

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[Morturn]

hi judy i decided to do a google street view walk of hillaries road and managed to find prospect villas..click on link below and zoom in and you will see the name plaque on the wall..difficult to tell which house your husbands grandad lived in ..could be either the house to the left or right of the entry...unless the 1901 gives you a number ?

lyn

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Well spotted Lyn

 

[Dinger]

For completeness, here's a list of the remaining plaques on Hillaries Road, Gravelly Hill.

HILLARIES ROAD
24-26 ********* Cottages (unreadable)
44-46 Venmore Villas
110-112 Prospect Villas
116-118 Mayfield Villas
120-122 Fairview Villas
131-133 Boscombe Villas

Two nearby roads...

HINTON ROAD
50-52 Oakland Villas
51-53 Path-End House

FENTHAM ROAD (not to be confused with the road of the same name in Handsworth in post 105).
1-3 Mount Pleasant
5-7 The Woodlands
114-116 Clarence Place.

 

[Vivienne14]

'Path Ends House' - great name Dinger !

 

[Vivienne14]

Further to Gladstone Road Sparkbrook in post #107, the B&W image shows a small plaque above the entrance to #36 Gladstone Road. However it's not legible in either the old photo or modern Streetview. Possibly the residents of long ago took it on themselves to name their home.

 

[Lloyd]

Some friends who now live on Anglesey have this 'Holly Place' sign - I don't know the original location but it might have come from an area being demolished. It has block letters screwed (or nailed) to the backing, and appears very old. Their last home in Birmingham was on Warwick Road, Tyseley.

 

[Dinger]

Very festive! And appropriate for this time of year. Happy Christmas!