Allens Croft Road

[Em1906]

I'm looking into the history of 17 Allens Croft Road, B14. I know the house is quite old but I've only found this house number in the 1950s+ electoral registers. Is there a chance the house, which is older than 1950s, was re-numbered at some point in time? How would I find this out? Does anyone have maps that show house numbers at all?

 

[MWS]

Here's 2 maps from 1950 & 1939. The map before the 1939 one is from 1916 and Allens Croft Road is not there.

 

[Vivienne14]

There are newspaper references to "Allens Croft Road, Kings Heath" in 1920. Can't find anything before that date. In 1920 a newspaper article describes Allens Croft Road as a 'newly laid out highway'.

Looking at the style of the existing houses on Streetview, I'd say they're inter-war houses, and so likely built c1920s.

Maybe someone can advise about possible renumbering.

 

[Em1906]

Thank you both. That's so helpful. I managed to find (with some difficulty) a family living in the house in 1925. As yet, I've not found this address in the 1921 census. It could be perhaps that the homes were still being built on the road at that time.

 

[adap2it]

My memories of Allens Croft Rd are about the low hanging trees that the bus taking us to the playing fields would hit on the way down the hill. It was the highlight of the day for many of us that didn't enjoy sports.
Dave A

 

[pjmburns]

Using address search on FMP the road does not seem to be listed on 1921 census.

Nor is it listed in 1921 Kelly's directory.

 

[pjmburns]

1922 eroll