Aston Almshouses Aston Lane

[Astoness]

i was sent this great pic yesterday of the almshouses aston lane....dated 1926....i wonder who the two men are....

lyn


Replacenent image 8/4/16)

 

[mossg]

My G.G.Grandmother lived in these Alms houses (No5) between 1901 and 1915,when she died aged 88.
Moss.

 

[sospiri]

My late wife's great great grandfather died at No. 17 Aston Almshouses in 1883.

Thanks for the pic, Lyn, I'll add it to his details.

Maurice

 

[sandracoley]

Does anyone remember the alms houses in ravenhurst street/ top of bradford street birmingham ..12.or even better a picture of it .i believe it is now a boys special school.

 

[mikejee]

Sandra
You can see the buildings on google streetview. A picture from there is on thread https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30019
Mike

 

[Betty Hopper]

Hello Peoples.
As you probably know I live in an Almshose Flat.

Don't know anything about the 2 chaps in the picture but thought you may be interested to know,
We are NOT ALLOWED MEN in our homes overnight ! ! ? ?

Wonder what they think we can do at night but can't do during the day ? ? ? { if you so wish of course }

Some of the rules are archaic but then they were made in Victorian days. Time for an up date I think.

Betty

 

[Vivienne14]

Thought I'd help replace a lost photo (i.e. Lyn's first photo of the almhouses - hope that's OK Lyn!). And I'm adding a nice 1858 engraving of the almshouses too. I like the dutch gable on the building, they reflect the design of the Holte's Aston Hall and is a feature found on a number of buildings around the Aston/Perry Barr area. Viv.




And a little info.....

The Almshouses were founded in 1655-1656 by Sir Robert Holte Bart. His grandfather, Sir Thomas Holte, left £300 for their building
and endowed them with £127.12s yearly, charged on his estates in Erdington and Aston. It was invested in the names of trustees and ground rents. The houses maintained five men and five women.

 

[Vivienne14]

A view of Holte Almshouses. Viv

 

[Vivienne14]

Think this might have been the image that was recently lost Lyn. The almshouses by Benjamin Stone photographed in 1897. Viv.

 

[Astoness]

thanks viv thats the one i posted...ive saved it again it really is a cracking photo

lyn

 

[Pedrocut]

Almshouses, Aston Lane. JW Steele 1930.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)

 

[Vivienne14]

Anyone know where this was exactly ? The view in post #9 is annotated with 'looking from the tavern', Would the Tavern have been the Witton Arms ? So is #1 Streetview below the correct position for post #9 ?And was post #11 the #2 Streetview today ? Not too sure, can't make it out other than the Almshouses were somewhere on Aston Lane.

 

[pjmburns]

Found this historysite

https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/sir-thomas-holtes-almshouses-in-aston

suggests the original building was demolished in 1930 and replaced by almshouses at Erdington which still operate today.

 

[Pedrocut]

If I remember rightly in those times Witton Road extended over the river Tame. Aston Lane began at Witton Square, so Witton Arms would be in Witton Road ?

 

[Vivienne14]

Thanks Janice. That link says they were next to the vicarage. Does anyone have a map, please ? Thanks.

 

[Pedrocut]

Historic Aston Lane in “Aston village”
In the 1800s, what is now Aston Hall Road / part of Lichfield Road was often referred to in sources as Aston Lane or Aston Street, running past Aston Tavern, Holte Almshouses and close to Aston Hall & St Peter & St Paul Church.