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Aston Holte Almshouses Aston (Hall) Lane

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Holte Almshouses in Aston Lane 1920c (now Aston Hall Road)
Bottom photo 1910c  the Almshouses on the left .....Aston Church on the right
 
The Holte Almshouses where built in 1656, at the cost of around £200, and its inhabitants were supported on £88 a year out of the manor of Erdinton.
 
I have found an ancestor living in the Alms houses number 5 Aston Lane in 1901
Why would people be living there was it some type of workhouse.?
thank you.
 
Dottieau, Taken from Wilkipedia.

Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community. They are often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest.
 
Thanks for that Mike-g This Lady was a widow by 1901 so perhaps this is why she is there. I was just surprised to find her there with having such a big family I thought one of them might have given her a home. I will have to send for her death certificate to see if she finished her days there.
 
i was sent this great pic yesterday of the almshouses aston lane....dated 1926....i wonder who the two men are....:)

lyn

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

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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.
 
Think this might have been the image that was recently lost Lyn. The almshouses by Benjamin Stone photographed in 1897. Viv.
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thanks viv thats the one i posted...ive saved it again it really is a cracking photo

lyn
 
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.
 

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Thanks Janice. That link says they were next to the vicarage. Does anyone have a map, please ? Thanks.
 
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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.
 
Hopefully Ive got this right. Here's another view (1868) of the Almshouses (left) with the church in the distance, behind the Aston Tavern. And the modern, corresponding view. The Almshouses must have been to the left on the modern view with the church just in view behind Aston Tavern. It's difficult to get more of the Almshouses site (to the left) into the modern view without losing the church as reference (which becomes obscured by the modern flyover). Screenshot_20251206_175353_Samsung Internet.jpgScreenshot_20251206_175704_Maps.jpg
 
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