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Fantastic pictures there Pedrocut! If I remember right (and I'm sure someone will tell me if I'm wrong!) - The New Church was not built on the site of the old church. The old Church was by the Library, at the junction of Field Lane and Genners Lane. The graveyard is still there, hidden behind a tall hedge. When the "New" centre for Bartley Green with its "Shopping Centre" was built about a half mile away, the new church was built there.
The old Church was demolished in 1968, it had been unused for some years and was "derelict". The New Church was opened in 1966.
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Thanks for those pictures of the Library, Pedrocut. I spent many a happy hour in there in the 1969/70 going through their collection of Eagle Comic annuals. It was reading the "Eagle Book of Aircraft" there as an 11 year old that set me on course for joining the RAF later. Happy days! It had changed a lot since 1913! Glad to see the Library is still operating today.
Another great picture Pedrocut! Wonder what they meant by "River"? - Not many rivers in Bartley Green! - I think this may be the Mill and Mill pond that used to be in the corner of what is now Senneleys Park. The road on that edge is called Mill Lane. It was served by the brook that runs through the middle of Senneleys Park (and originally ran through the valley where Bartley Green Reservoir now is).
Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
This gives a few pictures, does look like Mill Lane. The compilers on Birmingham Archives and Collections probably didn’t know the difference between Brooklyn and river.
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pjmburns
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However, Bill dargue seems to think that
What was later known as Connops Mill on Stonehouse Brook was almost certainly the Weoley Castle mill. Standing at the north end of Senneleys Park this was a corn mill from at least the 15th century. It took its name from Benjamin Connop, miller, farmer and beer retailer here in 1873. The mill house became the Mill Inn by 1900 and was photographed externally and internally in the 1930s, but soon afterwards all the buildings were demolished.
What was later known as Connops Mill on Stonehouse Brook was almost certainly the Weoley Castle mill. Standing at the north end of Senneleys Park this was a corn mill from at least the 15th century. It took its name from Benjamin Connop, miller, farmer and beer retailer here in 1873. The mill house became the Mill Inn by 1900 and was photographed externally and internally in the 1930s, but soon afterwards all the buildings were demolished.
Its in a "grey" area. Sort of on the border between Weoley castle and Bartley Green, in an area that was still called California by many up until the 70s or maybe Barnes Hill. When the RSPCA Dogs home was near there it was called the Barnes Hill dogs home. I guess any of the four names would equally fit.