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Britannia Inn Brewery Street

Chennell

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My Great Grandfather George Ameghino is listed as a publican living at the Brittania Inn, 21 Brewery Street Birmingham in the 1911 census.

Any information about the location, does it still exist? Brewery Street? Would be most welcome....

I now live in Australia


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Brewery St is still there, running off New Town Row, though none of the original buildings remain. Below is a map from c1889, though it was very similar in 1911. It shows numbering. the black numbers are certain. the red there is some doubt, depending on whether the building marked 29 is listed in Brewery st or New Town Row. Certainly 21 is either the one so-marked, or the one next to it on the corner. The 1912 Kellys (which would refer to 1911 ) lists George at 21 as a beer retailer, meaning almost certainly that he only had a beerhouse licence and could not sell spirits or wine. He is also listed there in the 1910 Kellys, which would refer to 1909, but not in the 1908 edition (referring to 1907, or the 1913 edition (referring to 1912), so it looks like he was there for about three years. The electoral roll for 1912 lists him as living at 8 Belgrave avenue, which was a double terrace of houses off Belgrave Road..
In the 1903-1908 editions of Kellys (referring to 1902-1907) he is a shopkeeper at 69 Eversley Road, Smallheath
Miss-spellings in Kellys can be a problem. In the 1913 edition it does not list an Ameghino, but does list someone as George Arnechino in the streets section and as George Amechino in the names section, both at The Ivy Green pub , 16 Clement St & 22 Edward St. this seems to be a long thin pub with entrances in both streets. The spelling is corrected in th e1915 edition. By 1921 he is at the Hay Mill Tavern , Coventry road, Haymills.
 

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To add to the earlier story, In the 1924 Kellys George is a wine beer and wine retailer at the Smithfield Arms 47, Jamaica Row. According to the online electoral rolls (which online are not complete) George and Elizabeth are there from at least 1922 till 1927, but have left by 1930 and George is with Evelyn (misstranscription of elizabeth?) at 24 Northampton St.
 
Yes Lyn, but that had disappeared a long time before 1911. The map below shows the brewery in c 1803. The Brittannia pub was very likely the brewery pub originally
 

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Sounds like an interesting brewery. I did wonder if the position next to the canal was significant. Viv.
 
To add to the earlier story, In the 1924 Kellys George is a wine beer and wine retailer at the Smithfield Arms 47, Jamaica Row. According to the online electoral rolls (which online are not complete) George and Elizabeth are there from at least 1922 till 1927, but have left by 1930 and George is with Evelyn (misstranscription of elizabeth?) at 24
 
To add to the earlier story, In the 1924 Kellys George is a wine beer and wine retailer at the Smithfield Arms 47, Jamaica Row. According to the online electoral rolls (which online are not complete) George and Elizabeth are there from at least 1922 till 1927, but have left by 1930 and George is with Evelyn (misstranscription of elizabeth?) at 24

Evelyn is the correct name
 
Hello All
I would like to thank-you all for your helpful contributions. My Wife is a Grand-Daughter of George Alesandro AMEGHINO (b.1875 d.1924), her Father George Achilles AMEGHINO (b.1904 d.1984) only son of George the elder is the one I suspect that is listed in the Kelly's entries after 1924, living with his mother Elizabeth Ameghino (nee Huckerby b.1875 d.1934) and later with his sister Evyeln (married surname Wood b.1903 d.1980). On Saturday my Wife and I are in Birmingham and will try to take pictures of the these pubs as they exist today though I appreciate that all the buildings appear to have been destroyed it would be nice to get a modern context. I have been lucky enough to find picture of the Smithfield Arms and the Ivy Green pubs but none, so far, of the Britannia Inn so if that gap could be filled it would be great.
 
Chennell I would love to make contact with you direct but if you wish to remain private , I respect that. I know of 3 families descended from George Alesandro AMEGHINO that are currently resident in Australia and would love to know from which branch you originate. Regards KentishScot
 
Chennell I would love to make contact with you direct but if you wish to remain private , I respect that. I know of 3 families descended from George Alesandro AMEGHINO that are currently resident in Australia and would love to know from which branch you originate. Regards KentishScot

KentishScot - would love to get in contact. My grandmother was Evelyn Wood - his daughter. Vanessa Harris is a relative living in Perth (we haven’t met but stay in contact via Facebook) Her family has traced the Ameghino line back to the year 1580in Moneglia. If you can access the Family Tree app you should be able to find all the details. (Edit email address removed - please contact me using the Inbox tool above, then “start a conversation”)
 
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Hi Chennell. I’ve removed your email address for security reasons. We don’t suggest you put it on public forum to avoid unwanted mail. Hopefully KentishScot will contact you via “Inbox”. Viv.
 
The naming of the Britannia Inn may not be related to the original Brewery, the name lived on with the works on the site and there was also a canal basin there in later times serving various wharves.

The Ordnance Survey of 1902 (published in 1905) shows the industry in this area.

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There was a Bedstead Works in Blews Street, owned by Upfill, Morton & Co called the Britannia Works.
 
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