AlexC
proper brummie kid
This was still puzzling me, so I re-read the posts above and believe that I now understand. The Canal Street in Astoness's picture is this one:My great-great grandfather was born in 1839 and his birth certificate shows 1, New Canal Street. By 1847 his father was living at 1, Canal Street (which adjoined 106, Bordesley Street), so it wasn't "New" then. (Numbers 1 to 6, along with 106, were sold by auction, with their tenants, at the White Hart Inn, Digbeth, and my 3xgreat-grandfather showed people around). In Rapkin's map of 1851 it is still Canal Street, but in Bartholomew's map of 1866 the New has returned...
![Canal Street Aston 1884-1891.jpg Canal Street Aston 1884-1891.jpg](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/61/61700-d4ffb12ac42fa237b4b517f1fdd43b1d.jpg)
OS Map name 014/01 | British History Online
whereas "my" New Canal Street is this one:
![New Canal Street 1884-1891.jpg New Canal Street 1884-1891.jpg](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/61/61702-3dc4b73f7e58c83d7f7b4dd61fc77e10.jpg)
OS Map name 014/05 | British History Online
It took a while, but now I know...