Excavation of site of former BVSC building on north side of Digbeth

[Seanyb1986]

The archaelogical side of the job has stopped for now, it will begin again after xmas when i wiil be excavating the site of the former bvsc building, we should have some good finds under this area, it is undisturbed for a long time

 

[Seanyb1986]

Could anybody, better with the tech than me, impose the area of the said bvsc building onto the older 1895 map, so i could look at it properly

 

[Seanyb1986]

The former avery building , avery made weighing scales i am learning , it is a large area i will be excavating and if the avery building is here a long time then anything underneath will be very old

 

[Seanyb1986]

We are very close to, but undisturbed by various bull ring works over the years, and close to the church so there could be anything under the floors of our former avery building, phase 2 can begin for us on here also,

madeley and sons ????

Averil and smith???

thats the area we are dealing with if im right

 

[Seanyb1986]

How long was avery here? It was a big building

 

[Pedrocut]

BIRMINGHAM VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL, address was 138 Digbeth.

 

[mikejee]

If you go to https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18.4&lat=52.47728&lon=-1.89185&layers=117746211&b=1 then you can move the blue dot towards the bottom of corner of the screen to get either the old map or the google view, or a composite

 

[mikejee]

Out of interest, here is a not very clear view from 2001

 

[Pedrocut]

We are very close to, but undisturbed by various bull ring works over the years, and close to the church so there could be anything under the floors of our former avery building, phase 2 can begin for us on here also,

madeley and sons ????

Averil and smith???

thats the area we are dealing with if im right

1883 Averil and Smith at 139 Digbeth, wholesale tea dealers.

John Madeley Yorke and Son, leather merchants at 140 Digbeth.

W and T Avery were at 12A Digbeth.

 

[Seanyb1986]

I would suggest a new thread, this new dig will be totally different with, hopefully, much more to find, like i say, a large area, undisturbed since the avery building was built, so could be anything underneath

 

[mikejee]

There has been a little confusion. There was a firm Averill on the site of the excavation, but Avery's were on the opposite side of Digbeth.

 

[Pedrocut]

The maps exist on Post 14 of the Avery Scales thread. The one turned over shows Avery on the south side.