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Farm near Aston Hall

If the Spire in the picture is that of Aston Parish Church then it stands on the right hand side of the bulk of the Church. Here is a Google picture of the Church from Witton Lane on the S side.


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Assuming that there's no poetic license then with the position of the church and Aston Hall then it must have been to the north of the church. Difficult to say how far north, maybe between the river Tame and the church?
 
MWS said:
Assuming that there's no poetic license then with the position of the church and Aston Hall then it must have been to the north of the church. Difficult to say how far north, maybe between the river Tame and the church?
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Agreed, It's going to be either just to the South of the River Tame - maybe around where Village Road is now, or just the other side of the river where the Aston Villa Academy is now. That area was built over even in the oldest map I can find. (1830). There was a Witton Farm along that line of sight, but it looks much too far away to be the building in question unless the artist took liberties with the perspective.
 
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