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Great Hampton Row

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never mind charlie..hope you feel better in the morning

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Hi folks, Ive just discovered in the 1849 Whites Directory and Gazetteer of Birmingham that an ancestor of mine had a Butcher's shop at 129 Gt Hampton Row...I've had a look on Old-Maps but I can't work out where it would have been especially as the enhanced zoom isnt available now and my eyesight isnt that good !! Would anyone be able to pinpoint it for me .... or point me in the direction of a map of the era please :)
 
Lindyloo
Of course one cannot be sure whether the building in 1849 was the same as in 1889, but here is map showing no 129 on c 1889 map in red

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Thank you so much Mike :) ... most appreciated.
Am I right in thinking it is Brearley Street on the left ?
 
Thanks again Mike...don't know my left from my right!!
Thanks to you also Lyn :) that helped a lot.
There doesnt look to be anything left of the original buildings from what I can see on googlemaps, more's the pity !!
Im guessing that 129 may perhaps have been between Harry's kebab Hut and the last block of flats on the Row before Mosborough Crescent ? although knowing my navigational skill level, I'm probably way off the mark !!
 
lindy i used to live in the last block of flats before mosborough cres and yes i would think you are about right..there maybe one or two old factories left at the constitution hill end of gt hampton row but apart from that everything has gone..

lyn
 
Thanks for the confirmation Lyn :)..what a coincidence !! I've just checked out the other end of the Row on Google and I see what you mean.. I noticed on Mike's map that there is a pub on the one corner which I think says The Star and Garter, would you happen to know if any photos are on here of that please.

EDIT..just found a photo of the Star and Garter at the beginning of the thread but it would be great if there were others taken from a different angle...might be too much to hope for though ??
 
Hi Lindyloo

Sorry it is the same as the one in the start of the thread, i just
cleaned it up a bit.

Regards Stars
 
Thanks for that Lyn, :) I had looked at the photo but not associated it with todays view. I wonder what my ancestor of 1849 would have made of the high rise flats!!
 
Hi mossg. Just noticed the picture of George Fisher's barber shop. Brings back memories as a child. George was a very good friend of my grandfather. He was always going on about "George Fisher this" ..."George Fisher that". Strange how after all these years the memories and names are as fresh as ever. Regards. willey
 
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Thanks for that Lyn, :) I had looked at the photo but not associated it with todays view. I wonder what my ancestor of 1849 would have made of the high rise flats!!
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lindy prob much the same as what i think of them...not a lot...

lyn
 
Lindy,i am putting this picture on this thread as it shows Gt Hampton Row.I originally posted it on the New John St West thread.moss
 

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Lindy,i am putting this picture on this thread as it shows Gt Hampton Row.I originally posted it on the New John St West thread.moss
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moss, thanks so much for posting the photo,..it's a great picture. I am a little confused by the caption attached to the photo though because of the Gt Hampton Row street sign position..am I right in thinking that the row of buildings is actually on New John Street as seen from the corner of Gt Hampton Row, not Gt Hampton from New John ? Either way I would imagine the buildings on the two streets were very similar.
Lynne
 
hi lindy yes you are quite right.its a view of njsw taken from the end of gt hampton row...
its always been one of my favourite pics..
lyn
 
lindy go to post 103 on the wheeler st thread...cracking pic taken looking up wheeler st...njsw is running accross the pic and the block of flats being built is the one we were talking about the other day..gt hampton row finished at njsw so that block of flats would roughly be where the waste ground is on the pic moss posted on this thread post..829..actually prob a bit more to the right as they widened the road..

lyn
 
It took me ages to work it out Lyn, (the angle of dangle for Wheeler Street..lol ) but I think Ive finally sorted it and matched a today view, my how its all changed !! I'm thinking that the footpath through the grassed area going by St George's Church now, possibly and roughly follows where Wheeler Street once was.

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Thanks again for your help Lyn, I am very grateful, it is all helping to build a mental picture of the area my 1849 rellie would have lived in :) You're a star.
EDIT 2..thinking this might be more appropriate on The Wheeler Street thread..please move it if you feel it should
EDIT 3...I forgot to say that Im assuming the smaller building to the right of the tower block in both pictures is the flats we talked about, just before Mosborough Crescent ??
 
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perfect lindy...spot on i would say..happy to help as ive got most of my lot on many streets and roads round there..i post this map from time to time..dont know if you have got it but it really helps me to get my bearings...if this does not enlarge i will send it via photo bucket..
 

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:) I was wondering about the "map" Lyn !lol! but thats a lovely photo anyway...could you tell me where it was please.
The Map is great !! ..many thanks again, I can enlarge it by zooming in. It really does help to get your bearings and I also spotted another road where Ive found an ancestor..Leonard Road..I will have a search for that later.
 
think i am tired tonight lindy...cant recall the location of the pic off hand but im sure i posted it under the old st pics thread not so long back..i wouldnt be without that map even though i have referred to it many times over the past few years i am still learning where streets ect were...

lyn
 
I know the feeling Lyn..Not to worry about the photo, I expect it will come to you. I can only make out West Heath and Bromsgrove on the sign post.
I will hang on to the map, it really is a good one to have

Lynne
 
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