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Great Hampton Street

From the English Heritage publication: The Jewellery Quarter (Cattell and Hawkins). It shows the rear of the houses and their restored workshops at #69 and #70 which might have similarities with those at #85 and #86. This dates the houses as 1830.

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Presumably the refurbishment below is the workshop shown to the right in the above photo - this would have been to the rear of house #70

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Vivienne14 said:
The Piggot Smith 1828 map on Kieran's Midlands Pubs site (link provided in post #119) shows the terrace still hadn't been built by that time. That's helpful. thanks Lyn. It also shows a significant structure, slightly set back from the road, near where the toll gate would have been. What was that ? Looks like a large house.
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yes that large structure looks interesting viv...no idea what it was though but maybe the house of mr vyse

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Vivienne14 said:
From the English Heritage publication: The Jewellery Quarter (Cattell and Hawkins). It shows the rear of the houses and their restored workshops at #69 and #70 which might have similarities with those at #85 and #86. This dates the houses as 1830.

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Presumably the refurbishment below is the workshop shown to the right in the above photo - this would have been to the rear of house #70

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those photos are another reason why i hope member natty still looks in viv because her ancestor ran a jewellery business at no 86 and he most likely had workshops at the back just like these..it would be nice for her to know that no 86 is still standing

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from st view 2008 from hockley st we get a glimpse of the backs of numbers 75 and 76 gt hampton row

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Possible useful info to add on Nattys post. This may be the same family connection

Wrightson's Triennial Directory of 1818 lists a Joseph Price, Jewellery, Black Ornament Maker at Great Hampton Street

Pigotts Directory of 1837 lists a Joseph Price under Jewellery Manufacturing at 102 Bull Street and 55 Great Hampton Street

So maybe the Price jewellery business started off across the road at #55 Great Hampton Street before moving to #86 GHS (not built until the 1830s)

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This was #55 Gt Hampton Street, still there.
 

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After having found this photo posted by the late Phil, it shows that not quite all of #55 GHS is still there. The upper storey with the L J Meakin sign has gone but the bottom part and the entrance with #55 above it is still there. The rest of the premises to the right of the entrance are still in tact, but not shown in Phils 1901 photo.

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In later years, #85 Great Hampton Street was being put to quite different use, being used as a Labour Exchange, most likely temporarily for WW1 recruitment.

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