Green Lane (now Green Road) Hall Green

[Vivienne14]

The origins of the name Green Lane, according to BillDargue come from

“Green lanes were rural unmetalled parish road wide enough to have a strip of grass along each side primarily used for moving livestock”

In the images of the Lane below, it easy to see this origin. Probably not possible to see this today. Viv.

 

[oldMohawk]

There is a 'Then & Now' of the third pic and some other information.

In Green Road Hall Green long ago a photo was taken of this cottage which looks old.

The cottage today.

 

[oldMohawk]

ellbrown took a nice pic of the cottage from a different viewpoint in April 2020
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/then-now.44065/post-680104

 

[Vivienne14]

Thanks OM, glad the cottage is still there. I’ve extracted out the Grade II Listed building information on the cottage from that link

II
Early C19 cottage ornee in appearance but perhaps older in origin.

Pebbledashed; tile roof. One storey plus attic; three bays, that on the left set back a little and at a slight angle to the rest of the facade. Simple panelled door beneath a bargeboarded and tiled porch. Windows of two or three lights, all with leaded glazing and some beneath tiled canopies and with bargeboards. Bargeboards, too, at eaves level. In the roof, three tiled and gabled dormer windows, all also with leaded glazing and bargeboards.

Inside; the Minton tiles in the hall and late C19 stained glass windows.

Viv

 

[Vivienne14]

For some reason this is labelled Green Lanes - is that a typo ? Viv.

 

[pjmburns]

Think that is the ford in Green Lane so must be a typo. Different bridge now but I am sure it is the same place.

 

[pjmburns]

This is the site today. I think there are now lights as well to try to stop people trying to go through the ford when there has been heavy rain. Most times it floods at least one car gets stuck as it can get quite deep. See pictures here on Birmingham Mail site (from Sept 2019) Green Road Ford

 

[sospiri]

Yes, that photograph in post #5 is certainly pre-1940 and probably a lot older than that. In my 1940s childhood that was my favourite place to paddle with a thick bed of soft green waterweed under your feet. In those days the bridge was a fairly new wood construction, whereas when I last visited about 8 or 9 years ago, a newish bridge had beed erected on a steel framework which also seemed much longer. And, of course, all the waterweed had long since gone. It was also called Green Lane in my day. Why they had to change the name goodness knows.

Maurice

 

[pjmburns]

Certainly the Wake Green Road end is still very "lane like" although the section from the ford to Stratford Road is more like a road. If you see what I mean.

 

[Vivienne14]

Two more for this thread. The image of the man and dog on the bridge is c1905. Must be the same bridge as in post #5. Viv.

 

[OuterCircleBus]

The "cottage" referred to in some of the posts is called "The Chalet". I had the opportunity to go inside once (about 50 years ago) and it was fascinating. The owner told me that none of the rooms were rectangular so it is possible that in times gone by extra rooms were added without making them "square".
I also tried to find out when the name of the road changed from Green Lane to Green Road. There does not seem to be a definite answer, but it is most likely to have been when most of the housing in the area was built in the 1930s.
I lived nearly in Sarehole Road for over 20 years in the 1940s-60s, so I knew the area quite well.

 

[mikejee]

The 1915 Kellys lists in its street list of roads, Green Road, Hall Green. The 1913 Kellys does not their list a Green Road, Hall Green, though does list a Green Bank , Hall Green, Stratford road. Neither are listed in the section which gives individual buildings