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Handsworth - The Moors | Moorfields, Church Lane, Handsworth.

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GeoFereby

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Good evening - this is my first post. Doing some family history research and I wonder if anyone would be able to tell me if a big house in Handsworth called "The Moors" in c. 1875 is the same house known as "Moorfields, 19 Church Lane, Handsworth" in 1900? Thank you.
 
Geo, welcome to the Forum a very pleasant and informative place.

i lived in Handsworth and remember the name Moorfields but do not know enough about it to be helpful. I am sure that other forum members will be more helpful!

Welcome & enjoy!
 
GeoFereby said:
Good evening - this is my first post. Doing some family history research and I wonder if anyone would be able to tell me if a big house in Handsworth called "The Moors" in c. 1875 is the same house known as "Moorfields, 19 Church Lane, Handsworth" in 1900? Thank you.
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Hello Geo, I have just come across your post which is such a coincidence because I have recently been researching a family named Goode who had the house called the Moor on Church lane Handsworth built in the early 1800s , Apparently this house was demolished in or about 1930 when the family sold the house and land for redevelopment! I do not know if it was ever referred to as Moorfields though .
 
Maggie from Handsworth said:
Hello Geo, I have just come across your post which is such a coincidence because I have recently been researching a family named Goode who had the house called the Moor on Church lane Handsworth built in the early 1800s , Apparently this house was demolished in or about 1930 when the family sold the house and land for redevelopment! I do not know if it was ever referred to as Moorfields though .
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Welcome Maggie! I also lived in Handsworth but I am afraid I can't help you. Welcome & enjoy the Forum!
 
A bit late in the day as far as replies to this thread are concerned, but Handsworth Historical Society's (HHS) information on The Moors from our 1898 directory shows it as 12 Church Lane (then occupied by Mrs Sarah Eliza Goode) and it was at the Grove Lane end of Church Lane. There was also an unnumbered house called Moorfields almost opposite, next to No. 13, occupied by O H Duffell. At that time, the directory shows only six houses on The Moors side, with fields in between the 3rd and 5th, and ten houses on the other side.

It housed Belgian refugees during WW1 and later became a nursing/maternity home before demolition. There's a painting of The Moors on Birmingham Images and HHS also has photos of it including a brochure of the maternity home. Some 2002 correspondence from descendants of the Goode family said that they moved to Selborne Road in 1926 as their mother was a widow, and several members of the family are buried at St Mary's Handsworth.

Hope this helps.
 
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