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Hospital Street Almshouses Lenches Trust

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OldBrummie

master brummie
I am contacting from Aus. I have picked up a relative who passed away 9th December 1846 at (and I quote from the Death Certificate) "Alms Houses Hospital Street" - which I assume is Birmingham. I Googled the quote and was able to establish that Alms Houses were built in Hospital Street in about 1829.
Can anyone out there tell me where Hospital Street is (or was) and does anyone have any info on these particular Alms houses?
The woman was a widow (aged 69) and so I am assuming she must have fallen on hard times. Her death was certified as 'Fever for 4 weeks'.
Any help gratefully received.

Old Brummie.
 
I know that there was (and still is) a Hospital Street in Hockley. No idea whether there were almshouses there, but it was a hive of back to back backs in the 1800s (and into the 1900s). I'm sure when they wake up that others more knowledgeable will be more specific :)

Paul
 
Hi oldBrummie
Lench’s almshouses were between 109 and 111 Hospital Street (in case you didn’t know, there were a number of Lech’s almshouses around the city run by a trust.) They were on the western side of the street, just south of Buckingham St, and a 1889 map below shows them. Do not know if the layout was the same in 1846 though. The same area may be seen on Google at https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Buckingham+Street,+Birmingham&aq=0&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=14.985334,29.750977&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Buckingham+St,+Birmingham,+West+Midlands+B19,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.488294,-1.901579&spn=0.001882,0.003632&t=h&z=18

Hope that is useful
mike
 
Paul and Mike, thanks for responding.
This all came out of the blue as, to date, all searched relatives have seemed to live "normal" working class lives.
This one had to be different and now I am wondering why. A lot more deeper searching to be done!

OldBrummie.
 
hi folks would anyone have photo please of the lenches trust almshouses that were in hospital st...map attached...

many thanks

lyn
 

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