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Lozells House
- Thread starter jane k
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master brummie
The problem is that Lozells Rd does not appear in any of my early directory's in the 1868 directory there is a Lozells Lane and for Lozells Houses there is a
Allday Thomas Maltster your ancestors may appear in the earlier directory's but a name is needed
Allday Thomas Maltster your ancestors may appear in the earlier directory's but a name is needed
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Wendy
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My gt grandparents lived at Clyde House on the Lozells Road. This was in fact no 224 Lozells Road it was quite a large house for the time but not grand. It is still there today. Did Lozells House have a number or was it just listed in the census by it's name?
The parents are Benjamin and Jane Williams - Benjamin was a master maltster. In 1851 and 1861 their home is identified as Lozells House - the houses nearby have other names or are just described as being in Lozells Road. I think it must have been reasonably affluent as they had servants.
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Jane
Lozells house is listed as in Lozells Lane in the 1855 and 67 directories. In the 1855 one Benjamin Williams, maltster is the occupant, so it is the right house. By 1873 theroad has changed to Lozells Road, and the occupant is Thomas Allday, maltster.. The house was between Archibald rd and Finch road on the north side of Lozells Road, but no buildings of that period survive there. Indeed I think most have been replaced twice since then. It is likely to have gone by 1890. unfortunately the large scale maps of that area for c1889 are not available online, though the Birmingham library should have them
Mike
Lozells house is listed as in Lozells Lane in the 1855 and 67 directories. In the 1855 one Benjamin Williams, maltster is the occupant, so it is the right house. By 1873 theroad has changed to Lozells Road, and the occupant is Thomas Allday, maltster.. The house was between Archibald rd and Finch road on the north side of Lozells Road, but no buildings of that period survive there. Indeed I think most have been replaced twice since then. It is likely to have gone by 1890. unfortunately the large scale maps of that area for c1889 are not available online, though the Birmingham library should have them
Mike
That litle area is on the joint of two maps. You can see the larger homes in gardens above Lozells to the left of Archibald. It continues on the upper right of the next portion of the map (1890 OS). Lozells is the road with the tram lines. Finch is not marked.
Links...https://www.british-history.ac.uk/m...id=10074&ox=325&oy=2811&zm=1&czm=1&x=324&y=10
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/m...=10080&ox=4675&oy=2755&zm=1&czm=1&x=520&y=168
Ahh..ok..Finch is the first road from the right on second ref. Actually the houses just below Lozells now, in that short length, are the same ones as in 1890 I am pretty shure. but the orchard frontage has been replaced by a row of shops with rustic gables...need a coat of paint but still look nice. Not what you would have liked to see..I suspect. If you have Google Earth you can look there as well as me but if not I will post a picture.
Links...https://www.british-history.ac.uk/m...id=10074&ox=325&oy=2811&zm=1&czm=1&x=324&y=10
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/m...=10080&ox=4675&oy=2755&zm=1&czm=1&x=520&y=168
Ahh..ok..Finch is the first road from the right on second ref. Actually the houses just below Lozells now, in that short length, are the same ones as in 1890 I am pretty shure. but the orchard frontage has been replaced by a row of shops with rustic gables...need a coat of paint but still look nice. Not what you would have liked to see..I suspect. If you have Google Earth you can look there as well as me but if not I will post a picture.
If the bigger property was the House in question then there would have been several servants when you consider the work involved. No electricity at the start and even water would have had to be pumped. They have a curved driveway and paddock and stables at the side. Kind of like a smaller version of Downton Abbey. Alas, in the map it must have been the last years. The townhouses on the other side of the street are lower class dwellings and, like many other 'away from it' fine piles, they would have to give way to the never ending needs of Empire and growing manufacturing city. Possibly the tram lines would carry cars that were horse drawn until power was available.