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Here's another lesser-known pub of this street, the two famous one's being the Dog and Partridge [later Market Tavern] and the White Swan on the corner of Bradford Street.
Malt Shovel - Birchall Street Deritend [plan attached]
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The Malt Shovel was originally, and for good many years, known as the Old Bricklayer's Arms. In the mid-late 1830's the beer house was owned by Joseph Baskerfield and kept by George Haydon, a maltster and retail brewer who also took over the business of Richard Hill in the street's malthouse. It was probably George Haydon who named the pub.
The malthouse was located on the opposite side of Birchall Street, further towards Cheapside. The building was on the south-east side of the street next to the post office on the corner of Cheapside. George Haydon was born locally and kept the Malt Shovel with his wife Mary. The Haydon family moved to Cheapside where, ironically, they had another pub called the Bricklayer's Arms. George continued making beer - in 1854 he was listed in the Post Office Directory for Birmingham as a brewer, maltster and hop merchant. No doubt, George Haydon supplied a number of pubs in the locality, if not for beer then certainly for the ingredients used by other small scale brewers.
The new incumbent of the Malt Shovel in 1851 was William Stych, a 30 year-old retail brewer from London. Three years older, his wife Ann worked as a lacquerer. They had two young children. William Stych also had another trade - in Slater's 1852-3 Trade Directory he was listed as a beer retailer and cabinet maker. In fact, he returned to this trade when he moved with his family to Price Street. The Stych's later moved to Upper Gough Street where his son, also named William, followed in his footsteps as a cabinet maker.
The pub was trading as the Bricklayer's Arms during the tenure of Henry Shaw. Born in the Warwickshire village of Ansley in 1808, he kept the pub with his wife Maria. The couple's two sons lived on the premises in the early 1860's; 17 year-old James worked as an apprentice to a tailor whilst 14 year-old Job was a brass caster.
Both born-and-bred in Birmingham, William and Sarah Palmer were running the Bricklayer's Arms in the 1870's. They were succeeded by John Brett in 1878. He had previously kept the Freemasons' Tavern in Mary Street, Balsall Heath. His stay at Birchall Street was brief and he was succeeded by Joseph Sumner. I suspect that he was the man behind the pub's name change. Certainly, the beer house was listed as such in Kelly's Trade Directory for 1880.
In the following year's census Joseph Sumner was recorded as a 40 year-old retail brewer from Solihull. His Brummie wife Mary was one year older. The couple had four sons and two daughters. The owner of the pub during Joseph Sumner's tenancy was Edward Peyton. He charged the brewer an annual ground rent of £27.0s.0d. The pub seems to disappear from the records around the turn of the 20th century. It's final listing in the rate books for Bordesley and Deritend is 1901.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
Malt Shovel - Birchall Street Deritend [plan attached]
View attachment 21755
The Malt Shovel was originally, and for good many years, known as the Old Bricklayer's Arms. In the mid-late 1830's the beer house was owned by Joseph Baskerfield and kept by George Haydon, a maltster and retail brewer who also took over the business of Richard Hill in the street's malthouse. It was probably George Haydon who named the pub.
The malthouse was located on the opposite side of Birchall Street, further towards Cheapside. The building was on the south-east side of the street next to the post office on the corner of Cheapside. George Haydon was born locally and kept the Malt Shovel with his wife Mary. The Haydon family moved to Cheapside where, ironically, they had another pub called the Bricklayer's Arms. George continued making beer - in 1854 he was listed in the Post Office Directory for Birmingham as a brewer, maltster and hop merchant. No doubt, George Haydon supplied a number of pubs in the locality, if not for beer then certainly for the ingredients used by other small scale brewers.
The new incumbent of the Malt Shovel in 1851 was William Stych, a 30 year-old retail brewer from London. Three years older, his wife Ann worked as a lacquerer. They had two young children. William Stych also had another trade - in Slater's 1852-3 Trade Directory he was listed as a beer retailer and cabinet maker. In fact, he returned to this trade when he moved with his family to Price Street. The Stych's later moved to Upper Gough Street where his son, also named William, followed in his footsteps as a cabinet maker.
The pub was trading as the Bricklayer's Arms during the tenure of Henry Shaw. Born in the Warwickshire village of Ansley in 1808, he kept the pub with his wife Maria. The couple's two sons lived on the premises in the early 1860's; 17 year-old James worked as an apprentice to a tailor whilst 14 year-old Job was a brass caster.
Both born-and-bred in Birmingham, William and Sarah Palmer were running the Bricklayer's Arms in the 1870's. They were succeeded by John Brett in 1878. He had previously kept the Freemasons' Tavern in Mary Street, Balsall Heath. His stay at Birchall Street was brief and he was succeeded by Joseph Sumner. I suspect that he was the man behind the pub's name change. Certainly, the beer house was listed as such in Kelly's Trade Directory for 1880.
In the following year's census Joseph Sumner was recorded as a 40 year-old retail brewer from Solihull. His Brummie wife Mary was one year older. The couple had four sons and two daughters. The owner of the pub during Joseph Sumner's tenancy was Edward Peyton. He charged the brewer an annual ground rent of £27.0s.0d. The pub seems to disappear from the records around the turn of the 20th century. It's final listing in the rate books for Bordesley and Deritend is 1901.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk