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Old Mill Court Bradford Street Birmingham

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Nicolet190

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Hi All.

Just wondering if anyone would be able to shed some light on where Old Mill Court Bradford Street would have been c 1840s. Would there be any historic maps showing the area?
Thanks in advance.
Nicole
 
Can’t see any mentions of Old Mill Court in the Press for the 1800s. Many mentions of Mill Pond, Mill and Old Mill Pool.
In 1823 known as Mr Gibson’s Mill.
 
There is a Mill Lane on the northern side of the coach station, and I've often assumed there was a mill thereabouts fed by a watercourse running from the Manor House moat (Moat Lane) down to the River Rea. (Mind you, there is also an Upper Mill Lane between Moat Lane and Digbeth, opposite the Adagio Aparthotel [whatever one of those is!] so there were probably more than one watermill in the area.)
 
Hi All.
Here is a census from 1851. The names are William Capewell, Eliza Capewell, John Capewell and John Woolaston.
Beneath that are the relatives of the Woolaston family. Closer to the top there is an address listed next to another family which I can't seem to make out! Hope this helps somewhat.
Merry Christmas to all and thanks once again for your assistance.
Nicole
 

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That explains the confusion. You put 1841 in post 4 and I went through Bradford Street in 1841 with no luck. Will look at 1851 later
 
hopefully someone can help you but i was just thinking that maybe old mill court was named after the nearby mill street..also click on link below as we have a thread for bradford street which you may find of interest..read from post 1 so that you do not miss anything as i do know it includes an 1870s old drawing of what bradford st probably still looked liked in 1841

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Thread 'Bradford street'

Hi,
My Grandparents lived in Bradford Street in the 1920`s
As anyone got any Photo`s of Bradford Street as it was then please.
Thankyou
Carolann
 
A look at the pages before and after William's entry on the 1851 census shows that "Old Mill Court" is between 294 and 296 Bradford Street. (Numbers ran consecutively so I assume where 295 might have been).
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The 1868 directory helps us place these two addresses
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So we know it was between Rea Street and Birchall Street. Unfortunately buy the time numbers are on the maps (1950s) those 2 properties seem to have been swallowed up. The map places it close to the River Rea as far as I can estimate.
 
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