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Pope's Nursery, Handsworth

pigsonthewing

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I am trying to find the location of the above. I have this press clipping, from Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 12 October 1835 - p2 col 6 (transcription below):

Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 12 October 1835 - p2 col 6 POPE NURSERY.png


Freehold Houses and Land, Handsworth, adjoining the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Road, at the Three Mile Oak Turnpike.

TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by E. and C. ROBINS, on Wednesday the 28th day of October instant, at four o'clock in the afternoon, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, New-street. Birmingham, subject to conditions then to be produced-

Two Freehold Messuages fronting the Wolverhampton Road, in the parish of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, nearly adjoining to the Three Mile Oak Turnpike House, in the occupations of James Upton and James Madders, with Gardens attached, together with two valuable pieces of Land behind the same, called Penny Field and the Croft, containing together two Acres and twenty Perches, now in the occupation of Messrs. Pope and Sons, as part of their Nursery Ground, under a Lease, of which 11 years were unexpired at Lady-day last.

For further particulars apply to Mr. H. M. Griffiths, Solicitor, Waterloo-street, or the Auctioneers, New-street, Birmingham.

Can anyone locate that on a map, please?

There is more about the Pope family at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Pope
 
Here are three maps, tithe map from 1848, one showing showing position of three mile oak in c1910, and modern map showing position.

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Pope's nursery may have been renamed as Handsworth nursery. Death notice for John Pope in 1851 of Handsworth nursery also 1851 census showing John Pope (just before he died) at Church Terrace (retired nurseryman).
 

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In 1839 Luke Pope is listed as the landowner of 4 plots in Smethwick, John Pope is listed as ownwe of over 20 plots in Harborne plus one owned by the Earl of Dartmouth that he occupies. One of the plots owned by him is occupied by Messers John Pope & Sons. This is marked in red on the 1839 map. The approximate position of the later Hawthorns Football Stadium is added in blue

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