RAILWAY TAVERN MOTT ST NEWTOWN

[Astoness]

cant say as ive heard of this pub...could anyone date it from the landlords name on this token and post a map showing where it was please...odd thing is there is no value on the coin

many thanks

lyn

 

[mikejee]

In the cutting below from nov.1853 William thanks his clients for support at the pub for 7 years. therefore presumably he came there arond 1846. There are references to his money society from 1848 onwards. Possibly the token with no value might be something to do with the money society such as a membership token?. In march 1861 a new owner makes themselves known. So his landordship was between about 1846 and 1861

 

[Astoness]

many thanks mike so that is a very old token then..

lyn

 

[MWS]

There is a William Cooke b1818 listed on Mott St on the 1851 census. At this time he is a Button Maker, however in 1861 he is living on John St (Kings Norton) when he is listed as a retail brewer.

 

[Astoness]

There is a William Cooke b1818 listed on Mott St on the 1851 census. At this time he is a Button Maker, however in 1861 he is living on John St (Kings Norton) when he is listed as a retail brewer.

thanks mike....mark john st would be the one off newtown row not far from mott st...very interesting info

mike was his pub on a corner..

lyn

 

[mikejee]

Lyn
It was John St, Kings Norton, so would be the John St off Moseley road. In the 1870s it changed its name to St John's Road, off Moseley Road, parallel to Brighton Road. See below

 

[Astoness]

oops got confused there mike....thanks for the correction

 

[mikejee]

For informatiion the beerhouse in John St, later St johns Road and later Runcorn Road was called the Victoria Inn