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Hopefully, a few people may have had a drink in here and may be able to recall what the place was like.....
Shepherd's Rest - Bradford Street Bordesley [pic attached]
Pulled down in the 1980's, this pub was located on the corner of Moseley Road. The name of the establishment serves to remind that livestock was herded along Bradford Street to the markets and slaughter houses located down the hill at Smithfield.
The original Shepherd's Rest was a beer house and was run by John Craddock in the early 1840's. Two decades later the pub was being kept by John and Mary Upton. Born in the Kent village of Ringwould in 1809, John Upton was also recorded as a builder. However, he had earlier run a grocery store in Stroud's High Street. His wife Mary hailed from Ross in Herefordshire.
The pub was a homebrew house and was documented as a retail beerhouse with brewhouse, maltroom, stable, loft and premises. Former tin plate worker John Thrusfield moved into the Shepherd's Rest during the late 1860's. He kept the pub with his wife Hannah but later returned to work with tin plate.
Ansell's acquired a lease on the Shepherd's Rest in 1891 with a condition that £200 would be spent on repairs and alterations to the property. The property was owned by Matthew Smart who also possessed Nos.133-7. In a new lease agreement signed a few years later, the the Aston brewery agreed to expend £700 rebuilding the Shepherd's Rest. The plans were drawn up and approved in May 1896. The company later acquired the freehold.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
Shepherd's Rest - Bradford Street Bordesley [pic attached]
Pulled down in the 1980's, this pub was located on the corner of Moseley Road. The name of the establishment serves to remind that livestock was herded along Bradford Street to the markets and slaughter houses located down the hill at Smithfield.
The original Shepherd's Rest was a beer house and was run by John Craddock in the early 1840's. Two decades later the pub was being kept by John and Mary Upton. Born in the Kent village of Ringwould in 1809, John Upton was also recorded as a builder. However, he had earlier run a grocery store in Stroud's High Street. His wife Mary hailed from Ross in Herefordshire.
The pub was a homebrew house and was documented as a retail beerhouse with brewhouse, maltroom, stable, loft and premises. Former tin plate worker John Thrusfield moved into the Shepherd's Rest during the late 1860's. He kept the pub with his wife Hannah but later returned to work with tin plate.
Ansell's acquired a lease on the Shepherd's Rest in 1891 with a condition that £200 would be spent on repairs and alterations to the property. The property was owned by Matthew Smart who also possessed Nos.133-7. In a new lease agreement signed a few years later, the the Aston brewery agreed to expend £700 rebuilding the Shepherd's Rest. The plans were drawn up and approved in May 1896. The company later acquired the freehold.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
