Staffordshire Pool

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There doesn’t seem much information on Staffordshire Pool on the Forum. Here is a View of Aston Hall from the Staffordshire Pool, 1808-38
Watercolour on paper
Artist: Joseph Vincent Barber.

 

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OS Map surveyed 1887 showing Staffordshire Pool.

 

[Vivienne14]

Just to add, the artist of the painting was by BirmIngham artist Joseph Vincent, born in Birmingham, the son of artist and drawing master Joseph Barber

 

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The Thunderstorm at Aston… Sep 1876, Aston Chronicle.

Death of a boy while paddling in a pool near Witton Road. Was this Staffordshire Pool ?

 

[Vivienne14]

Maybe the pool on Witton Lane might actually be the place the boy drowned, as it appears to be more a part of Aston Grounds (and the Agricultural Show). Just a thought. Horribly unfortunate and sad.

 

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Just found that The Staffordshire Pool and 30 odd acres were leased to Quillan in 1863, so it would be considered part of Lower Grounds. It may also have been known as South Staffordshire Pool or Dovehouse Pool.

The other pool near Witton Lane may have been known as Great Pool or Warwickshire Pool.
(Birmingham Daily Mail, Jan 1905)

 

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Further up Witton Road there is a road off called Dovehouse Pool Road which according to the December 1989, Express and Star, was subject to a court case. Asians wanted a name change to reflect the people living in the area.
Did history prevail here ?

 

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Oct 1875 The Birmingham Morning News reports on flooding. Water coming from Pool in Lower Grounds.

 

[Vivienne14]

Looking at the 1887 map in post #2, a section of the river to the right of Lower Grounds marked "Old River Tame." I expect by 1887 the river had to be diverted for the very reason of frequent severe flooding.

 

[Donbogen]

Theres a lot of water on the Black Patch?

 

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Interesting the reference, "Passing Messrs Kynoch's manufactory the force of the torrent gradually lessens, but resumes with two-fold intensity at the other side of the bridge over Witton Brook." Would Witton Brook be a local name for the River Tame?

 

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Interesting the reference, "Passing Messrs Kynoch's manufactory the force of the torrent gradually lessens, but resumes with two-fold intensity at the other side of the bridge over Witton Brook." Would Witton Brook be a local name for the River Tame?

Thats a thought, I have a feeling Aston Brook and Hockley Brook were one and the same

 

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Strange to refer to the River Tame as a brook, but it does look as if this is the case.

In 1875 there was an attempted suicide in Witton Brook. The location was described as in the Witton Road, near the Yew Tree Inn.

 

[Vivienne14]

According to Wikipedia:

Hockley Brook rises just outside the city, in Smethwick, and runs through Black Patch Park and then through the city's Soho, Hockley and Aston districts, to its confluence with the River Tame, beneath Gravelly Hill Interchange. At the eastern end, it is known as Aston Brook, giving its name to Aston Brook Street.

 

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According to Wikipedia:

Hockley Brook rises just outside the city, in Smethwick, and runs through Black Patch Park and then through the city's Soho, Hockley and Aston districts, to its confluence with the River Tame, beneath Gravelly Hill Interchange. At the eastern end, it is known as Aston Brook, giving its name to Aston Brook Street.

Sorted, thanks Viv

 

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Birmingham Journal, May 1848.
10 days hard labour for fishing in Witton Brook.
(Interesting that in 1848 this comes under Erdington)