Summer Street

[Vivienne14]

Does anyone have Summer Street on a map, please ? Deemed an 'unnecessary street' by 1912.

It had a pub named the Swan Inn/Tavern, with a licensed virtualler Joseph Brooks (insolvent by1859), G. Morton 1855 and John Southall 1868. This would have been at the junction with Swallow Street.






Source: British Newspaper Archive

 

[Astoness]

i can find swallow st viv but cant see summer st...could need an older map

Georeferenced Maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland

 

[brummy-lad]

Summer street 1905

 

[pjmburns]

Slightly older map - c1887

 

[pjmburns]

1913 map still shows it


but next publication 1937

 

[Vivienne14]

So a few parts of the street remained (still visible on the 1937 map but unamed). I expect these parts were retained to give access to the College. A new College section was built across the centre of the street. And some other existing buildings also appear to have extended onto the street. Thanks all.

 

[Vivienne14]

In this photo of the Birmingham Municipal and Technical School at the junction of Suffolk and Navigation Streets, I think the very tall section on the right was probably on Summer Street. It must have dominated the street.