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Robert has got me digging into Bradford Street now. I have not seen a photograph of this place....
The Cup Inn - Bradford Street Deritend [map attached]
This map surveyed in 1887-8 and revised in 1902 shows the locations of both the Cup Inn and White Lion. I have marked the White Lion but the pub had gone by the 1870's. The property was later used as a Japanning works. Both pubs were on the southern side of Bradford Street between Alcester Street and Moseley Road. The large Ravenhurst Works was almost opposite - I have marked this on the map. I have also indicated Courts 11 and 13; the area was once packed with back-to-backs amid the heavy industry conducted in this part of Birmingham. Renting the property from Ann Hughes, John Spicer was the licensee in 1835. In the mid-19th century the Cup Inn was run for many years by Thomas and Elizabeth Harper. Born around 1818 in Worcester, Thomas Harper was also a carpenter. Elizabeth Harper hailed from Ludlow. The building was owned by J.M.Brown in the mid-1880's. William Matthews rented the property and was licensee of the pub. It was around 1901 that Mitchell's and Butler's acquired the Cup Inn from Herbert Gray and George Edward Loxton. Ernest Woodgate was the manager of the pub at this time. By the end of the Edwardian era Alice Boswell was the publican. At this time the annual rateable value of the house was £55.0s.0d. Alice Boswell paid rates of £7.4s.11d. on behalf on the Cape Hill brewery. The Cup Inn lasted until the early 1930's when this section of Bradford Street was redeveloped with large factory units.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
The Cup Inn - Bradford Street Deritend [map attached]
This map surveyed in 1887-8 and revised in 1902 shows the locations of both the Cup Inn and White Lion. I have marked the White Lion but the pub had gone by the 1870's. The property was later used as a Japanning works. Both pubs were on the southern side of Bradford Street between Alcester Street and Moseley Road. The large Ravenhurst Works was almost opposite - I have marked this on the map. I have also indicated Courts 11 and 13; the area was once packed with back-to-backs amid the heavy industry conducted in this part of Birmingham. Renting the property from Ann Hughes, John Spicer was the licensee in 1835. In the mid-19th century the Cup Inn was run for many years by Thomas and Elizabeth Harper. Born around 1818 in Worcester, Thomas Harper was also a carpenter. Elizabeth Harper hailed from Ludlow. The building was owned by J.M.Brown in the mid-1880's. William Matthews rented the property and was licensee of the pub. It was around 1901 that Mitchell's and Butler's acquired the Cup Inn from Herbert Gray and George Edward Loxton. Ernest Woodgate was the manager of the pub at this time. By the end of the Edwardian era Alice Boswell was the publican. At this time the annual rateable value of the house was £55.0s.0d. Alice Boswell paid rates of £7.4s.11d. on behalf on the Cape Hill brewery. The Cup Inn lasted until the early 1930's when this section of Bradford Street was redeveloped with large factory units.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
