Hello fellow Brummies
Thanks for accepting me as a member, my first post concerns Court no 2 Allison Street. I have identified where the photo below was taken from using the Goad maps and have marked the house numbers.
Researching my family, I found that in 1916 my Great Grandparents John & Caroline Ward were living at no 3 Court 2 Allison St. A baptism record shows that in1905 when the photo was taken they were living at House 1 Court 4 in Allison St so the lady in the doorway of no 3 is unlikely to be her. Voters lists show that Caroline continued to live at no 3 until 1930's and by 1935 she had moved to 4 Kent St. Great Grandfather John Ward was the black sheep who regularly disappeared from the records.
Living next door at no 2 Court 2 at that time were Ralph & Nellie Nutt, who were the subject of previous threads and had a sewing machine business.
Does anyone know how Court no 2 came to be called The Smithfield Buildings? I recall reading somewhere that they were almshouses but i don't know where and can no longer find it!
![1895 Smithfield Buildings.png 1895 Smithfield Buildings.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/80/80254-cdebdaf4c5852b7fd5b0b70aa48c4819.jpg?hash=zeva9MWFK3)
Thanks for accepting me as a member, my first post concerns Court no 2 Allison Street. I have identified where the photo below was taken from using the Goad maps and have marked the house numbers.
Researching my family, I found that in 1916 my Great Grandparents John & Caroline Ward were living at no 3 Court 2 Allison St. A baptism record shows that in1905 when the photo was taken they were living at House 1 Court 4 in Allison St so the lady in the doorway of no 3 is unlikely to be her. Voters lists show that Caroline continued to live at no 3 until 1930's and by 1935 she had moved to 4 Kent St. Great Grandfather John Ward was the black sheep who regularly disappeared from the records.
Living next door at no 2 Court 2 at that time were Ralph & Nellie Nutt, who were the subject of previous threads and had a sewing machine business.
Does anyone know how Court no 2 came to be called The Smithfield Buildings? I recall reading somewhere that they were almshouses but i don't know where and can no longer find it!
![1895 Smithfield Buildings.png 1895 Smithfield Buildings.png](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/80/80254-cdebdaf4c5852b7fd5b0b70aa48c4819.jpg?hash=zeva9MWFK3)