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Union Row Handsworth

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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The buildings along the short Union Row, in Handsworth, still has a few early houses, despite appearing neglected with some boarded up. The B&W image shows a terrace of houses - these may be the ones which still remain today.

Most buildings in the second B&W image seem to have been replaced and now give the appearance of rear entrances.

Union Row was once the location of the Congregational Chapel. It was demolished in the 1970s, and, since 1972, the land has been occupied by Shri Guru Ravidass Bhawar Gurdwara.

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Congregational Chapel
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After 1889 the houses on Union Row must have been either sub-divided or rebuilt. (Most likely sub-divided). The footprint is very different on the later map. The existing houses do have the appearance on the upper floors of a larger house ie 3 windows across. If so, the ground floor frontages must have been changed from one central entrance to two entrances, as they appear in the Streetview below.

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