Water Orton

[elle-jay]

Hi there
Looking for any information and photos of the police houses at 165-167 Birmingham Road Water Orton. I love to know when they were built, or if anyone remebers the families that lived there. I was born and lived in one of the house in the 60's and early 70's and I'd like to research the buildings further.

with thanks

 

[Ian Dalziel]

I thought the residents of Water Orton may like this poem by my ex-manager, Spencer Lucas, when I worked in the Technical Dept at Fort Dunlop from 1958 until 1965. He moved to Water Orton when he got married in 1958 and only recently relocated to Scotland to live near his daughter after the death of his wife.
Spencer is a gentleman and residents who read this may remember him.

 

[Pedrocut]

For 3 historic pictures of the bridge over the River Tame at Water Orton…

Post in thread 'Rivers: River Tame.
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/rivers-river-tame.48458/post-862705

 

[Pedrocut]

2 more historic pictures at Water Orton.

Post in thread 'Rivers: River Tame'

Sep 23, 2025

Water Orton Bridge Water Orton Bridge.T Wheatley. (No date).
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)



Water Orton Bridge Water Orton Bridge, by CJ Fowler.
No date.

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[Pedrocut]

The Church that lost its spire…

St Peter & St Paul, Water Orton, by Eden C Middleton. 1891.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)





St Peter & St Paul, Water Orton, by Edwin C Middleton. 1891.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)






St Peter & St Paul, Water Orton. The church was built in 1878–79 (architects Bateman & Corser) with a 100-ft spire. The spire was removed in 1987 after it was declared unsafe; the parish notes the dismantling cost was about £20,000 (mostly met by the church and Diocese). The building is Grade II listed.

 

[Pedrocut]

Old Water Orton Church.​

(Birmingham Archives and Collections)​

The old Church of St Peter & St Paul before its demolition in 1890. Also the OS Map from the 1880s showing the site plus Google Earth of the remaining Graveyard.

 

[Pedrocut]

The old bridge over the River Tame at Water Orton. 1910s
(Warwickshire County Record Office)…Our Warwickshire.

 

[Pedrocut]

Water Orton Village. creator: John Benjamin Stone. 1895.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)

 

[Richard Dye]

The old bridge over the River Tame at Water Orton. 1910s
(Warwickshire County Record Office)…Our Warwickshire.


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Is the bridge still there?

 

[Morturn]

Is the bridge still there?

It is indeed. It been bashed down and rebuilt a few times by lorries hitting the narrow parapet, I think they built up the kerbs to stop lorries and put a weight limit on to too.

 

[Richard Dye]

It is indeed. It been bashed down and rebuilt a few times by lorries hitting the narrow parapet, I think they built up the kerbs to stop lorries and put a weight limit on to too.

Wonderful, thank you!

 

[bestcover]

My main memory of Water Orton as a lad (lived in Maxstoke then) was going to see the dentist, Mr Ashurst who was a kindly many with shiny bald head and gold rimmed glasses. The awful taste and smell of the rubber mask when they gave gas for extractions then.....
He also sometimes practiced in a surgery in Coleshill where I remember having 4 fillings on a single visit and in thse days, no local anaesthetic.........