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Westley Brook Cottages, Acocks Green

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Frank M

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My Great Great Grandfather, Isaac Frankcom is shown on the 1900 / 1901 Worcestershire electoral register as living at Westley Brook Cottages which I believe was on the Warwick Road. Does anyone have any knowledge of these cottages, or photos?
 
Not sure about the cottages but Westley Brook was the area now regarded as the centre of Acock's Green - hence Westley Road.
An area called Westley Brook is marked on this 1904 map.
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There is more history including a reference to the cottages here

Acocks Green 50 years ago, by J.V. Tustin (1953)

J.V. Tustin, a member of a long-standing family firm of grocers and butchers in Acocks Green, produced a short series of articles in 1953 to evoke the Acocks Green of 1903. The ones we have are reproduced here, and contemporary photos have been added to illustrate his evocation of the Acocks...
aghs.jimdofree.com aghs.jimdofree.com
 
Thanks everyone for your help. At least I know the location of the cottages on the Warwick Road. The map is fascinating. I wasn't aware there was a Police Station on Warwick Road.
 
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