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Rounding off my look into the pubs of Bradford Street.....
The Woodman Inn - Deritend
This beer house was located next to the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel a few doors down from Alcester Street on the south side of Bradford Street.
I have marked the pub in black on this plan surveyed in 1887-8 and revised in 1902 [Plan lost when the site was hacked into]. Surviving into the 21st century, the recognisable feature of this plan is the Roman Catholic Church of St Anne's which has a boozy tale to tell. Designed in the Early English style by Albert Vicars, the church was built in 1883-4 to replace an older mission building. This can be seen on the map marked as a school. However, the building was originally used as a distillery.
An early publican of the Woodman Inn was Thomas Howe who was trading here by the mid-1840's. Born in Birmingham in 1808, he kept the pub with his second wife Rebecca Cutler, also a Brummie. An established brewer, he previously lived at Harnall Lane with his first wife Ann. Bringing his skills to the Woodman Inn he established a popular homebrew house that he kept for a generation.
The Birmingham Daily Mail reported that Rebecca Howe died suddenly aged 59 on April 25th 1871. Thomas re-married in the 1870's; his wife Amelia was 21 years younger. The brewer died in 1884. It would seem that there wasn't a fortune to be made at the Woodman Inn because Amelia Howe ended up working until well into old age, first as a nurse and then as a laundress.
Thomas Howe was succeeded by William Cambrey but this soon passed to Annie Alice Cambrey. By 1886 the licence had passed to Henry Stanier
[listed as Stainer in a trade directory] and recorded in an Aston ratebook which detailed the Woodman Inn as a retail beerhouse owned by the Reverend John Dowling, the Catholic priest.
Evesham-born Henry White was the publican in the early 1890's. He kept the Woodman Inn with his wife Lucy who hailed from the Black Country town of Wednesbury. The couple had earlier lived in Albert Street from where Henry worked as a master plasterer employing a number of men. He later returned to concentrate on this trade and the couple established a family home in Grafton Road.
Edward Rawlings acted as agent for the Trustees of Saint Anne's Roman Catholic Church when Rushton's Brewery Ltd. secured a lease agreement for the Woodman Inn during the 1890's. Based at The Lion Brewery in Aston, this company was founded by the maltster William Rushton. Registered in 1898, the brewery had a tied estate of around 100 pubs before Ansell's acquired them in 1923. This was following the death of the founder's son.
Thomas Heath was the publican in 1901. Also working as a plumber, he kept the Woodman Inn with his wife Ann. The Woodman Inn was closed in 1909.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
The Woodman Inn - Deritend
This beer house was located next to the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel a few doors down from Alcester Street on the south side of Bradford Street.
I have marked the pub in black on this plan surveyed in 1887-8 and revised in 1902 [Plan lost when the site was hacked into]. Surviving into the 21st century, the recognisable feature of this plan is the Roman Catholic Church of St Anne's which has a boozy tale to tell. Designed in the Early English style by Albert Vicars, the church was built in 1883-4 to replace an older mission building. This can be seen on the map marked as a school. However, the building was originally used as a distillery.
An early publican of the Woodman Inn was Thomas Howe who was trading here by the mid-1840's. Born in Birmingham in 1808, he kept the pub with his second wife Rebecca Cutler, also a Brummie. An established brewer, he previously lived at Harnall Lane with his first wife Ann. Bringing his skills to the Woodman Inn he established a popular homebrew house that he kept for a generation.
The Birmingham Daily Mail reported that Rebecca Howe died suddenly aged 59 on April 25th 1871. Thomas re-married in the 1870's; his wife Amelia was 21 years younger. The brewer died in 1884. It would seem that there wasn't a fortune to be made at the Woodman Inn because Amelia Howe ended up working until well into old age, first as a nurse and then as a laundress.
Thomas Howe was succeeded by William Cambrey but this soon passed to Annie Alice Cambrey. By 1886 the licence had passed to Henry Stanier
[listed as Stainer in a trade directory] and recorded in an Aston ratebook which detailed the Woodman Inn as a retail beerhouse owned by the Reverend John Dowling, the Catholic priest.
Evesham-born Henry White was the publican in the early 1890's. He kept the Woodman Inn with his wife Lucy who hailed from the Black Country town of Wednesbury. The couple had earlier lived in Albert Street from where Henry worked as a master plasterer employing a number of men. He later returned to concentrate on this trade and the couple established a family home in Grafton Road.
Edward Rawlings acted as agent for the Trustees of Saint Anne's Roman Catholic Church when Rushton's Brewery Ltd. secured a lease agreement for the Woodman Inn during the 1890's. Based at The Lion Brewery in Aston, this company was founded by the maltster William Rushton. Registered in 1898, the brewery had a tied estate of around 100 pubs before Ansell's acquired them in 1923. This was following the death of the founder's son.
Thomas Heath was the publican in 1901. Also working as a plumber, he kept the Woodman Inn with his wife Ann. The Woodman Inn was closed in 1909.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
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