My uncle on my mother's side was baptised in 1899 in a Church in Smethwick, where my motherw was also baptised. My mother at the time lived on Bellefield Rd and in the 1901 Census was Heath Green, both in Smethwick. My uncle's address was recorded as New Street, Winson Green. Looking at a current map, New Street appears to be west of Winson Green almost into Sandwell. Does any one have a 1900 era map to see if New Street was at one time in Winson Green? Thanks Reg

Reg Wesson <rwesson@cogeco.ca> wrote: My uncle on my mother's side was baptised in 1899 in a Church in Smethwick, where my motherw was also baptised. My mother at the time lived on Bellefield Rd and in the 1901 Census was Heath Green, both in Smethwick. My uncle's address was recorded as New Street, Winson Green. Looking at a current map, New Street appears to be west of Winson Green almost into Sandwell. Does any one have a 1900 era map to see if New Street was at one time in Winson Green? =================== Dear Reg, My 'Godfrey Edition' OS map of Winson Green & Hockley (dated 1903) shows Bellefield Rd (across Dudley Rd from Summerfield Park) to be in Winson Green (not Smethwick). New Street is also in Smethwick. My 'Godfrey Edition' OS map of Smethwick (dated 1901) shows New Street running southwestwards from Rolfe Street to the bridge over the L&NWR Stour Valley Line railway, where it meets Crockett's Lane. There was a chapel on the west side of New Street. The 1949 street gazetteer I'm using does not include Heath Green - I'm not sure where it was situated. Kind regards, John -------------------- John Ball, Brecon, Mid-Wales, UK (Winson Green born and bred!) E-mail: john@jlb2005.plus.com John's Homepage: http://www.jlb2005.plus.com/