Not the answer to your specifiic question.....but perhaps provides a clue to a possible answer based on a similar name nearby......"Aston Villa FC< was founded in March, 1874. It began as an off-shoot of the nearby Aston Villa Wesleyan Chapel, which was established in 1850. The origin of the name derives from the area that contained a house of the name Aston Villa that was built in the 1700s, a 'villa' being a type of house. 'Aston' is the name of an ancient area which was adjacent to Birmingham and is now part of Birmingham. The house gave its name to the district where the Chapel was built. *For that knowledge, we owe our thanks to the research of the late Mr. G. L. Wilson of Warwick, formerly of Erdington, Birmingham. Both Mr. Wilson and his father attended the Aston Villa Wesleyan (Methodist) Chapel up to 1962.* " On 27 August 2012 21:52, Robert Burns <famh1story@aim.com> wrote: > I am looking at the 1871 census for Bloxwich and believe the address my > Great great grandfather was living at was Dudley Villa however this address > runs for a large number of pages. Does anyone know if this was a street or > something more sinister please > > Rob > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

>> I am looking at the 1871 census for Bloxwich and believe the address my >> Great great grandfather was living at was Dudley Villa however this >> address >> runs for a large number of pages. Does anyone know if this was a street >> or >> something more sinister please Not a direct answer, but the area to the west of the railway station was known as Dudley Fields. It may not be a house, but what we would know as a block of flats or rented rooms. Brian