I too discovered one of my father's cousins had been killed in the Coventry blitz. Nella BATES was nursing at the Cov & Warwick Hospital, died next day in Gulson Road Hospital and is on the memorial in London Road Cemetery. She was from Arley. Both her sisters were nursing - and continued to do so in Nuneaton. There is a booklet, "Coventry Under Fire: an impression of the Great Raids on Coventry in 1940 and 1941" by "The Vicar of Holy Trinity, Coventry" which sold for the princely sum of 2/6 in aid of the Holy Trinity restoration fund. Worth locating if you have any connection with the city in WW2. Valuable because it was contemporary with the events. Jacqui I have borrowed a VHS recording of the Blitz in WW11 and there is some footage of the devastation during and after the raids on Coventry. The mass grave of the victims and the mourners attending are also shown - I have just discovered a distant cousin was killed while at work although he lived in Nuneaton. If anyone wants the details of the tape I am happy to send them off list. Wendy Boland Warwick List Admin Whilst we were walking home we heard our first Air Raid warning, everyone seemed to just carry on walking. I remember looking up into the blue sky and seeing the silver Balloon Barrage very high in the sky,

Hi Sharon Have never heard of a Briton in or near Brum but suspect its a transcription/enumeration type error Let us know the source and perhaps you may get more suggestions As to the whereabouts of your Samuel (in 1861 I presume you mean?) Try here Samuel Kearsey 29 Jane Kearsey 30 Mary Kearsey 5 Martha Kearsey 4 John Kearsey 2 RG9 2119 59 12 In Kings Norton I will send the page over Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Hello, > > In January 1861 my ggparents Samuel Bonner Kersey and Jane Powell Kersey > moved from West Bromich to Briton, Birmingham. I am unable to find a > Briton in Birmingham in my 1983 Ordnance map. > > Does anyone know where that is and how I should search for them on the > 1961 census? > > Sharon in Oregon

Hello list I have sent below part of my cousin memories of life in the war years her name before her marriage was Constance Vera May Kelly her mothers name was Hawtin born in Banbury you can contact me off list for more details. Thank you bye Anne When War was declared I was one month away from my fifteenth birthday. After the announcement on the radio, my father was very concerned that our family had not been issued with gas masks, some of the residents in our road had been issued with them, so my father decided that he had better go to the A.R.P (air-raid precautions) Depot in the centre of Coventry where queries about gas masks were dealt with. I decided that I would walk with him to the depot, it was a lovely sunny day, and it took us about half an hour to arrive at our destination. The depot was housed in a building called "Ye Old Palace Yard", we walked through an archway into a cobbled court yard, round the outside of which were several small shops and a Technical Collage. There were queues of people, and we found the end of the queue and stood patiently waiting until it was out turn, it seemed we waited for hours. My father asked for our gas masks, but he was told that they would be delivered to our home and fitted by the local A.R.P Warden within a few days. I remember this bothered my father in case we had a gas attack, as he had been in the forces in World War One and remembered the men who had been gassed. Whilst we were walking home we heard our first Air Raid warning, everyone seemed to just carry on walking. I remember looking up into the blue sky and seeing the silver Balloon Barrage very high in the sky, Anne Williams and Elizabeth Calvert http://collins.wise.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk UPDATED WEBSITE 15/08/07 please take a look

Hello, In January 1861 my ggparents Samuel Bonner Kersey and Jane Powell Kersey moved from West Bromich to Briton, Birmingham. I am unable to find a Briton in Birmingham in my 1983 Ordnance map. Does anyone know where that is and how I should search for them on the 1961 census? Sharon in Oregon slcrow@mighty.net Searching Kersey, Bonner, Powell in that vicinity.

Hello there, and thank you MAR & Ann. Ann, Mrs Thomas GREEN, was Miss GEARY. Their two daughters married Thomas REDHEAD jnr and John REDHEAD. Thomas jnr died later the same year (1841) as his dad (hence the REDHEADs in the 1851 household). The Ann I seek was nee BATES, though I agree, we could have an 'exchange' here - would save Mr Green having to remember a new name for the wife <g> Ann REDHEAD nee BATES, however, was b Hartshill, bp Mancetter. I like the lateral thinking !!! And thank you to Ann for the lovely comment about trying to "kill off" folks who must, surely, be long gone!! Jacqui ----- Original Message ----- From: ramaix To: Jacqui Simkins ; Warwick Mailing List Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: re: [WAR] Ann REDHEAD You've probably checked this one already, but could she possibly be Ann Green, 55, born Leics, wife of farmer Thomas in Church St, Nuneaton in 1851? There are Mary A Redhead dgtr, and Ann S Redhead, grndgtr, in the household. Ref is HO107/2065/~F253. MAR in France. > Message du 14/09/07 17:07 > De : "Jacqui Simkins" > A : "Warwick Mailing List" > Copie à : > Objet : [WAR] Ann REDHEAD > > MaizeHello List > > Ann BATES married Thomas REDHEAD in Nuneaton in 1813. They farmed at Tuttle > Hill. > > Thomas died 13 May 1841 (his will has been seen) and was buried at Nuneaton > St Nicolas. Ann is on census for 1841 still at the farm. Her sons (John > lived on by Thomas the son died later in 1841) are on the 1841. > > Ann was baptised at Mancetter in October 1789; judging by rest of the family > she was probably baptised soon after birth. > > I cannot find hide nor hair of Ann after 1841. Using various search > criteria on 1851 census on Ancestry, and on the LDS 1851 WAR CD - nothing! > I have been through GRO deaths pages for 1841-1851 (on Ancestry) and there > is no obvious Ann REDHEAD - plenty elsewhere in the country. Nothing is > popping up on the NBI (though I only have v1). Her son is at the farm on > 1851 census, Ann is not enumerated with him. She is not on the transcribed > burial register for Nuneaton St Nic - where her husband is buried, nor are > any of them listed in MIs for same. I have not found a second marriage for > her on FreeBMD. > > I have no reason to expect her to leave the immediate area of > Nuneaton/Atherstone/Hartshill/Mancetter, or just into LEI, as her BATES > relations were around, as was her remaining son, John. > > If anyone can find anything for her, I would be grateful. She must have > died by now > > If anyone links in to this particular Thomas REDHEAD, who was said to be 59 > when he was buried in 1841, I would be pleased to make contact as his > origins are currently unknown. > > Jacqui > > > > >--- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > maraix ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.19/1008 - Release Date: 14/09/2007 08:59

Hi All Yesterday I sent a message to the list, including the following line "I am new to this list although I have been researching in Sussex & Dorset for several years and have found the relevant rootsweb lists very helpful." Wow! I was not disappointed you came up trumps! Thank you, Ken, Jacqui, Wendy and Betty for your very useful tips and advice - they will all be followed up. A special thanks to Peter, who sent me a lot of data re the Wilson family and may yet turn out to be related to my brother in law, a current 'Wilson' All this AND within 24 hours of posting the original message. Thanks again Wyn Burgess ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I thought the name of the hospital on the certificate I have just acquired was a 'T'..therefore Tulson. But saying that the writing on the copy was so full of loops and such that other names on the certificate are very hard to make out. Has anyone else had this problem,it seems so unfair to pay out all that money and not be able to read it. Margaret.

Mant thanks to everyone who e-mailed me about the Hospital,most helpful.regards.Margaret.

You've probably checked this one already, but could she possibly be Ann Green, 55, born Leics, wife of farmer Thomas in Church St, Nuneaton in 1851? There are Mary A Redhead dgtr, and Ann S Redhead, grndgtr, in the household. Ref is HO107/2065/~F253. MAR in France. > Message du 14/09/07 17:07 > De : "Jacqui Simkins" > A : "Warwick Mailing List" > Copie à : > Objet : [WAR] Ann REDHEAD > > MaizeHello List > > Ann BATES married Thomas REDHEAD in Nuneaton in 1813. They farmed at Tuttle > Hill. > > Thomas died 13 May 1841 (his will has been seen) and was buried at Nuneaton > St Nicolas. Ann is on census for 1841 still at the farm. Her sons (John > lived on by Thomas the son died later in 1841) are on the 1841. > > Ann was baptised at Mancetter in October 1789; judging by rest of the family > she was probably baptised soon after birth. > > I cannot find hide nor hair of Ann after 1841. Using various search > criteria on 1851 census on Ancestry, and on the LDS 1851 WAR CD - nothing! > I have been through GRO deaths pages for 1841-1851 (on Ancestry) and there > is no obvious Ann REDHEAD - plenty elsewhere in the country. Nothing is > popping up on the NBI (though I only have v1). Her son is at the farm on > 1851 census, Ann is not enumerated with him. She is not on the transcribed > burial register for Nuneaton St Nic - where her husband is buried, nor are > any of them listed in MIs for same. I have not found a second marriage for > her on FreeBMD. > > I have no reason to expect her to leave the immediate area of > Nuneaton/Atherstone/Hartshill/Mancetter, or just into LEI, as her BATES > relations were around, as was her remaining son, John. > > If anyone can find anything for her, I would be grateful. She must have > died by now > > If anyone links in to this particular Thomas REDHEAD, who was said to be 59 > when he was buried in 1841, I would be pleased to make contact as his > origins are currently unknown. > > Jacqui > > > > >--- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > maraix

Hi Margaret, I think that you will find that the name is Gulson Rd Hospital, Coventry. It is officially The Gulson Hospital , Gulson Rd, but was known by the locals as "Gulson Rd Hospital". My brother, the youngest in our family, was born there on Easter Sunday, 1938. In the days of no children visiting I can remember Dad taking us further down the road and into a service area where we could look up to see my mother holding the new baby, near to the window, several floors up! When he returns from holiday I will see it he has the full certificate and ask him to scan and send to me. If anything relevant to your registration query shows up I will be in touch. If you put in "the name and city, Google will bring up a lot of information for you. Regards, Muriel, NZ.

The rule was and still is that the birth can be registered "by the occupier of the house or hospital where the child was born", hence the use of the terminology. A doctor's signature would be followed by the letters of his/her medical degree, however, it it more likely to be a member of what would now be called the administrative staff. I have a death certificate from a London hospital (1873) with the signature of the occupier whose official title (not on the certificate), was Steward of the Hospital (a mediaeval title probably peculiar to that ancient foundation). The current responsibilities of the office are public relations, legal claims, and general administrative care of patients and their relatives. MAR in France.

Many thanks to all who responded both on- and off-list concerning Priory Street in Warwick. Although some time ago now, I tramped the area looking for well preserved centenarians without success, and helpful folks in the nearby Record Centre were able to confirm that 14 Priory Road has been rebuilt, renumbered, and relocated. Sigh. -- Joe Connell Firefox & Thunderbird portals Sunbelt & Avast protection

Sharon: My BERESFORD ancestors lived in New Meeting Street, Oldbury in the 1850s and 1860s, and so almost certainly knew your ancestors. New Meeting Street is fairly central in Oldbury, not far from the old market place. It is where the independent nonconformist chapel was located, which is presumably why it's called New Meeting Street. If you want to find out more about this ancestral line, the Rootsweb Black Country list is the best one to use. Best wishes Paul Prescott (Born and bred in Oldbury, now living in Scotland) ----- Original Message ----- From: "sharon crow" <slcrow@mighty.net> To: "David Franks (OPC)" <df10@cam.ac.uk> Cc: <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [WAR] Is this address a hospital Thank you for your quick response. The registration District on my grandfathers entry of birth is West Bromwich, sub-district of Oldbury, in the county of Worcester. Where born New Meeting (?) Street Oldbury. The informant was his mother who gave her mark and her residence was New Meeting Street, Oldbury. It was suggested by someone that perhaps they didn't register on time and therefore used a different date for his birth in order to avoid the late fine. His older sister Mary verified that he was born on 5 July 1867 when he needed security clearance to work as a watchman in an oil refinery in Richmond, California during WWII. His many descendants used to hold huge celebrations for his birthday in July. It wasn't until 1991 that we discovered the birth certificate at St. Catherine's House with the October date. We look forward to seeing that area. Thanks, Sharon in Medford, Oregon, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Franks (OPC)" <df10@cam.ac.uk> <warwick@rootsweb.com> Friday, September 14, 2007 7:05 AM > Inkford is a small hamlet within King's Norton. The Inkford Brook was the > boundary between Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the days of the > historic counties. There's only one Kings Norton, which was in > Worcestershire before becoming part of Birmingham. In 1867 it was in > Worcestershire. > > What form does the birth certificate take? In 1867 it should tell you the > County, Registration District and Sub-district, which one would expect to > be Kings Norton if he was born in Inkford, but it wasn't always the case > that a birth was registered in the registration district where the child > was born.. It might have been more convenient for the birth to be > registered in West Bromwich. Does it give the residence of the informant? > If the informant was his mother or father, that address is possibly where > he was born. > > Many people were under the impression that they were born at the place > where they lived as very small children: quite often research in the > registers shows that they were born elsewhere and moved to their childhood > home as a baby. > > David > > sharon crow wrote: >> Thank you so much for the information and web site regarding Kings Norton >> Union. My grandfathers siblings were born at Kings Norton. Is this the >> same Kings Norton as in Worcester? Did the county lines change? >> We hope to be able to come to that area to search for my great >> grandfather's grave marker, if there is one. Sanuel Bonner Kersey died >> 10 January 1868 at Queens Hospital, Bath Row age 35 of Brights disease of >> four years duration. This was at St. Thomas, Birmingham, Warwick. His >> children are as follows: >> >> 1. Mary Ann Kersey 10 January 1856 Kings Norton, Worcester and >> Christened Bristol Road Bridge (?). We have her certificate of entry of >> birth. >> >> 2. Martha Kersey 7 April 1857 West Bromwich, Stafford, England. >> >> 3. John Thomas Kersey 22 Dec 1859 West Bromwich, Stafford. We have >> never found evidence of his birth, only family tradition. He died as a >> teenager. >> >> 4. Samuel Bonner Kersey 19 January 1863, Kings Norton, Worcester. We >> have the certificate. Their residence was listed as Hiters Heath, Kings >> Norton. >> 5. My Grandfather James Kersey said all of his life that he was born at >> Inksford Brook on 5 July 1867, but we found the certificate at the FRC >> that said he was born 31 October 1867, Oldbury, West Bromwich, >> Worcester.. >> Any suggestions as to where to search and where to visit when we get >> there will be appreciated. >> Sharon Kersey Crow in Medford, Oregon. >> - > David Franks, Cambridge, England > Researching Castle and Tallis, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, and Thomas > Castle, convict transported to Van Diemen’s Land > Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks > http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My relative was born in 1926 in Tulson Road Hospital in Coventry, but neither herself or her husband registered the baby but a man described as the occupier. Could this be a Doctor?It seems strange because on all her other certificates they do it themselves.I presume Tulson Road Hospital was a proper Hospital,would anyone know please.Regards Margaret.

Hi All, Note that many roads in Warwick have been renumbered, so walking along Priory road may not tell you where number 14 was at the time in question. It would probably be worth a visit to the library or WRO to confirm street addresses and changes Happy Hunting Pickard Trepess Nagykanizsa Hungary ----- Original Message ----- From: "A P L" <annepaling@hotmail.com> To: <j40.public@ntlworld.com>; <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:24 PM Subject: [WAR] PRIORY ROAD, WARWICK, CV34 > > According to "StreetMap", Priory Road is still there so someone may be > able to wander along and tell you whether it looks like a private address > or a hospital?? > > Hope that it not the Police Station! > > > Anne Paling > SHEFFIELD, U.K. > > > > > >>From: Joe <j40.public@ntlworld.com> >>To: warwick@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [WAR] WARWICK Digest, Vol 2, Issue 277 >>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:56:10 +0100 >> >>Very interested to read the correspondence about workhouses and similar >>having been given 'courtesy' addresses. I have researched a family in >>which the putative father John was living with legal wife Mary, yet >>claiming parentage to at least four children with separate mothers >>according to birth certificates. Each of these four mothers has been >>located in census returns, working in service. >> >>Two of the children were certificated as being born at 14 Priory Road in >>Warwick. Does anyone know anything about this address, a church charity >>perhaps? I've always assumed the father to have been either a rogue or >>a saint. >> >>-- >>Joe Connell >> >>Firefox & Thunderbird portals >>Sunbelt & Avast protection >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

MaizeHello List Ann BATES married Thomas REDHEAD in Nuneaton in 1813. They farmed at Tuttle Hill. Thomas died 13 May 1841 (his will has been seen) and was buried at Nuneaton St Nicolas. Ann is on census for 1841 still at the farm. Her sons (John lived on by Thomas the son died later in 1841) are on the 1841. Ann was baptised at Mancetter in October 1789; judging by rest of the family she was probably baptised soon after birth. I cannot find hide nor hair of Ann after 1841. Using various search criteria on 1851 census on Ancestry, and on the LDS 1851 WAR CD - nothing! I have been through GRO deaths pages for 1841-1851 (on Ancestry) and there is no obvious Ann REDHEAD - plenty elsewhere in the country. Nothing is popping up on the NBI (though I only have v1). Her son is at the farm on 1851 census, Ann is not enumerated with him. She is not on the transcribed burial register for Nuneaton St Nic - where her husband is buried, nor are any of them listed in MIs for same. I have not found a second marriage for her on FreeBMD. I have no reason to expect her to leave the immediate area of Nuneaton/Atherstone/Hartshill/Mancetter, or just into LEI, as her BATES relations were around, as was her remaining son, John. If anyone can find anything for her, I would be grateful. She must have died by now <bg> If anyone links in to this particular Thomas REDHEAD, who was said to be 59 when he was buried in 1841, I would be pleased to make contact as his origins are currently unknown. Jacqui

Inkford is a small hamlet within King's Norton. The Inkford Brook was the boundary between Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the days of the historic counties. There's only one Kings Norton, which was in Worcestershire before becoming part of Birmingham. In 1867 it was in Worcestershire. What form does the birth certificate take? In 1867 it should tell you the County, Registration District and Sub-district, which one would expect to be Kings Norton if he was born in Inkford, but it wasn't always the case that a birth was registered in the registration district where the child was born.. It might have been more convenient for the birth to be registered in West Bromwich. Does it give the residence of the informant? If the informant was his mother or father, that address is possibly where he was born. Many people were under the impression that they were born at the place where they lived as very small children: quite often research in the registers shows that they were born elsewhere and moved to their childhood home as a baby. David sharon crow wrote: > Thank you so much for the information and web site regarding Kings Norton Union. My grandfathers siblings were born at Kings Norton. Is this the same Kings Norton as in Worcester? Did the county lines change? > > We hope to be able to come to that area to search for my great grandfather's grave marker, if there is one. Sanuel Bonner Kersey died 10 January 1868 at Queens Hospital, Bath Row age 35 of Brights disease of four years duration. This was at St. Thomas, Birmingham, Warwick. His children are as follows: > > 1. Mary Ann Kersey 10 January 1856 Kings Norton, Worcester and Christened Bristol Road Bridge (?). We have her certificate of entry of birth. > > 2. Martha Kersey 7 April 1857 West Bromwich, Stafford, England. > > 3. John Thomas Kersey 22 Dec 1859 West Bromwich, Stafford. We have never found evidence of his birth, only family tradition. He died as a teenager. > > 4. Samuel Bonner Kersey 19 January 1863, Kings Norton, Worcester. We have the certificate. Their residence was listed as Hiters Heath, Kings Norton. > > 5. My Grandfather James Kersey said all of his life that he was born at Inksford Brook on 5 July 1867, but we found the certificate at the FRC that said he was born 31 October 1867, Oldbury, West Bromwich, Worcester.. > > Any suggestions as to where to search and where to visit when we get there will be appreciated. > > Sharon Kersey Crow in Medford, Oregon. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- David Franks, Cambridge, England Researching Castle and Tallis, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, and Thomas Castle, convict transported to Van Diemen’s Land Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html

Hello Wyn, I am researching WILSON. My WILSON interest is a Job WILSON who was born in Blakesley in Northamptonshire in 1807 where he was descended from a line of millers of Maidford, Northamptonshire. Some time between the 1841 and 1851 censii Job moved to Coventry where he set up a bakers and grocers business. I have had a quick look on Ancestry, and it looks like your Edward is linked to the WILSON family of Bourton upon Dunsmore - the 1901 census contains the following names: Name Birth Year BIRTHPLACE Relation Civil Parish County/Island Edward W Wilson abt 1898 Shustoke, Warwickshire, England Son Shustoke Warwickshire Mary A Wilson abt 1854 Coleshill, Warwickshire, England Wife Shustoke Warwickshire Millicent H Wilson abt 1890 Shustoke, Warwickshire, England Daughter Shustoke Warwickshire Thomas Wilson abt 1854 Bourton, Warwickshire, England Head Shustoke Warwickshire Thomas H Wilson abt 1888 Shustoke, Warwickshire, England Son Shustoke Warwickshire There is a WILSON family who I believe to have been linked to my Maidford WILSON family who were in Bourton-upon-Dunsmore in the 1820s. I will do some more digging when I get back from work. Regards Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "wyn.burgess" <wyn.burgess@ntlworld.com> To: <WARWICK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:08 AM Subject: [WAR] Looking for Help > Hello all > > I am new to this list although I have been researching in Sussex & Dorset > for several years and have found the relevant rootsweb lists very helpful. > > I am beginning a different line on behalf of an "in law" and wondered if > anybody on this list is researching a similar line. > > I am looking for descendants and/or ancestors - or any related people to > Edward W Wilson, who I believe to have been born in Shustoke, Warwickshire > (Reg Dist: Meriden) in 1897. I believe his parents to have been Thomas and > Mary, older siblings Thomas H and Millicent H. Edward married Isabella > Mansell in 1921 ( born Cirencester) and I am researching for one of their > sons. > > I would also appreciate advice on which Record Office would hold these > records - would it be Warwick? > > Thank you in advance for any help that may be available > > Wyn Burgess (Mrs) > Hove, Sussex > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

According to "StreetMap", Priory Road is still there so someone may be able to wander along and tell you whether it looks like a private address or a hospital?? Hope that it not the Police Station! Anne Paling SHEFFIELD, U.K. >From: Joe <j40.public@ntlworld.com> >To: warwick@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WAR] WARWICK Digest, Vol 2, Issue 277 >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:56:10 +0100 > >Very interested to read the correspondence about workhouses and similar >having been given 'courtesy' addresses. I have researched a family in >which the putative father John was living with legal wife Mary, yet >claiming parentage to at least four children with separate mothers >according to birth certificates. Each of these four mothers has been >located in census returns, working in service. > >Two of the children were certificated as being born at 14 Priory Road in >Warwick. Does anyone know anything about this address, a church charity >perhaps? I've always assumed the father to have been either a rogue or >a saint. > >-- >Joe Connell > >Firefox & Thunderbird portals >Sunbelt & Avast protection > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message

Peter Higginbotham gives a history of the Kings Norton Union on his excellent site. According to him they changed the name of "Workhouse Lane" to Raddlebarn Road and, in 1870, built a new block on the N side of this road. http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ Anne Paling SHEFFIELD, U.K. >From: "Mike Fisher" <mjflists@yahoo.co.uk> >To: "Bev Simmonds" <bsi65250@bigpond.net.au>, <warwick@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [WAR] Is this address a hospital >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:52:32 +0100 > >Hi Jean > >I do not know when the workhouse (1a Raddlebarn Rd) stopped been a >workhouse. > >but according to >http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/default.asp >Selly Oak Hospital record gives a start for the hospital as 1900 but that >might be the hospital building (1b Raddlebarn Rd?) . It states it was poor >law union until the health service took over in 1948. > >Mike Fisher >Wythall,WOR One-Place Genealogical Study >http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wythallindex/index.htm > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message