Hi, I am wondering if anybody would know, but my father in law was born in March 1937, and his 2 sisters always thought that they were all born at home. My father in law recently passed away, and have his original birth certificate and there is a different address, it is 1B Raddlebarn Road, Selly Oak. I am hoping that somebody may know if there was a hospital there or if it was a house address. Any help would be appreciated as I live in Australia. Thanks Bev

From: http://www.nhs.uk/england/hospitals (Mar 2007) University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is the leading University Teaching hospital in the West Midlands. Its two hospitals - the Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak - provide adult services for the population of South Birmingham and a range of specialist treatments. The Trust has recently been given the green light to start construction on a new £559 million Super Hospital. Address Selly Oak Hospital (Acute), Raddlebarn Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6JD My ggm Elizabeth Simmonds died there in 1943. Her husband was Robert Simmonds/Symonds b. Dymock GLS 1853. Any connection? Regards, Dawn Matheson Ontario. Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Simmonds" <bsi65250@bigpond.net.au> To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:01 PM Subject: [WAR] Is this address a hospital > Hi, > > I am wondering if anybody would know, but my father in law was born in > March 1937, and his 2 sisters always thought that they were all born at > home. My father in law recently passed away, and have his original birth > certificate and there is a different address, it is 1B Raddlebarn Road, > Selly Oak. I am hoping that somebody may know if there was a hospital > there > or if it was a house address. Any help would be appreciated as I live in > Australia. > > Thanks Bev

Hi Bev 1a Raddlebarn Rd was Selly Oak Workhouse that became the start of Selly Oak Hospital Mick Fisher Billesley School Memories website http://billesley.org Pupils as we are now http://billesley2005.blogspot.com/ Contact on billesley@btinternet.com 07746391703 01905 779722 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Simmonds" <bsi65250@bigpond.net.au> To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:01 AM Subject: [WAR] Is this address a hospital > Hi, > > I am wondering if anybody would know, but my father in law was born in > March 1937, and his 2 sisters always thought that they were all born at > home. My father in law recently passed away, and have his original birth > certificate and there is a different address, it is 1B Raddlebarn Road, > Selly Oak. I am hoping that somebody may know if there was a hospital > there > or if it was a house address. Any help would be appreciated as I live in > Australia. > > Thanks Bev > > > ------------------------------- > 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 get the impression that a few workhouses had what might be called "courtesy addresses". My father's birth certificate records he was born at 8 Waen Cottages, Conway which sounds very nice. It was, in fact, part of the Workhouse - presumably this address was given to avoid the stigma of "Workhouse" on a birth certificate? Gwyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fisher" <mjflists@yahoo.co.uk> To: "Bev Simmonds" <bsi65250@bigpond.net.au>; <warwick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [WAR] Is this address a hospital > Hi Bev > > 1a Raddlebarn Rd was Selly Oak Workhouse that became the start of Selly > Oak > Hospital > > Mick Fisher > Billesley School Memories website > http://billesley.org > > Pupils as we are now > http://billesley2005.blogspot.com/ > > Contact on billesley@btinternet.com > 07746391703 > 01905 779722 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bev Simmonds" <bsi65250@bigpond.net.au> > To: <warwick@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:01 AM > Subject: [WAR] Is this address a hospital > > >> Hi, >> >> I am wondering if anybody would know, but my father in law was born >> in >> March 1937, and his 2 sisters always thought that they were all born at >> home. My father in law recently passed away, and have his original birth >> certificate and there is a different address, it is 1B Raddlebarn Road, >> Selly Oak. I am hoping that somebody may know if there was a hospital >> there >> or if it was a house address. Any help would be appreciated as I live in >> Australia. >> >> Thanks Bev >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

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

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