Aston juxta Birmingham Warwickshire Family History Guide
Aston juxta Birmingham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Warwickshire. Erdington and Castle Bromwich are chapelries of Aston juxta Birmingham.
Other places in the parish include: Ashted, Duddeston-cum-Nechells, Deritend, Witton, Saltley with Washwood, Water Orton, and Little Bromwich.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1544
Separate registers exist for:
- Ashted: 1810
- Water Orton: 1813
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, General Baptist New Connexion, Independent/Congregational, Irvingite/Catholic Apostolic Church, Particular Baptist, Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Aston
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASTON, a parish and a district in Warwick. The parish partly lies within Birmingham on the E, partly spreads adjacent. It is traversed by Ryknield-street, the river Tame, the Fazeley canal, and the Northwestern, the Tamworth, the Oxford, and the Bristol railways. It contains the sub-post offices of Aston-street, Ashted-row, Aston-Park, and Deritend, each about 1½ mile distant from Birmingham head office.
It comprises the hamlets of Deritend, Bordesley, and Duddeston-cum-Nechells; the manor of Aston, and the hamlets of Witton, Erdington, Little Bromwich, Saltley and Washwood, Castle-Bromwich, and Water-Orton. The hamlets of Deritend and Bordesley form one of the borough wards of Birmingham; the hamlet of Duddeston-cum-Nechells forms another ward; and the manor and the other hamlets are suburban or rural. Acres within the borough, 2,626; without the borough, 11,251. Real property of Aston manor, £53,188; of the suburban or rural hamlets, £43,452; of the entire parish, £276,514. Pop. in 1821, 19,189; in 1841, 45,718; in 1861, 94,995. Houses, 19,256.
The manor belonged to the Saxon Earls of Mercia; was given, at the Conquest, to William Fitz-Ausculf; and passed to the Pagenels, the Erdingtons, and the Holts. The manor-house, Aston Hall, stands on a rising ground, at the end of a fine avenue, in the north-eastern outskirts of the town; is a noble edifice in the Tudor style, built in the time of James I. by Sir Thomas Holt; gave entertainment to Charles I. prior to the battle of Edge-Hill, and suffered a cannonade afterwards from the parliamentarian forces; and was, for some years, the residence of the late James Watt, son of the famous engineer.
Most of a beautiful park which surrounded it has been aligned for streets, and let on building-leases; and a tract of about 43 acres immediately around the hall was sold, in 1857, to a public company, for £35,000, with the view of being made free to the inhabitants of Birmingham. The hall itself was included in the sale, and designed to be used for a permanent exhibition of manufactures and works of art; and was inaugurated, in 1858, by Queen Victoria.
The parish church stands 300 yards E of the hall; is an interesting edifice in varieties of English, from Edward II. to Henry VII., with fine tower and spire; suffered great change and mutilation in 1790; and contains four altar tombs, some fine antique stone seats, a carved church-yard cross of early English date, and beautiful windows of stained glass. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £1,600. Patrons, Trustees.
The chapelries of Ward-end, Ashted, Castle-Bromwich, Bordesley, (two are here,) Aston-Brook, Deritend, Erdington, Duddeston, Nechells, Lozells, Saltley, Water-Orton, St. Lawrence, and Sparkbrooke are separate charges. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, Wesleyans, and others: public schools, an alms-house with £88 a year, and other charities £334.
The district of Aston comprehends the subdistrict of Deritend, containing the hamlets of Deritend and Bordesley; the subdistrict of Duddeston, conterminate with the hamlet of Duddeston-cum-Nechells; the subdistrict of Erdington, containing the other parts of Aston parish; and the subdistrict of Sutton-Coldfield, containing the parishes of Sutton-Coldfield, Curdworth, and Wishaw. Poor-rates in 1866, £9,822. Pop, in 1841, 50,977; in 1861, 100,522. Houses, 20,415.
Marriages in 1866, 951; births, 5,224, of which 185 were illegitimate; deaths, 2,493 of which 1,326 were at ages under 5 years, and 32 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 7,635; births, 32,988; deaths, 17,585.
The places of worship in 1851 were 17 of the Church of England, with 11,520 sittings; 7 of Independents, with 1,765 s.; 3 of Baptists, with 1,817 s.; 11 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 2,901 s.; 1 of Primitive Methodists, with 90 s.; 1 of Wesleyan Reformers, with 150 s.; 1 of the Catholic and Apostolic church, with 300 s.; 5 of Roman Catholics, with 1,070 s.; and 1 undefined, sittings not reported.
The schools were 28 public day schools, with 3,300 scholars; 118 private day schools, with 2,553 s.; 31 Sunday schools, with 5,483 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 25 s. The workhouse is in Erdington.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Aston, 2 m. N. Birmingham. P. 45,718
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ASTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, and the head of a union, in the Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick; adjoining the town of Birmingham, part of which is within its limits; and comprising the hamlets of Ashted, Castle and Little Bromwich, Erdington, Saltley with Washwood, Ward-End, Water-Orton, Witton, Deritend with Bordesley, and Duddeston with Nechells; containing together 45,718 inhabitants, of whom 2896 are in Aston manor.
This extensive parish, the name of which was originally Eston (East town), includes several manors anciently belonging to the earls of Mercia, under whom that of Aston, at the time of the Conquest, was held by Godmund the Saxon.
The manor, with other extensive possessions, was afterwards granted by William the Norman to Fitz Ausculf, one of his followers, who fixed his baronial residence at the Castle of Dudley in the county of Stafford, of which barony this place formed a part. Fitz Ausculf was succeeded by Gervase Paganell, whose nephew, Ralph Somery, about the commencement of the reign of John, granted the manor to Thomas de Erdington; and in the early part of the reign of Edward I. it became the property of Thomas de Maidenhach, who obtained from that monarch extensive privileges, with exemption from the jurisdiction of the county and hundred courts, and a charter of free warren throughout the whole of his demesnes here.
The manor was purchased in 1366 from the heiress of de Maidenhach by John atte Holt, of Birmingham, and remained for many generations in the possession of his lineal descendants, of whom several were distinguished for their talents and for the important stations they occupied in society. Edward Holt, sheriff of the county in 1574, resided in the adjoining manor of Duddeston, there being at that time in Aston only an ancient house, probably of timber, situated on the bank of the river Tame near the church, and the site of which, now overgrown with trees, is discoverable only by part of the moat by which it was surrounded.
On the demise of Edward Holt in 1593, the estate descended to his son Thomas, the most distinguished member of the family, who is represented by Dugdale as eminent for his literary acquirements. He was sheriff in 1600: on the arrival of James VI. of Scotland to assume the crown of England, he attended that monarch in his route from Yorkshire, where he received the honour of knighthood; and in 1612 he was created one of the order of baronets, then recently instituted.
Sir Thomas Holt inclosed the park, and erected the present stately Hall of Aston, unrivalled in these parts for beauty and magnificence, which he commenced in 1618, and completed in 1635. On the breaking out of the civil war in the reign of Charles I., he zealously embraced the royal cause, and to the utmost of his fortune assisted the king, who spent two nights at the Hall a few days previously to the battle of Edgehill. He was nominated ambassador to the court of Spain, but was excused on account of his extreme age and infirmity, which also prevented him from following the camp; his son Edward, however, accompanied the monarch to Oxford, where he was during the siege.
Sir Thomas was imprisoned for his attachment to his sovereign; and during his absence, the Hall was assaulted, and, after a resolute defence by his servants, plundered by a party of soldiers of the parliamentarian army, who battered it with cannon, the marks of which are still visible on the south wall of the building, and on the massive oak staircase, where the balls that penetrated the mansion are still preserved. The estate was decimated, and subjected to contributions; the damages it sustained being estimated at £20,000.
Sir Thomas died in 1654, aged 83; and the property passed through successive baronets, his descendants, to Sir Lister Holt, who dying without issue in 1770, left it to his widow Sarah for her life, and afterwards to his brother Charles and his heirs male, with succession to his friend Heneage Legge, Esq., the Rt. Rev. Lewis Bagot, Bishop of St. Asaph, and Wriothesley Digby, Esq.
After the death of Lady Sarah, and of Sir Charles Holt and the bishop without issue male, the estate passed to Mr. Legge and Mr. Digby, the former of whom occupied the Hall and park; and in 1817, both being widowers and childless, these gentlemen entered into an agreement with the heirs of Sir Lister Holt, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles, her husband Abraham Bracebridge, and their creditors, for the sale of the estate, which was confirmed by act of parliament in 1818.
The property, in pursuance of this arrangement, was in part divided, and the remainder sold in lots to pay off the incumbrances. The Hall and park were purchased by Messrs. Whitehead and Greenway of Warwick, bankers, by whom the mansion and the contiguous portion of the park were granted on lease to James Watt, Esq., of Soho, son of the celebrated philosopher and improver of the steam-engine; who in 1823 purchased the manor from the trustees, and in 1828 served the office of sheriff for the county.
Since it became the residence of Mr. Watt, this venerable mansion, which is beautifully situated in a park embellished with ancient wood, and with thriving plantations of modern growth, has undergone very little alteration: it has simply been repaired from the injuries of time; a west porch has been added, and several of the offices have been rebuilt.
The Hall is a spacious and elegant structure in the Elizabethan style, containing a noble hall in which was formerly a portrait of Sir Thomas Holt from Vandyke, and numerous stately apartments, with a picture gallery, library, and chapel; and, as seen from the public road and from various other points of view, displays a splendid monument of the correct taste and munificence of its founder.
The parish comprises 12,534 acres of land, of which a considerable portion is in a high state of cultivation; and contains numerous populous and thriving villages. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £21. 4. 9½.; net income, £2075; patrons, the Executors of the late vicar, the Rev. George Peake, who obtained it by purchase from the trustees of the Holt family.
The church, which was built at various periods, is an ancient structure, partly in the early and partly in the later English style, with a handsome tower surmounted by a graceful spire, which, seen in combination with the foliage of the park and the lofty gables of the Hall, forms a picturesque feature in the landscape. The interior was modernised in 1790, and much of its original character has been lost: a ceiling of plaister has been substituted in place of the old groined roof; and the chantry chapel at the east end of the south aisle, erected by Thomas de Erdington, and the piscina and sedilia, have been removed.
In the windows are some fine specimens of painted glass by Eginton. Of the ancient monuments several still remain, among which are, an altar-tomb with recumbent figures, to the memory of William Holt and his wife; two with recumbent figures in alabaster, to members of the Erdington family; and one of similar character, to Walter de Arden and Eleonora his wife, erected in the early part of the 15th century, and of exquisite design.
There are additional churches at Castle-Bromwich, Water-Orton, Ward-End in Little Bromwich, Bordesley, Deritend, Erdington, Ashted, and Duddeston.
A school is endowed with a house and garden, valued at £25 per annum; and there are several national and Lancasterian schools, and a school of industry, in the parish. A school-house was erected in 1843, in Villa-street, in the district of Lozells, which part of the parish is under the superintendence of the Rev. D. N. Walton, curate of Aston: this establishment is called the Aston Church District Institution; it will contain upwards of 250 persons, and divine service is regularly performed in it every Sunday evening.
The district comprises the neighbourhoods of the Lozells, Round-Hills, and Park, and includes a population of about 3000. There is also a society of young men, called the Lozells Society for mental cultivation, who meet at stated times for the reading and discussion of essays.
Almshouses for five men and five women were founded in 1656, by Sir Thomas Holt, who endowed them with a rent-charge of £88 on his manor of Erdington.
The poor law union of Aston comprises five parishes and places, containing a population, according to the last census, of 50,928..
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Aston, a parish in the Birmingham division of the hund. of Hemlingford, union of Aston, Warwickshire; 2¼ miles north-east by east from Birmingham, and 95¼ by railway from Liverpool. It contains the townships of Aston, Bordesley, Castle-Bromwich, Deritend, Duddlestone with Nechells, Erdington, Saltley-Washwood with Little Bromwich, Water-Orton, and Witton.
Living, a vicarage, to which are annexed the chapelries of Deritend, Bordesley, and Erdington, formerly in the archd. of Coventry and dio. of Lichfield and Coventry, now in the dio. of Worcester; rated at £21 4s. 9½d.; average gross income £2,062. Patrons, in 1835, the trustees of the late Rev. G. Peake. The great tithes, the property of the lay-impropriator, commuted in 1802.
There are two chapels in this parish erected by the parliamentary commissioners, viz. at Bordesley and at Erdington. The former cost £13,091; the latter £4,200. Both are in the Gothic style. The Baptists, Methodists, Independents, and various bodies of dissenters, have chapels in this parish.
There were in 1833, 2 infant schools, 26 daily schools, 11 day and boarding schools, 3 day and Sunday schools, and 11 Sunday schools in this parish. Here is an alms-house for ten poor persons, founded in 1650 by Sir Thomas Holte. Its annual revenue is £88. There is also a bequest of Dame Anne Holte, in 1735, of £20 per annum, for behoof of the alms people. Other charities connected with the parish produce about £64 per annum.
The Aston poor-law union comprehends five parishes, containing 47 square miles, with a population, returned in 1831, at 36,635. The average yearly expenditure on the poor of this district, during the three years preceding the formation of the union, was £8,813. Expenditure in 1838, £6,042.
The inhabitants are for the most part artizans, employed in the various branches of manufacture for which Birmingham is celebrated. In 1838 there was a cotton and silk mill employing 32 hands, in this parish.
The Birmingham and Fazeley canal passes through this parish; and the Grand Junction railway here crosses this canal by a viaduct of 10 arches. The parish is intersected by the line of the proposed railway from Castle-Bromwich to Kingsbury.
Aston hall, a fine old mansion in this parish, is now the property of James Watt, Esq., son of the inventor of the steam-engine.
Pop., in 1801, 11,693; in 1831, 32,118. Houses 6,409. The population of this parish has increased by 12,929 persons since the census of 1821, — a circumstance which is attributable to its connection with the manufactures of Birmingham. Acres 13,330. A. P. £53,142. Poor rates, in 1837, £7,961.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Ashted
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Ashted St. James, a chapelry in the parish of Aston-juxta-Birmingham, Warwickshire. Living, a perpetual curacy, formerly in the archd. of Coventry and dio. of Lichfield and Coventry, now in the dio. of Worcester; gross income £210. Patrons, in 1835, the bishop of Lichfield and others, as trustees. Pop., in 1831, 12,698
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
St. James’ Chapel, Great Brook Street
St. James’s Chapel, Great Brook Street, Ashted, at the eastern extremity of Birmingham, is a substantial plain brick building, originally the private residence of the late Dr. Ash. the founder of the General Hospital, Birmingham. On his decease, it was converted into a Proprietary Chapel, by Dr. Crofts, and very neatly fitted up as a place of worship.
On his decease, it was put up for sale by public auction, and was purchased by some friends of the late Rev. Edward Burn, incumbent of St, Mary’s, at a cost of £1,200. repaired and re-fitted at an additional expense of £1,500, and consecrated by Bishop Cornwallis, September 7th, 1810, and vested in the hands of the Rev. Henry Ryder and three others, as trustees for sixty years, and the Rev. Henry Burn nominated as minister. In 1829, Mr. Burn resigned the care of the chapel, when the Rev. Josiah Allport, its present incumbent, was appointed.
In 1830, the chapel was thoroughly repaired, and the galleries extended so as to provide 150 free sittings, at an expense of £848, previous to which, in this hamlet, containing nearly 12,000 souls, there was no accommodation for the poor. In 1835, the population around being more than doubled, the chapel was enlarged, at a cost of about £1,300, by the addition of at least one-third of its present length, forming it into a proper oblong; besides the construction of a suitable chancel, and the galleries extended throughout the new part.
The chapel will now seat 1,500 persons, of which 600 are free seats, besides 250 sittings for the Sunday school children. A sweet-toned organ, built by Bishop, was, during the time of the Rev. Mr. Burn, placed in the chapel; and very recently, John Whittingham, Esq. bequeathed £200. for the erection of a clock in the turret, but which is wholly unsuited to such an advantageous appendage.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of trustees, as before stated, but has no endownent attached to it: the support of the minister, and defraying of all repairs and incidental expenses, rests solely on the seatholders. The present incumbent has four public services every Lord’s day: commencing at nine o’clock in the morning, for the convenience of the military, in the barracks contiguous to St. James’s; with congregational services at eleven, afternoon at three; and evening at half-past six.
Source: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Warwickshire; Francis White & Co.; 1850.
Deritend
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Deritend, a chapelry and a sub-district, in the parish and district of Aston, Warwick. The chapelry lies on the river Rea, the Birmingham and Warwick canal, and the Birmingham and Oxford railway, within Birmingham borough; comprises some of the south-eastern streets of Birmingham; and has a post-office under Birmingham. Pop. not separately returned. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £319. Patrons, the Inhabitants. The church was rebuilt in 1735; and has a square brick tower, added in 1762. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Deritend, 1 mile S.E. Birmingham. P. included in Aston
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Duddeston-cum-Nechells
St. Matthew’s Church, Gt. Lister Street
St. Matthew’s Church, Gt. Lister Street, Duddeston-cum-Nechells, Aston parish, is a handsome brick structure, in the Gothic style, with lancet windows, a tower and spire, and was built by the Birmingham Church Building Society, formed in 1838-9 to build ten churches, at a cost of £3,200, and consecrated October 20th, 1840. It has a district of about 11,000 souls assigned to it. The living, a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of trustees. Rev. George W. Chamberlain, M.A., incumbent.
The Parsonage, a neat residence, is near the church.
Source: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Warwickshire; Francis White & Co.; 1850.
Gravelly Hill
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Gravelly Hill, a place in Aston parish, Warwick; on the Birmingham and Sutton-Coldfield railway, 2 ½ miles NE by N of Birmingham. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Birmingham.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Little Bromwich
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Bromwich, Little, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Aston, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick, 3 miles (N. E.) from Birmingham; containing 262 inhabitants.
The hamlet is bounded by the river Tame on the north, and by the river Cole on the south, and is intersected by the road between Birmingham and Coleshill, and the London and Birmingham railway: the surface is flat and well-wooded, and the soil is a sandy loam.
Ward-End Hall, an old farm-house near the church of Ward-End (which see), with about 100 acres of land, comprising the 30 acres mentioned in Dugdale’s Warwickshire as the Park, is the property of Thos. Hutton, Esq., and is occupied by a member of his family.
The manor-house at Allum Rock is the property of W. Webb Essington, Esq., and the residence of Isaac Marshall, Esq.; and Ward-End House is the property and residence of George Marshall, Esq.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Saltley with Washwood
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Saltley, with Washwood, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Aston, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N division of the county of Warwick; containing 695 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Sparkbrook
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SPARKBROOK, a chapelry in Aston parish, Warwick; on the river Cole and the Oxford and Birmingham railway, 2¼ miles SW of Birmingham. It has a r. station jointly with Smallheath, and a post-office under Birmingham. Pop., about 3,100. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Water Orton
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Water-Overton, or Orton, a chapelry in the parish and union of Aston, Birmingham division of the hund. of Hemlingford, county of Warwick; 2½ miles north-west of Coleshill, near the Birmingham and Derby railway. Living, a perpetual curacy, formerly in the archd. of Coventry, and dio. of Lichfield and Coventry, now in the dio. of Worcester; not in charge, returned at £75; gross income £115; subordinate to the vicarage of Aston. Patrons, in 1841, certain trustees. Returns with the parish.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Directors of Companies
The following people were listed in the Directory of Directors 1881 as directors of companies who were either living in Aston juxta Birmingham or the company was based in Aston juxta Birmingham or both.
Austin – Mr William Austin of William Austin & Sons manufacturing chemists Nechells Birmingham is a director of the British Workman’s Assurance Company Limited
Bayliss – Mr TR Bayliss is a director of the Birmingham Small Arms and Metal Company Limited Smallheath Birmingham
Dain – Mr Benjamin Dain, Gravelly hill, near Birmingham, is deputy chairman of the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited
Edgerton – Mr Charles Edgerton Manor House Aston Warwickshire is a director of the –
Wesleyan and General Assurance Society
Hunt Mr James Hunt Ashted is a director of the Wesleyan and General Assurance Society Birmingham
Lloyd – Mr Samuel Lloyd, J.P., ironmaster, The Farm, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, is a director of the –
Darlaston Coal and Iron Company Limited
Easton Neston Mineral &c Railway Company
West Cumberland Iron and Steel Company Limited
Port – Mr Henry Port, F.S.A., Broad street corner, Birmingham, and Small Heath, Warwickshire, is managing director of the British Workman’s Assurance Company Limited
Pryse – Mr Charles Pryse is a director of the Birmingham Small Arms and Metal Company Limited Smallheath Birmingham
Parish Records
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Little Bromwich
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Washwood
Water-Orton
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Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Battcock Charles, Victoria tavern, Aston, Birmingham, victualler, Mar. 30, 1841.
Battin John and James, Aston, near Birmingham, corn dealer, Jan. 13, 1832.
Bedson Thomas; and Robert Bishop; Aston, Birmingham, brass founders, June 22, 1822.
Benson Edward White; and William Darke; Aston, Birmingham, chemists, Nov. 17, 1829.
Bishop Robert, Aston road, near Birmingham, brass founder, June 8, 1822.
Brentnall Benjamin, Aston, near Birmingham, miller, June 16, 1829.
Bridge William, Deritend, Birmingham, boot and Shoemaker, Feb. 9, 1841.
Burt Edward, Aston juxta Birmingham, victualler, Jan. 14, 1840.
Campbell Robert, Deritend, Warwickshire, brassfounder, Jan. 20, 1837.
Church William, Aston, Birmingham, civil engineer, May 5, 1835.
Edwards Richard, Aston nigh Birmingham, victualler, Jan. 17, 1840.
East George; and George Phillips Vincent; Aston, Birmingham, glass makers, May 12, 1837.
Fowler William, Aston, Birmingham, brickmaker and victualler, Jan. 30, 1838.
Griñln Edward, Erdington, Aston, Birmingham, surgeon, June 24, 1834.
Grist James, Aston, Birmingham, corn dealer, Jan. 2. 1827.
Hobday Samuel, Aston, Birmingham, snuffers maker, Jan. 28, 1826.
Hood Joseph, jun., Deritend, Warwickshire, grocer & druggist, March 26, 1825.
Jones John, jun., Aston-juxta-Birmingham, gun maker, Dec. 12. 1828.
Kendall Henry; Edmund Kendall ; John Kendall; and Joseph Kendall; Deritend, Birmingham, perfumers and toy sellers, Jan. 19, 1838
Lowe James, Ashted, near Birmingham, dealer in iron, Nov. 3, 1829.
Minshull Charles, Bordesley, Aston, Birmingham, builder, April 8, 1828.
Parker George, Deritend, Aston, Warwickshire, factor, Feb. 14, 1832.
Partridge Thomas, jun., Aston, Birmingham, maltster, June 27, 1837.
Perry Robert, Aston, Birmingham, dealer and chapmnn, April 14, 1837.
Price James, Deritend, Warwickshire, bellows maker, Aug. 15, 1826.
Ratcliff John, Aston, Birmingham, victualler, Aug. 2, 1831.
Rickards James, Aston, Birmingham, builder, May 9, 1826.
Sadler Thomas, Aston, near Birmingham, dealer and chapman, July 14, 1821.
Selkirk William, Aston, juxta Birmingham, engraver, June 22, 1841. (Note: entry below this is Selkirk William, Birmingham, letter cutter and engraver, May 1, 1832.)
Singleton Joseph, Aston, Birmingham, wire drawer, Jan. 18, 1839.
Spence Henry, Deritend, Birmingham, carrier & leather seller, May 26, 1829.
Swift Walter, jun.; and Thomas Swift ; Ashted, near Birmingham, steel-toy maker, May 28, 1825.
Tabberer William, Aston, Birmingham, miller and corn dealer, Jan. 24, 1826.
Taylor Charles, Aston, near Birmingham, maltster, June 2, 1867.
Thompson William; Henry Leonard; and Richard Brookholding Dawes; Ashted. Aston, Birmingham, factors and manufacturers, Oct. 14, 1836.
Worsey Edward, Aston, near Birmingham, blank tray maker, Dес. 20, 1833.
Wright Joshua, Deritend Old Mills, Birmingham, matchet manuf., Dec 3. 1841.
Warwickshire Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
Aston Gazetteer and Directory of Warwickshire 1850
Post Office, at Mr. Frederick James Roberts’s.
Armishaw Mrs. Ann, Aston village
Armishaw Margt. & Ann, school, Aston villg
Avery Mr. Samuel, Elmdon Villa
Bacon Miss Ann, Lichfield terrace
Biddle Miss Dorothy, Lichfield terrace
Boland Richard, jeweller, Aston village
Brady Cornelius, commercial traveller
Burdett Edward, clerk, Lichfield terrace
Butler .lohn, coal dealer
Butler William, blacksmith, Aston village
Cheshire C. spirit mert., Claremont cottage
Chillingworth Thomas, clerk, Park place
Collet Mrs. Elizabeth, Aston village
Cooke James, clerk
Cooper Joseph Rock, gun and pistol manufacturer. Park Cottage
Cooper Richd. B. spur maker, Lichfield ter
Donahoe Edward, shopkeeper
Emery Mr. Alfred Holland, Laurel terrace
Emery Samuel, roller of and dealer in every description of metals, Victoria Works; house, Albert House
Fenwicke Rev. George O. vicar. Vicarage
Goode Benjamin Vim. jeweller, Aston vil.
Greaves Mr. Thomas, Lichfield terrace
Griffiths Henry, shoemaker
Groves Richard, plumber and glazier
Hardy Ann, victualler, Manor Tavern
Harvey Jas. gun barrel grinder, Aston vil
Heaton Mrs. Martha, Lichfield trrrace
Hickman Mrs. Jane, Lichfield terrace
Hickman Mr. William, Lichfield terrace
Holloway Gilbert, basket maker
Hollis Mr. John, Aston village
Horne Thos. brass founder, &c. Aston vil.
Horrocks John, beerhouse & gun engraver
Houghton Rev. Matthew, curate, Aston vil
Insley, William, beerhouse
Jackson Mr. Thomas, Aston village
James Henry, butcher and baker
James Thomas, miller
Jenkins Mr. Thomas, Park villa
Joverns Joseph, baker
Lomas D. clerk, & E. school, Lichfield ter
Longmore Thos. brass founder, Aston vil.
Morris George, beerhouse and bricklayer
Neal George, clerk, Windsor place
Nevill James, victualler, Vine Inn
Ouseman John Benjamin, tailor
Parker Joseph Basnett, gun barrel maker, and Elizabeth S. school. Laurel terrace
Peat Mrs. Margaret Ann, Laurel terrace
Pitt Ed. clerk to the Union, Victoria Cot.
Potter Richard, farmer. Park
Roberts Fred. Jas. parish clerk and sexton, Aston village
Rowley Edward, artist
Shaw Z. A. milliner & dress mkr. Vine Cot.
Sharman Thomas, maltster, Aston village
Siddons Charles & William, air trigger, &c. manufacturers, Laurel terrace
Sims Jph. farmer & iron master, Aston park
Smith W. steel toy manufr. Windsor place
Spence Mr. John, Lichfield terrace
Spencer Thomas, shopkeeper
Turner James, gun barrel maker, Aston vil
Vickery Mary, shopkeeper, Aston village
Wells Richard, engineer. Water Works
Williams Rd., laud surveyor, Lichfield ter.
Wilson Jane, vict. Aston Tavern, Aston vl
Winton Joseph, farmer, Park
Worsey, Mr. Edward, Laurel terrace
Source: Gazetteer and Directory of Warwickshire; Francis White & Co.; 1850.
Water Orton Trades Directory 1861
Aspinall Thomas, Esq.
Hargrave Miss Jane
Hipkiss George, farmer
Jenkins Thomas, Esq.
Palmer Shirley P., Esq.
Parry Mr. William
Standbridge Thomas, Esq.
Turner George, Esq.
White Richard, Esq.
Whitlock John H., victualler, Dog Inn
Source: Corporation General and Trades Directory of Birmingham and Wolverhampton; William Cornish, Birmingham; 1861
Water Orton Warwickshire Directory 1850
Day William, victualler. Royal Oak
Halford Henry Haden, Esq., coal master
Hargrave Misses Jane and Julia
Hill George, gardener
Hutchins John, beerhouse
Littlewood Thomas, gentleman
Short Elizabeth, victualler, The Dog
Terry William, gentleman
Williams John, smith and parish clerk
Farmers.
Cooper John, (and builder)
Day Thomas
Jenkins William
Marshall Josiah
Wakefield Thomas
Wood Francis
Source: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Warwickshire; Francis White & Co.; 1850
Witton Trades Directory 1861
Those marked + have their places of business in Birmingham.
Post Office. — Letters arrive from Birmingham, at 9-0 a.m., and are despatched at — pm. — L. Cutler, receiver.
Allinton William, gardener, Borough Cemetery
+ Banton Mr. Richard
Cutler Linnsaeus, victualler, Hare and Hounds
+ Dugard Mr. John
+ Hooper John, basket mkr
+ Lancaster Mr. James, Witton cottage
Sargent William, victualler, Yew Tree Inn
Morris John, gun barrel borer
Shyrte Mary, boarding school, Witton hall
Farmers.
Ashmall Charles, Brook
Faulkner William
Fowler Richard
Petty George
Phillips John
Potter Joseph
Short John
Source: Corporation General and Trades Directory of Birmingham and Wolverhampton; William Cornish, Birmingham; 1861
Witton Warwickshire Directory 1850
Ashford R. pleasure gardens, Boat Tavrn.
Bodington Mr. Nathan
Jones Abraham, spade and shovel manufacturer, and beerhouse
Shyrte Mary, school. The Hall
Walker Joseph, beerhouse
Wallis Joseph, gentleman
Farmers.
Ashmall Chas. brook farm
Bragg William
Brown Jph. Witton Hall farm
Gibbs Eliz., (and gardener)
Potter Joseph
Short John
Wells Geo. Whitton Lodge
Wells Joseph, Upper Wtton
Source: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Warwickshire; Francis White & Co.; 1850
Administration
- County: Warwickshire
- Civil Registration District: Aston
- Probate Court: Post-1836 – Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory), Pre-1837 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Arden
- Poor Law Union: Aston
- Hundred: Birmingham Borough; Hemlingford
- Province: Canterbury