EPW005841 ENGLAND (1921). High Street Deritend and environs, Digbeth, 1921
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| Title | [EPW005841] High Street Deritend and environs, Digbeth, 1921 |
| Reference | EPW005841 |
| Date | March-1921 |
| Link | |
| Place name | DIGBETH |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 407814, 286304 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.8849464318276, 52.474241668666 |
| National Grid Reference | SP078863 |
Pins
 The Old Bank - Former Lloyds Bank |
 Michellezellig |
Thursday 23rd of April 2020 03:14:04 PM |
| Warwick Bar |
James Phillips |
Thursday 11th of July 2019 01:58:50 PM |
| Could be The Horse & Groom Public House |
kevofbrum |
Wednesday 5th of October 2016 06:02:59 PM |
kevofbrum |
Wednesday 5th of October 2016 05:55:27 PM | |
| Floodgate Street |
kevofbrum |
Wednesday 5th of October 2016 05:49:32 PM |
| Milk Street |
kevofbrum |
Wednesday 5th of October 2016 05:48:53 PM |
| Oxford Street |
kevofbrum |
Wednesday 5th of October 2016 05:47:53 PM |
| Bricklayers Arms Public House |
kevofbrum |
Wednesday 5th of October 2016 05:38:49 PM |
| Royal Oak Public House |
kevofbrum |
Wednesday 5th of October 2016 05:31:47 PM |
| The remains of the viaduct to take the GWR into Curzon Street. Still standing |
PURCELL |
Saturday 22nd of March 2014 09:39:52 PM |
| Birchall Street |
 offshoredaze |
Sunday 8th of December 2013 11:55:56 AM |
| Rail Goods Depot |
HenryWRWhite |
Thursday 20th of December 2012 10:05:59 PM |
| Birmingham Gun Proofing House. This still exists down a secluded road under the West Coast Mainline |
HenryWRWhite |
Thursday 20th of December 2012 10:04:40 PM |
| Curzon Street Station |
HenryWRWhite |
Thursday 20th of December 2012 10:03:14 PM |
| Grand Union Canal starts here |
HenryWRWhite |
Thursday 20th of December 2012 10:01:22 PM |
| New Digbeth Coach station ? |
Deswill |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 10:15:16 PM |
| The Ashton engineering works still stands behind the viaduct. The same company that produced the Ashton Evans car. |
 Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 09:14:27 PM |
| This row of buildings still exists, with a Grade II listing. It used to house a boxing gym. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 09:12:48 PM |
| This is a narrow street (court) lined with houses landlocked within the block and only accessible by a narrow passage next to the Old Bull's Head PH. The houses only had windows facing into the court and half of them used to back onto the Birmingham Battery and Metal Company - a somewhat noisy neighbour. This is typical of the living conditions of the poorer people who lived in the city centre. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 08:23:00 PM |
| Canal Wharfs |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 08:06:07 PM |
| St Gabriel's Church, built in 1869 and bombed in 1941. It was aligned diagonally to the streets around it and the ghost of it is still evident in the property boundaries. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 08:02:19 PM |
| Floodgate Street Council School. Designed by Martin and Chamberlain, Architects, who also designed the Birmingham School of Art and the fountain in Chamberlain Square. The school is now part of South Birmingham College, Digbeth Campus. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:52:43 PM |
| Wire and Rolling Mills in Bradford Street. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:46:56 PM |
| Here stood the Old Leather Bottle PH and the Three Crowns PH, both of which were demolished by 1918 to make way for a garage as motor vehicles made their mark. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:42:33 PM |
| The Big Bull's Head Hotel |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:35:31 PM |
| The Bull's Head PH |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:35:00 PM |
| Griffiths and Browett Tin plate and japanning works. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:11:26 PM |
| Cheapside Saw Mills |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:08:39 PM |
| The Hope and Anchor PH. The site is now occupied by a car park. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 06:19:21 PM |
| The site of the 16th century Golden Lion pub. It was taken down and rebuilt in 1910/11 in Cannon hill Park to rescue it from dereliction. What's left of it may yet return as part of a regeneration scheme for the area. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 06:14:15 PM |
| St. John's Deritend. A chapel was established here in the 14th century and was maintained by the Guild of St John. Their Guildhouse still exists in the form of the Old Crown Inn. The church was demolished when Digbeth/Deritend was widened - a fate that befell all the buildings on this side of the road. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 05:57:57 PM |
When it was demolished it was already in a state of dereliction, having been bombed during the war. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 08:10:44 PM |
| Great Western Railway viaduct carrying the line from London to Birmingham, Moor Street and Snow Hill Stations are not far away to the left of the photograph. |
Toby Clempson |
Wednesday 27th of June 2012 06:42:02 AM |
| The River Rea passing through Digbeth in a brick lined stormwater channel. |
Toby Clempson |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 07:25:28 PM |
| old crown oldest inn in Birmingham, High Street Deritend. |
Paulie |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 07:14:16 PM |
| The Old Crown Inn |
Mr Pastry |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 07:10:06 PM |
| The Works in Barn Street that produced the Hands and Calthorpe cars in the early years of the 1900s |
Brasspot |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:09:20 PM |
| The works that produced the Ashton-Evans, Revolette and Lanchester cars in the early years of the 1900s |
Brasspot |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:07:06 PM |
| The White Swan PH. Still there and functioning. |
Brasspot |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:03:14 PM |
| This building was used to produce British Peerless, VAL and Rollo cars in the early 1900s. |
Brasspot |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:02:05 PM |
| Digbeth Institute |
Brasspot |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:00:51 PM |
The site was previously that of the Birmingham Battery and Metal Company which was used at the end of the 1800s to produce some of the first cars built in Britain - the Anglo-French. |
Brasspot |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 05:10:59 PM |
| The Anchor Inn, Bradford St, Digbeth |
Susannah |
Monday 25th of June 2012 11:52:13 PM |
One of the handful of surviving 'proper pubs' in the city centre. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 07:26:08 PM |
| Devonshire Works / The Custard Factory - Digbeth |
Susannah |
Monday 25th of June 2012 11:43:31 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Digbeth/Deritend |
Paulie |
Tuesday 4th of September 2012 09:26:57 PM |
 Another view from above. High street Digbeth/deritend 1953. |
Paulie |
Tuesday 4th of September 2012 09:26:57 PM |
 These were the offices and Works of the Anglo-French company who were one of the first car manufacturers in the country. They used to be the premises of the Birmingham Battery and Metal Company and were demolished to make way for the Digbeth Institute in about 1908. |
Brasspot |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 04:56:52 PM |
Dear all, That’s great; we’ve reviewed your comments and thanks to your help we can update the catalogue. The revised record will appear here in due course. Hope you have the same success solving some of our other mysteries! Katy Whitaker Britain from Above Cataloguer |
 Katy Whitaker |
Monday 2nd of July 2012 01:55:52 PM |
Picture taken over Moseley St looking NNE. The viaduct carries the GWR Oxford & B'ham railway with Snow Hill Station off to the left. In the foreground running left to right are Rea St, River Rea & Birchall St, crossing Cheapside, Bradford St and Digbeth High St. Floodgate St passes diagonally under the viaduct. Beyond the viaduct at top-left can be seen Curzon St Goods Station and the B'ham & Fazeley Canal in the centre. |
Steve H |
Saturday 30th of June 2012 07:57:02 PM |
This photo encompasses the works of Ashton-Evans, VAL, Rollo, British Peerless, Lanchester, Revolette, Anglo-French, Calthorpe and Hands. |
Brasspot |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 08:04:00 PM |
Deritend/Digbeth |
Steve Beauchampe |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 02:38:32 AM |
Digbeth, Birmingham. I examined the rail bridge using Google street view, and it seems to be the same one in the picture |
BigDom |
Monday 25th of June 2012 06:08:58 PM |