EPW005843 ENGLAND (1921). Colmore Row and Victoria Square area, Birmingham, 1921
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| Title | [EPW005843] Colmore Row and Victoria Square area, Birmingham, 1921 |
| Reference | EPW005843 |
| Date | March-1921 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BIRMINGHAM |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 406815, 286987 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.8996417406866, 52.480395910211 |
| National Grid Reference | SP068870 |
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 BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL...….FOUNDATION STONE GIVES THE DATE OF MDCCCXXXIV (1834) AND GIVES THE NAME OF JOSEPH HANSOM. HE WAS ALSO THE DESIGNER OF THE 'HANSOM CAB'. HE AND HIS CO-DESIGNER APPARENTLY UNDERQUOTED AND BECAME BANKRUPT. THE BUILDING WAS EXTENDED LENGTHWAYS AT THE REAR, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS, GIVING MORE ROOM TO ACCOMODATE THE LARGE MUSICAL ORGAN. |
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Wednesday 5th of February 2020 11:51:41 PM |
| BIRMINGHAM COUNCIL HOUSE...…..FOUNDATION STONE LAID BY JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN IN 1874, AND CARVED ON THE FRONTAGE ,ABOVE THE MOSAIC DEPICTING THE VIRTUES, ARE TWO SPANDRELS GIVING THE DATE OF 1878, Presumably the year of completion. |
Griffin |
Wednesday 5th of February 2020 11:36:58 PM |
| BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERY ENTRANCE, AT THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF STONEWORK ABOVE THE ENTRANCE CARRIES A CARVED SHIELD WITH THE OVERLAPPING LETTERS OF ''B A G''.....(BIRMINGHAM ART GALLERY)…..(Museum presumably added later) |
Griffin |
Wednesday 5th of February 2020 11:24:26 PM |
| CURZON STREET STATION IS THE OLDEST SURVIVING RAILWAY STATION IN THE WORLD. IT FORMED ONE END OF THE '' L & B R Co'' (LONDON & BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY) THE OTHER END EVENTUALLY TERMINATED AT EUSTON, IN 1834. IT HAS NOW BECOME IMPORTANT AGAIN BECAUSE OF IT BEING THE TERMINUS FOR THE FIRST(AND POSSIBLY THE ONLY) PORTION OF THE LINE KNOWN AS HS2. |
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Wednesday 5th of February 2020 11:13:25 PM |
| OLD LEWIS'S STORE BUILDINGS |
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Saturday 14th of November 2015 06:00:58 PM |
| 'CHRISTCHURCH BUILDINGS'....KNOWN AS 'GALLOWAYS CORNER' BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHEMIST, CALLED 'GALLOWAYS' ON THE GROUND FLOOR CORNER OF NEW ST AND VICTORIA SQUARE. THESE OFFICE BUILDINGS ALSO INCLUDED A 'J.LYONS COFFEE SHOP/RESTAURANT'. THEY REPLACED THE 'CHRISTCHURCH', WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1899......THESE IN TURN WERE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE A GRASSED AREA IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL HOUSE...AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME THE LOCATION OF A FOUNTAIN AND CASCADE, REFERRED JOCKINGLY AS 'THE FLOOSY IN THE JACUZZI'....THE WATER FEATURE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF BECAUSE OF WATER LEAKS. |
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Saturday 14th of November 2015 05:59:06 PM |
| GREAT WESTERN ARCADE....BUILT OVER THE CUTTING LINKING THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY'S SNOW HILL AND MOOR STREET STATIONS IN 1874......THERE USED TO BE AN ENTRANCE INTO THE ADJACENT 'GREYS DEPARTMENT STORE' FROM DIRECTLY BELOW THE CUPOLA....THIS CLOSED AFTER 'GREYS' BECAME A 'HAMLEYS TOY STORE'. |
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Saturday 14th of November 2015 05:35:30 PM |
| SIR JOSIAH MASON COLLEGE |
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Saturday 14th of November 2015 05:30:53 PM |
| ST BARTHOLEMEW'S CHURCH |
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Saturday 14th of November 2015 05:30:00 PM |
| CURZON STREET STATION....BIRMINGHAM'S FIRST RAILWAY STATION...THE ENTRANCE IS SUPPOSED TO MIRROR THE PORTICO OF THE THEN ENTRANCE TO EUSTON STATION IN LONDON...THE BUILDING TO THE LEFT OF CURZON ST STATION WAS A HOTEL FOR RAIL PASSENGERS....SADLY DEMOLISHED NOT LONG AGO....ALONG CURZON STREET CAN STILL BE SEEN THE LARGE SANDSTONE BLOCKS WHICH FORMED THE BOTTOM OF THE PERIMETER WALLS OF THE STATION.
THE SITING OF THIS STATION PROVED INCONVENIENT FOR PASSENGERS BECAUSE OF ITS DISTANCE FROM THE CITY CENTRE, NECCESSITATING A CARRIAGE TRANSFER, THAT A NEW TERMINAL WAS PROMOTED.....THIS BECAME 'NEW STREET STATION'...WITH SEPARATE PLATFORMS FOR THE RAILWAY COMPANIES. |
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Saturday 14th of November 2015 05:09:07 PM |
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Monday 17th of August 2015 12:25:12 PM | |
NOW CALLED 'THEATRIX BIRMINGHAM' |
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Saturday 26th of September 2020 08:40:34 PM |
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Wednesday 13th of August 2014 04:37:00 PM | |
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Wednesday 13th of August 2014 04:33:44 PM | |
| The canal bridge carrying Summer Row over the B.C.N.Co's Newhall Branch Canal. |
Toby Clempson |
Thursday 11th of October 2012 10:55:53 AM |
This bridge was also referred to as 'FRIDAY BRIDGE' |
Griffin |
Wednesday 5th of February 2020 11:56:24 PM |
| The Great Western Railway's Snow Hill Station. |
Toby Clempson |
Thursday 11th of October 2012 10:54:03 AM |
| General Hospital |
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Thursday 9th of August 2012 08:30:52 PM |
| Central Hall |
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Thursday 9th of August 2012 08:27:38 PM |
| Birmingham and Midland Institute |
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Thursday 28th of June 2012 07:37:21 PM |
| Public Library |
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Thursday 28th of June 2012 07:36:40 PM |
| Birmingham Cathedral (St. Philips) |
Andy |
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 06:40:48 AM |
| Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
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Tuesday 26th of June 2012 06:32:24 AM |
| Birmingham Town Hall. |
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Monday 25th of June 2012 07:41:55 PM |
