Now and then ... Bradford Street
Here are some images of the changing face of Bradford Street.
This drawing shows Bradford Street in 1782.
This photo is from 1952.
This photo is from 22nd November 2007.
The Victoria County 'History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7: The City of Birmingham' notes that the expansion of Birmingham in other directions leaving the densely built up older parts of the then town during the 18th century was made possible by a series of private acts. Shortly after the 1766 act which enabled Sir Thomas Gooch to extend leases on land he had inherited from the Sherlock family "some land 'pleasantly situated for building on in Bradford Street' was advertised 'to be given gratis' to anyone who would build upon it"; 'The Growth of the City', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7: The City of Birmingham (1964), pp. 4-25. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22959&strquery=Bradford Street Date accessed: 01 February 2009.
This drawing shows Bradford Street in 1782.
This photo is from 1952.
This photo is from 22nd November 2007.
The Victoria County 'History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7: The City of Birmingham' notes that the expansion of Birmingham in other directions leaving the densely built up older parts of the then town during the 18th century was made possible by a series of private acts. Shortly after the 1766 act which enabled Sir Thomas Gooch to extend leases on land he had inherited from the Sherlock family "some land 'pleasantly situated for building on in Bradford Street' was advertised 'to be given gratis' to anyone who would build upon it"; 'The Growth of the City', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7: The City of Birmingham (1964), pp. 4-25. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22959&strquery=Bradford Street Date accessed: 01 February 2009.
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