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Possibly the third most common spelling of Ashtead and Ashstead is Ashted, it was used frequently in the early 1800s for our village. e.g. Bowles's 1782 Post-Chaise Companion; or, Travellers Directory through England and Wales
Ashted was also a village in Warwickshire and is now absorbed into Birmingham city itself. Virtually all that remains is Ashtead Circus on the ring road, some locks and a tunnel as well as a church. Other churches, a barracks, a brewery, and roads have gone.The British Library has a book entitled Selection of Psalms and Hymns used by the congregations of St Mary's Chapel, Birmingham, and St James's Chapel, Ashtead. (Seventh edition.) published 1807 by Beilby, Knott, & Beilby: Birmingham. 404 pages
Many thanks to Andrew Spencer, see his excellent work on Birmingham Churches, for the following snippets
For more information about Ashted see Heartlands Local History Society
George Mogridge, 17 February 1787, Ashted, Birmingham, England - 2 November 1854, Hastings, England
Ashted Barracks was erected in 1792 after the Priestley Riots, aka Birmingham Riots, of the previous year.
The barracks remained until the 1930s.For Sayers Ashtead Brewery see What else is called Ashtead?
Ashted Brewery Co Ltd, Birmingham, Warwickshire Ashted Tavern on the corner of Henry Street and Ashted Row Benjamin Kelsey Ltd a brewery founded in 1859 and based at Ashted Row in Duddeston, Birmingham The Birmingham Vinegar Brewing Company Limited, Ashted Row Dog & Partridge on Ashted Row Holbrooks Ltd (Pure Malt Vinegar Brewers), Ashted Row Royal Oak, Ashted RowAshted Flight consists of 6 locks (Ashted Locks), with Ashted Tunnel one lock from the northern end. There are some good pictures of it on the web including
Canal City Souvenir - an Introduction to the canals of Birmingham & the Black Country
Michael Pearson: Published 1998 by J.M. Pearson & Son, 48 pages, paperback, ISBN 0907864775 p12-13: Notes on the Locks and picture of the tunnel | ||
Canal Tunnels - Looking at Inland Waterways
John Gaggs: Published 1978, 32 pages, paperback Covers many tunnels including Ashted | ||
The Other Sixty Miles - A survey of the abandoned canals of Birmingham and the Black Country
Richard Chester-Browne: Published 1981 & 1991 by Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, 48 pages, paperback p13: A map showing the Digbeth Branch with the 6 Ashted Locks and Tunnel |
Ashted Coaches of Stechford, Birmingham
Taken over by ? in 1966.Ashted Rovers AFC
Formed in 1958 and played in the Midland Combination Division 3 in 1981/82 seasonJoseph Cottrell, 176 Ashted Row
Herbert William Cottrell, 176 Ashted RowOur Brum - Volume 3
Carl Chinn: Published 1999 by Birmingham Evening Mail, 144 pages, paperback Including Ashstead, Greet, Moseley, Hampstead, Bordesley |
Take Heart Birmingham - People, History and Change in Birmingham's heartlands
Elizabeth Frostick & Lucy Harland: Published 1993 by Hutton Press, 104 pages, paperback, ISBN 1872167489 Including Ashted, Bordesley, Nechells, Saltley |
Entertainment in Birmingham - on Old Postcards
John Marks: Published 2000 by Reflections of a Bygone Age, 36 pages, paperback, ISBN 1900138344 has a double page picture of Ashted Row Picture Palace (1912-1958) |
My Life In Three Counties
H.W. Pooler: Published 1950 by Christopher Johnson, 247 pages, hardback This book records the pilgrimage through life of the author during his life as a doctor in Shropshire, Staffordshire (Birmingham) and Derbyshire. It includes a map of Ashted and Vauxhall, c1835 |
A Lecture on Astronomy - Delivered In The Town Hall, Birmingham, June 9th 1857
J.B. Podmore: Published 1858 by Cornish Brothers, 46 pages, hardback? Published (By Request) for the benefit of Ashted Working Men's Association and School Improvements. Containing Important Communications From The Highest Authorities Upon The Expected Comet of 1556 To Which Is Added An Appendix, With Definitions, Diagrams, and Explanatory Notes. |