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Does anyone know the location of Balls Hill, Lawley Bank? looked at the old maps but it doesnt seem to be marked
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hello,
I think that it is just off Heath Hill in Dawley.
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I think you will find it is BLEWS hill, Heath hill, Dawley.
Bob.
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Heath Hill continues north of the Heath Hill roundabout and Balls Hill is the dead end road on the right(where the White Horse Inn is)
At the opposite end of the road, it is now a footpath, off Old Office Road,but there is still a street sign.
This is probably less than a mile away from Lawley Bank.
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Thanks for the replies, it seems an ancestor of mine lived at Balls Hill in the 1821 census, was it always a dead end?
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hello again,
Balls Hill still exists either side of the Old Office Road so I would assume that it used to be open at both ends.
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Great Dawley was crossed from north-west to south-east by the main Wellington-Worcester (and Bridgnorth) road, turnpiked 1764. (fn. 17) In 1752 the road entered the parish at Dawley Bank and ran by Dawley Green Lane (later Bank Road and King Street), Dun Cow Bank (New Street), and Finger Lane to Southall. (fn. 18) By the early 19th century it had been diverted from Lawley by Ball's Hill, near Heath Hill, to Dawley Green. (fn. 19) The parish's commercial centre grew up at the junction between the old and new routes at Dawley Green, the road through the settlement being known at High Street by 1851. (fn. 20) A second major route was the Wellington-Coalbrookdale turnpike, opened c. 1817. (fn. 21) Across the south-west corner of the parish it was made by improving a road that followed parts of the former Horsehay-Coalbrookdale waggonway. (fn. 22) The stretch along Loamhole dingle was known as Jigger's Bank, at the foot of which was a tollhouse. (fn. 23) The Wellington-Worcester turnpike was diverted to follow the new road, a new section being built c. 1827 from the older route at Ball's Hill to the new road at Lawley. (fn. 24)
From: 'Dawley: Communications', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford (1985), pp. 106-107. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18087 Date accessed: 08 January 2011.
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Hi
Balls Hill is still there... I live there..
If you go up Old Office Road from the Heath Hill end, Balls Hill crosses Old Office Road about 100 yards from the bottom of Old Office Road.
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Yes i managed to find it on my last visit over there (i live in Galway) it definately had the feel of an old lane!
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Did you have relatives who once lived here?
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Yes my GF (X5) Thomas lived there, he showed up in the 1821 census
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Which house did he live in, do you know...
Its really interesting. I wonder if it was our house.
Did he actually own the house or was it his parents.
Sorry to ask so many questions but I am intrigued.
Mandi
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Hi Mandi, i,d say Balls Hill has changed a lot since 1821, i couldnt see any old mining cottages which my ancestor would have lived in.I felt odd walking up and down taking photos! i was expecting someone to ask what i was up to! you can still see a lot of the old mining cottages in the area tho.
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Hi
Isn't it interesting looking back at these things.
A few years ago a woman came up our drive (which is quite private and leads nowhere) and was looking at our house.
When I approached her it turned out her gran use to own our house.
The woman had moved away years ago and was in the area visiting rellies. She wanted to see if the house was still standing and when I invited her in to look round she couldn't believe how much it had changed but at the same time stayed the same..
It was nice to see the happiness on her face.
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So which end of the lane do you live? i went to the end where it comes to a dead end. I remember a sign saying "silly farm"!
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Ha Ha how funny.... Thats my house..
Its got a sign on the gate saying "welcome to the funny farm"
When did you come.
I looked at our deeds after hearing from you the other day and found out our house was first sold by the coalbrookedale mining company in 1881. It used to belong to a decendent of Abraham Darby... Cool ah..
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Wow! thats very cool! i wish i,d have known at the time, i could have popped in for a cuppa! i was over there in August, i live in Ireland. I,m over again at xmas. My ancestor died at Rowton poor house in 1836.
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Hi Clare
When you came were there some men working on the front of a house in Old Office Road?
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How interesting. I was just there last weekend taking photos of Balls Hill. After a day in the archives, I found that my GGGG Grandfather, William Reeves lived on Balls Hill in 1827 with wife Sarah and son George. It was listed on the parish record as "Balls Hill Wellington". Does that make sense? Do you know if any of the houses date that far back? Thank you,
Matt Reeves
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The name Reeves rings a bell with me, i have a copy of the 1821 census for Balls Hill, will try to dig it out.
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Just to add into the Balls Hill conversation... My 5xG.Grandfather Joseph Ball and family were living there in 1821 :)
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The house I live in belonged to a Mrs Ball.
My husband bought it after she passed away.
Her name was Lily Ball and she died in 1988. Her husband was called Alfred.
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I,m sure i have the Balls on my list of relations....will look it up
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Thought you were gonna pop in over Easter :)
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Maybe thats why its called Balls Hill....doh
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I think the Balls came from Condover
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I have 2 lists from Balls Hill from the 1821 census and trying to upload? Doesnt seem to be workin tho :( but surnames are as follows for anyone interested......Davis,Reynolds,Taylor,Anson,Chilton,Boycott,Hollygrove,Dean,Banks,Harvey,Reeves,Wilson,Phillips,Briscoe,Round,Walker,Bayley,Callier,Clarsley,Ball,Yale,Worrall,Lane.
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List 2
Dunning
Corbet
jones
plant
rigby
round
growcott
clough
carter
maxfield
morgan
vaughan
bickley
speed
machin
perry
arkwright
doody
johnson
ferriday
robinson