'Court' as part of an address?

[jim1]

Take a look at these:
 http://www.bgfl.org/carlchinn/search.cfm?mr=&res=y&rt=&media=&area=&phys=&hum=&k1=slums&k2=&k3=&k4=&k5=&k6=&k7=&k8=
Jim

[Dave Francis]

Thanks for the link Jim - bookmarked!

[LFS]

Dear Dave
If you want a book on the subject - there's "Living Back-to-Back" by Chris Upton, all about Birmingham's courts.  And yes, the courts simply had numbers, and the houses numbered within the court - so House 1, 8 Court, Clarkson Street - would be a typical sort of address.  Later on, some of the courts were given names to make them sound better.
Linda

[LFS]

Forgot to say - there's a phot of 17 Court, Hospital Street on p 31 of that book - so photos of these courts certainly exist.  Have you tried the local studies section of Birmingham Library - it's extremely good. 
Linda

[Dave Francis]

Hi Linda

Thanks for the useful info!

Dave

[Tricia_2]

There are just a few back-to-backs still in existence in Birmingham. The National Trust has recently opened some to the public, so you can actually visit and check out the conditions:

Birmingham Back to Backs
50-54 Inge Street/55-63 Hurst Street,

Carefully restored 19th-century courtyard of working people's houses

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-birmingham_backtobacks/

[darthdc]

I'm just posting to say that my grandparents were living in Hospital Street in 1919. Not sure how long they were there but it was 9 Court 9 Hospital St. The names were Cook and Hunt. I can say that they were not there in 1901.