Mary Vale road Bournville

[tioman]

Trying to find out how old a house is in Mary Vale road Bournville and anything about the original occupants... can anyone help if I give them the address.
Thanks
Tioman

[PaulineJ]

Some addresses appear in the 1911 census.

(Kings Norton,   Worcestershire   )

a quick search of the 1901 index shows 250-odd addresses in the area.

[jim1]

The B'ham Electoral Rolls are viewable online.

jim

[tioman]

Thanks very much for that

[confusion]

tioman:

I was brought up in this area with family members working at Cadbury's.

The Mary Vale Road houses were built about 1895 and are very picturesque.

You could try and contact the Bournville Village Trust who I'm sure have an archive.

George Cadbury, with his brother Richard, took over his father’s small business in 1861. Based in Birmingham City Centre, the business expanded into the manufacture of pure cocoa and then chocolate bars and filled chocolates.

By 1878, the city premises had become too cramped. The two brothers purchased land in the countryside, 4 miles out of Birmingham but with excellent canal and railway access, and embarked on the building of a new factory in what became known the world over as Bournville. Driven by a passion for social reform linked with his Quaker beliefs, George Cadbury’s objective was to provide decent quality homes in a healthy environment which could be afforded by industrial workers. Bournville has never been a factory village “tied” to the Works; fewer than half the inhabitants have a link with the Cadbury factory.

In 1900 came the founding of Bournville Village Trust, to administer and develop the village and its surroundings. The Estate today covers 1,000 acres, providing a home for some 25,000 people, and includes an exceptionally wide range of housing provision.

Bournville’s green environment reflects the aim of George Cadbury that one-tenth of the Estate should be… “laid out and used as parks, recreation grounds and open space.”

There is still today, no public houses in Bournville, due to their quaker beliefs.

[confusion]

tioman:

I was brought up in this area with family members working at Cadbury's.

The Mary Vale Road houses were built about 1895 and are very picturesque.

You could try and contact the Bournville Village Trust who I'm sure have an archive.

Bournville Village Trust

George Cadbury, with his brother Richard, took over his father’s small business in 1861. Based in Birmingham City Centre, the business expanded into the manufacture of pure cocoa and then chocolate bars and filled chocolates.

By 1878, the city premises had become too cramped. The two brothers purchased land in the countryside, 4 miles out of Birmingham but with excellent canal and railway access, and embarked on the building of a new factory in what became known the world over as Bournville. Driven by a passion for social reform linked with his Quaker beliefs, George Cadbury’s objective was to provide decent quality homes in a healthy environment which could be afforded by industrial workers. Bournville has never been a factory village “tied” to the Works; fewer than half the inhabitants have a link with the Cadbury factory.

In 1900 came the founding of Bournville Village Trust, to administer and develop the village and its surroundings. The Estate today covers 1,000 acres, providing a home for some 25,000 people, and includes an exceptionally wide range of housing provision.

Bournville’s green environment reflects the aim of George Cadbury that one-tenth of the Estate should be… “laid out and used as parks, recreation grounds and open space.”

There is still today, no public houses in Bournville, due to their quaker beliefs.