Bradmore wolverhampton, Gunmakers and Church Road

[Pedrocut]

Thanks to Uplands for the great photos.

On the Tithe map circa 1840 there is area near Merry Hill that is called Bottomless Pit. It does not seem to be mentioned on future maps.

I think it corresponds to, around,  the wooded area now enclosed by Wooton Road, Woodland Road, Pinfold Lane  and Coppice Lane.

Has anyone heard of the term being used?

Regards Peter

[Uplands]

I have never heard of the name before although the area you are talking about has always to my knowledge been known as Coppice wood.
I am 74 now but as a young lad I often nipped down Uplands Ave, where I was born and bred, to play there with various friends from the avenue.
I often wonder what happened to them as I joined the Royal Navy when I was fifteen and a half.

Bob.

[Pedrocut]

Hi Bob,

I had a feeling that “Bottomless Pit” would be way too old for anyone to remember.

Returning to “Dead Lad’s Grave” I found this site British Archaeology, no 25, June 1997

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba25/BA25FEAT.HTML

It appears that Crossroad burial was abolished by Act of Parliament in 1823, and I have a feeling that our Dead Lad was a suicide as opposed to a criminal.

…At a crossroads on the Icknield Way, near Moulton on the border of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, there is a neatly maintained patch of flowers at a spot known as the Boy's Grave. Folklore holds that a shepherd boy believed he had lost a sheep, but afraid of being accused of its theft and hanged or transported to Australia, he hanged himself. When the sheep were counted none were missing. Having taken his own life he was buried at this crossroads. People interested in the story now tend the grave…

….Andrew Percival's Notes on Old Peterborough (1905) described how a suicide burial called the Girl's Grave was marked by a stone in a cottage garden, now built over. The girl can almost certainly be identified with Elizabeth James, who poisoned herself after an unsuccessful romance. The Stamford Mercury of 31 May 1811 said she was buried on the edge of town by six female relatives dressed in white. In these instances it only took about a century for the buried persons' identities to be obscured

I don’t think we will ever know the identity, but RIP.

Best wishes Peter

 




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[Uplands]

btw, you mentioned accumulators earlier?... what where they? some kind of batterry?

And as for me... ive been trying to find a pic of bradmore recreation grounds concrete castle, but alas w no luck, that was an old memory for me that I would dearly love a pic of as I spent the majority of my time there as a kid.. surely there must be photos of that!? it was there till hmm mid 80's at least

I came across this the other day is it any good to you?

Bob.

[truebritmega]

oh well done!!!!!! awwww now that brings back many a childhood memory... wonderful memories (that castle was my second home!! LOL)

[Uplands]

Here is another oldie for you, looking down Wenlock Avenue in 1950 towards Trysull Rd.

Bob.

[cookiemonster122]

Hello, i am new on this site, i was just wondering if any one has any history information or photographs of the railway station and track that is now a disused behind westacre crescent finchfield. I also would greatly appreciate any information or photos of the bradmore arms public house. my grandparents were land lord/land lady there and my father grew up there too. Wondered if anyone has any photos of between 1940-1965. Thank you x
 

[Uplands]

I am stuck for time at the moment but here are a couple of tasters for you.

Bob.

[Uplands]

 And a couple more.

Bob.