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Teddesley Estate records of tennants & workers may prove usefull for extra insights. I found mention of at least 1 member of my Penkridge family and will be researching other names that look familiar.
http://www.timespast.org.uk/id4.html
Good luck.

I have just made a very very brief comparison of the ocupations of the Eel St workers in 1851 & 1861. It is not complete as some words were illegible & I was not able to research the entire street in the time available, but it seems that in 1851 most paid workers were coal miners, labourers ...

What a great site you have suggested, Northern Lass. It has wonderfull pictures and has provided real insights in Walsall. I had been searching for Walsall pictures for a while & had begun to think that few existed. Thank you for this lead.

Thanks for your suggestion, Northern Lass. I will try to access that site tommorow as this evening it kept coming up with "runtime errors".

Is anyone able to post any old photographs of Ablewell St, Walsall, or alternatively any modern pictures of the listed buildings in that street which are 65, 66, 67, 69 and 70? My family, the Garners, lived in Ablewell St in 1841 and it would be wonderful to know what the area looked like. Sadly, I ...

National Archives are one source of wills, Silver Surfer:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... line/wills.

Happy Christmas, Northern Lass. Yes, I use Alan Godfrey maps & find the service second to none, being reliable & prompt. I really cannot speak highly enough of Alan Godrey.

It looks like there are some very usefull historical maps on the following site: m If the link does not work you may need to cut & paste. Once Christmas is over I am looking forward to locating the detail of the locations that my family lived in, particularly as old addresses are not necessarily...

The Old Bailey records are available online for the years 1674-1913.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

Ellie I do not live anywhere near Staffordshire & my local libraries would not hold books on historical Staffordshire.

Thank you very much indeed, Northern Lass & Mallosa for your kind suggestions. As I am still learning about Staffordshire resources the link was very helpfull. I have today emailed a request to Sandwell . The family members who worked in the brick & tile industry have been much less visible ...

Thank you so much, Mallosa & Northern Lass. I am very, very appreciative of your problem solving. I would not have though of searching the National Archives for information on this particular topic. I now know where members of my family are likely to have worked and it helps to build up the pict...

Thank you Peterd & Ellie, for your suggestions. My local library is not local to Staffordshire so would not carry anything on West Bromwich brickworks in the 1890s. The site you mentioned, Peterd, has absorbed a lot of my time but to no avail.

Does anyone know the name of the West Bromwich brickworks bordered by Gads Lane & Hambletts Rd in the 1890s? Members of my family lived in nearby. George William Saunders was a brick burner in 1896 & lived at 108 Wood Lane, having moved from Bull Lane in 1896. Another family member, also a b...

Unfortunately I do not have access to Midland libraries so I am limited to ordering books by post, but thank you for your reply, Northern Lass.