Thanks to reader contributions, we’ve found the Grange in Aldridge – it was, until relatively recently, in Leighswood, as described by commentors to my original post. Hat tip too, to David Evans, who mailed me with a map which jogged my memory.
There’s plenty in this series of maps to be thinking about. Fill your boots, and comment anything you find, please. I’m interested in Pennard House, which would now, I guess, be the Lazy Hill pub. What was it’s use before becoming a bar?
Cheers everyone.
1887 Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 draft of the area. Even then, marl pits and industry were just to the northeast. Click for a larger version.
1903 Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 draft of the area. The industrialisation increasing, woodland cover decreasing. Click for a larger version.
1920 Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 draft of the area. The marl pits are expanding ever-closer – but note the allotments. Click for a larger version.
1956 Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 draft of the area. The suburb has begun to grown, and Walton Road appears. Northgate is still a long way off. An interesting one for those interested in hydrology. Click for a larger version.
1961 Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 draft of the area. Leighswood – and the industry – have enveloped The Grange. But still it holds on. Still no Northgate. Click for a larger version.
1971 Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 draft of the area. Northgate appears (the road straight down, dotted), apparently obliterating The Grange. Click for a larger version.