Brickmaker's Arms - Netherton: Pub History, Publicans, Photographs

This pub was located in Chapel Street in the area of Primrose Hill. The house would appear to pre-date the naming of Chapel Street when, in the 1841 census, it was described simply as part of the "houses between Halesowen Road and Cradley Road at Primrose Hill." The naming of the building seems to point to the publican at this time; the licensee was the brickmaker Alexander Hughes who kept the pub with his wife Hannah. She was his second wife. Born in Brierley Hill in 1785, he had married Mary Simkiss at Kingswinford in the summer of 1806. His marriage to Hannah Lester was conducted at Edgbaston in 1822. Pigot's trade directory of 1842 lists Alexander Hughes as a beer retailer rather than a publican so it would appear that the Brickmaker's Arms started as a beer house. Following the death of Alexander Hughes in 1848, the licence passed to his wife Hannah. Her step-son John Hughes would later run the nearby Trust to Providence in Washington Street. © Copyright. Posted on 3rd January 2012 Images supplied by Digital Photographic Images.		1835 - 1848 Alexander Hughes 1848 - c.1855 Hannah Maria Hughes 1854 - Thomas Poole c.1870 - c.1881 David Thomas c.1881 - c.1884 Elizabeth Thomas c.1884 - c.1892 Mrs. Louisa Thomas c.1892 - c.1906 Richard Kirby 1915 - Emma Knight 1917 - John Edward French 1917 - 1922 Samuel Cashmore 1922 - 1923 John Green 1923 - 1923 Frank Davis 1923 - 1924 Benjamin Butcher 1924 - 1924 William Bernard Keeling 1924 - 1927 Joseph Groome 1927 - 1930 William Bache 1930 - 1931 David Arthur Darby 1931 - 1933 Wilfred Sims 1933 - 1941 Joseph Smith If you have a genealogy story or query regarding this pub you can contact me and I will post it here in addition to including your message within the website pages for Worcestershire Genealogy. Netherton Cricket Club "I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry.” Charles Francis Richter		Details to follow....		Staffordshire Places Alton Amblecote Barton-u-Needwood Bilston Blackheath Bloxwich Bobbington Brewood Brierley Hill Brockmoor Burton-on-Trent Cannock Chasetown Cheadle Cheslyn Hay Clifton Campville Codsall Coseley Cradley Heath Darlaston Eccleshall Edingale Enville Ettingshall Fazeley Fenton Gornal Great Bridge Greensforge Hanbury Hanley Harlaston Hednesford Himley Hopwas Kidsgrove Kingswinford Kinver Leek Lichfield Newborough Newcastle-u-Lyme Ogley Hay Old Hill Pattingham Penkridge Penn Pensnett Quarry Bank Rowley Regis Sedgley Shenstone Silverdale Smethwick Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Stone Swindon Tamworth Tatenhill Tipton Tividale Trysull Tunstall Upper Arley Uttoxeter Wall Heath Walsall Wednesbury Wednesfield West Bromwich Whittington Wigginton Willenhall Wolverhampton Wombourne Woodsetton Wordsley

This pub was located in Chapel Street in the area of Primrose Hill. The house would appear to pre-date the naming of Chapel Street when, in the 1841 census, it was described simply as part of the "houses between Halesowen Road and Cradley Road at Primrose Hill."

The naming of the building seems to point to the publican at this time; the licensee was the brickmaker Alexander Hughes who kept the pub with his wife Hannah. She was his second wife. Born in Brierley Hill in 1785, he had married Mary Simkiss at Kingswinford in the summer of 1806. His marriage to Hannah Lester was conducted at Edgbaston in 1822.

Pigot's trade directory of 1842 lists Alexander Hughes as a beer retailer rather than a publican so it would appear that the Brickmaker's Arms started as a beer house.

Following the death of Alexander Hughes in 1848, the licence passed to his wife Hannah. Her step-son John Hughes would later run the nearby Trust to Providence in Washington Street.
© Copyright. Posted on 3rd January 2012
Images supplied by Digital Photographic Images.

1835 - 1848 Alexander Hughes
1848 - c.1855 Hannah Maria Hughes
1854 - Thomas Poole
c.1870 - c.1881 David Thomas
c.1881 - c.1884 Elizabeth Thomas
c.1884 - c.1892 Mrs. Louisa Thomas
c.1892 - c.1906 Richard Kirby
1915 - Emma Knight
1917 - John Edward French
1917 - 1922 Samuel Cashmore
1922 - 1923 John Green
1923 - 1923 Frank Davis
1923 - 1924 Benjamin Butcher
1924 - 1924 William Bernard Keeling
1924 - 1927 Joseph Groome
1927 - 1930 William Bache
1930 - 1931 David Arthur Darby
1931 - 1933 Wilfred Sims
1933 - 1941 Joseph Smith

If you have a genealogy story or query regarding this pub you can contact me and I will post it here in addition to including your message within the website pages for Worcestershire Genealogy.

Netherton Cricket Club

Not One to Mix with the Riff-Raff in the Bar

"I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry.”
Charles Francis Richter