Duchess Road, Edgbaston

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Date:1900 - 1910 (c.)

Description:Nos.7 and 9, Duchess Road, Edgbaston. A splendid pair of Victorian villas, not far from Five Ways. The Duchess in question was the Duchess of Beaufort, there being a connection by marriage with the Calthorpe family who owned the land. In 1908 the author J.R.R. Tolkien moved into No.37 Duchess Road.

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Ladywood Edgbaston Duchess Road Detached Significant Residential Properties 1901 - 1913 (Edwardian)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Donor ref:BMAG 1995v632.1151 (74/7908)

Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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