Brewery Street

Can I ask again for help in finding out where Brewery Street in Coventry was/is? My GG Grandfather James COLE lived there on the 1841 Census with his wife Jane and son James. James' occupation is stated as Draughtsman. I'm wondering whether this is an occupation in a Brewery perhaps of that time?

Hi Coventry49. Brewery Street is between Leicester Street and Henry Street just above where it says Cook Street Gate on this map. Hope that helps.

Many thanks Anne. In my mind I can just about work out where it was. I take it that it disappeared years ago?

On later census he appears to be in the weaving industry. I think maybe a draughtsman is something to do with that. Probably the person who does the designs. In 1881 when he is 76he is employing 2 men and 2 women.

That whole area was massively bombed, left derelict for decades after the war then finally submerged under the new Ring Road:

Thank you Dutchman. I will go into Britain from Above and zoom in on that particular photograph and see if I can identify Brewery Street. The system of building homes around Courts was obviously common in Coventry at a certain period of time. I do remember seeing them in my childhood and well into the late 1960s in Spon End particularly.

I'm afraid that's as zoomed-in as you can get on Britain From Above in 1939 and by 1946 the area looked like this: Edited by member, 28th Apr 2016 8:37 pm

Thanks Dutchman I can get my bearings from the Hippodrome and the corner of Trinity Street and see all the flattened area behind that.