Alcester Street - by Year

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Alcester Street, originally known as Beoley Street and full of houses with long gardens - horses were kept round the back. The lpsley Road end of Alcester Street was known as Pool Place as there was once a large pool there, and up until about the 1850's it marked the edge of the town.  Most of Alcester Street was demolished in the New Town development by a few original buildings still exist at the north end. Because, prior to 1851  Alcester Street was know as Beoley Street, both are included in this analysis. Enumerators numbers have been used to sequence the early years.

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