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45 FREDERICK STREET
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND 
1880 AND EARLIER

Robinson and McKewan
45 Frederick Street Birmingham
Robinson and McKewan mark

1820 - Built as a house with large ground. (45 Frederick)

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​​1874-   Earliest patent.  (136 Hockley Hill)

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1880   Patent.  (136 Hockley Hill)

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1880 - Grounds sold and built on. (45 Frederick)

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1881 - Leased to R&M (45 Frederick)

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1884- Earliest Patent at National Archives (45 Frederick)

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Joseph Karl Stiele. 1842.

Maria Anna of Bavaria.

Charles Edward Perugini. 1888.

A Summer Shower.

45 Frederick Street Birmingham
Robinson and McKewan silver locket

These interior photos were taken by Jamie Cross, and you can go to where I found them, it's an interesting site:  www.28dayslater.co.uk/robinson-mckewan-jewellers-bham-27-08-06.t3218.

Thanks, Jamie, for use of your pix!

Miranda, Frederick Sandys . English

Pre-Raphaelite painter.

John William Godward. 1899. the Signal.

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136 HOCKLEY HILL

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND 

1880 AND EARLIER

Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 1859

Bocca Baciata.

136 Hockley Hill, today, in 2016. JRN

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Above is 21 Hockley Hill, down the street from the original building, which may have looked like 136. The time period is correct at least. JRN

Kelly's Directory of Watch&Clock 1880

5 HOCKLEY TERRACE
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND 
1871

Robinson and McKewan 5 Hockley Terrace
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