History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue de Birmingham

In Dutch: Birminghamstraat

Rue de Birmingham, in Anderlecht, has 101 buildings on the Atlas map, for 122 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 52% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 194414
  • 1945 – 196953
  • 1970 – 198932
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 287: 1929. 3 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name
Descriptive name
Theme
Economic life
Named in
1846

Il s'agit ici d'une référence à la cité industrielle anglaise. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.