Verelst Avenue, Aston
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Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 18 Nov 2012
The street may have been named after the colonial governor Harry Verelst (11 February 1734 – 24 October 1785) or a Dutch Golden Age painter with the same surname. I wonder if anybody who lives on the street knows why it bears this unusual name.