Birmingham today is a bustling, vibrant and multi cultured modern city. It has not stood still and in the past few years has moved at a staggering pace.
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Acocks Green
The name Acocks Green comes from the Acocks family who built a large house in what would have been a hamlet at the time.
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Aldridge
Aldridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, in the borough of Walsall. In 1981, it had a population of 26,500. Aldridge used to be an industrial town
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Aston
Aston can be traced back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it gets a mention as having a mill, a priest and lands consisting of woodland and ploughland.
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Barr Beacon
Barr Beacon is part of the Forest of Mercia which used to be known as Beacon Regional Park, a name given to it as a place where beacon fires were once lit.
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Bartley Green
Bartley Green is probably best known for its reservoir and close proximity to Frankley Services on the Western Side of Birmingham City.
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Bearwood
Most people know Bearwood for its shopping. It has a busy High Street and excellent local amenities. The Bearwood market is certainly worth a visit.
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Boldmere
A small former village, sometimes credited with being the home of the Spinning Jenny
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Black Country
Where is the Black Country? You couldn't find it on the map could you?. The Black Country is the West Midlands region of industrial heartlands.
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Blackheath
Mainly a residential area now, Blackheath is known for its close proximity to Smethwick and its Industrial past.
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Bournville
Bournville is a particularly attractive part of Birmingham. With its leafy glades and protection of the Bournville Trust it is almost ideallic in places
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Castle Vale & Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich is a recent name for this area of the city. It used be called Berwood for hundreds of years. For years Berwood or Castle Bromwich
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City Centre
Welcome to the city centre of Birmingham. This is a lively vibrant city with plenty to see and do.
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Cotteridge
Cotteridge used to be part of the Parish of Kings Norton. In 1911 Cotteridge was incorporated into the city of Birmingham.
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Cradley Heath
Cradley Heath was originally a village in the south Staffordshire countryside, near the border with Worcestershire.
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Digbeth
Digbeth is the old heart of Birmingham. Everything started here. Life used to revolve around the market and later the church.
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Dudley
From past to present, Dudley has it all. The modern shopping complex at Merry Hill is one of the borough's most popular destinations
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Edgbaston
Edgbaston, one of the oldest areas of Birmingham. It used to be called Celboldestone according to the Domesday book and was originally a gift from William the Conqueuror to a William Fitz-Ansculf.
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Erdington
Erdington is situated on the north side of Birmingham City. Once a rural village, Erdington has grown from a population of 9000 in 1891
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Frankley
Frankley has been praised for its quality of drinking water. Operated by Severn Trent, the water treatment works serves 1.4 million people in the city of Birmingham
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Gravelly Hill
This is an industrial area of Birmingham and has yet to benefit from the considerable sums of money spent elsewhere in the city.
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Halesowen
The name Halesowen means simply 'Owen's Nooks' from the old English word 'halh' meaning 'nook' or corner piece of land.
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Hall Green
Hall Green is a suburb of Birmingham about 4 miles from the city centre. Many people in Birmingham know Hall Green for its famous dog racing stadium
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Handsworth
Handsworth has been occupied since Anglo Saxon times. It's original name would probably have been 'Hondesworde' or 'Hunesworth' after a local chieften.
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Harborne
The village of Harborne goes back to the days of the Domesday Book. It used to be known as Horeborne a small rural village in the county of Staffordshire.
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Highgate
Highgate is lost in the suburbia of Birmingham city and is located near Digbeth on the outskirts of the city centre.
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Hockley
Hockley has always been an integral part of the make up of Birmingham. It features heavily in its history and trade.
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Hollywood
Hollywood is seven miles south of the city of Birmingham, England, and is partly within the city boundary with the greater part being in Worcestershire
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Kings Heath
Kings Norton is an area of Birmingham, England . It derives its name from the fact that in Norman times Kings Norton was part of the Kings forest.
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Kings Norton
Kings Norton is an area of Birmingham, England . It derives its name from the fact that in Norman times Kings Norton was part of the Kings forest.
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Ladywood
Ladywood is a typical example of the 60's and 70's urban Birmingham. It is located near Edgbaston and close to Hockley and the Jewellery Quarter.
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Leasowes
The Leasowes is to be found situated in Halesowen on the southern edge of Birmingham.
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Lickey Hills
Lickey Hills is one of the regions oldest parks. An area of outstanding beauty this has long been a favourite destination for the citizens of Birmingham.
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Longbridge
Longbridge is the name of an illustrious motor works and its surrounding area in Birmingham, England
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Merry Hill
The Merry Hill Centre is the perfect destination if you fancy a day of shopping. With over 200 stores under one roof and parking for well over 10,000 cars
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Moseley
Moseley borders on Kings Heath and is close to Cannon Hill Park. It is a residential suburb within two miles of the city centre
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Nechells
Nechells is situated on the North East of Birmingham city. Records show that there has been a community in Nechells for over 800 years.
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Northfield
Northfield was originally an an Anglo Saxon settlement in what was known as North Worcestershire.
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Oldbury
Oldbury is the chief headquarters of the Borough's Council House. Quite rightly too as Oldbury is the centre of Sandwell and sports a proud and prestigious new council complex
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Perry Barr
Perry Barr is a high density residential and retail area near the city centre on the North West side of the city. This is home to the University of Central England, the One Stop Shopping Centre and the Alexander Stadium.
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Quinton
Quinton is situated just off Junction 3 on the M5 and is only five miles West of Central Birmingham and is just some 2 miles East of Halesowen.
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Rowely Regis
Rowley Regis grew in a similar way to Oldbury and Smethwick and was just a collection of scattered rural communities.
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Rubery
Rubery is a mainly residential area on the A38 route into the city of Birmingham
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Sandwell
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council have their impressive headquarters in Oldbury
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Selly Oak
The area surrounding Selly Oak has a high population of students due to it's close proximity to Birmingham University.
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Smethwick
Smethwick is rumoured to take its name from 'Smith's Workplace' or place where the Smith's live and work. In the Domesday book it was recorded as 'Smedeuuich'.
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Solihull
Solihull is blessed by having easy access to the countryside, the city, and Birmingham Airport. There are excellent access routes to all major road networks and rail links.
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Sparkbrook
Sparkbrook is a thriving and busy community of mainly Asian residents and this is reflected in the local traders.
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Stirchley
Stirchley is located on the Pershore Road along a main route in and out of Birmingham city. The area is served by good local amenities and a High Street with smaller retail shops.
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Stourbridge
Stourbridge is noted for its fine glass and crystal ware and factories in the town still produce quality glass and crystal
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Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham was granted a charter of incorporation to be a Royal Town from Henry VIII in 1528
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Tipton
Tipton was once part of the Royal Forest of Cannock. This may suprise some people as present day Tipton has very little in common with Cannock and nothing to show from its association.
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Tividale
Tividale first existed during the late 18th century as an extension of Tipton in the county of Staffordshire.
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Walsall
The first mention of Walsall is in a will dated 1002; overall there are around fifty forms of the name including 'Walesho', meaning 'abode of the woods' or 'Wales'
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Warley
Warley gets its name from "Waer-wulf's Ley" which later became corrupted to Werneleye and then Wernley.
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Washwood Heath
Washwood Heath is more residential. East Washwood Heath has a few places of note, particularly the Fox and Goose, both a pub and a shopping district
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Wednesbury
Wednesbury is situated in Sandwell. It is close to Walsall and has easy access to the Black Country route and the main road network.
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Weoley Castle
Weoley Castle expanded rapidly in the 1930's and is not as established as the older areas of Birmingham with their Victorian housing.
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West Bromwich
West Bromwich, "the little village on the heath of broom" from which it gets its name, was the property of William Fitz Ansculf of Dudley Castle
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Winson Green
Winson Green gets it name from the fact that it would originally have been a small settlement with a village green.
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton's proximity to rich agricultural land prompted the creation of its initial wealth from wool, a part of its heritage which is celebrated through some of the street names
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Woodgate Valley
Woodgate Valley Park, near the M5 at Junction 3, has over 450 acres of woodland, wetland and meadows
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Yardley
Yardley used to be the old Parish from Yardley Wood to the Lea Village. An old settlement dating back to 900 A.D.
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