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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Rowley Regis
Rowley Regis grew in a similar way to
Oldbury and Smethwick and was just a collection of scattered rural
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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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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
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