William Dargue - A History of Birmingham Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y

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Quick Links to Acknowledged Websites (alphabetical)

A to M

Ancestry Images

Astonbrook through Aston Manor

Bartley Green & District History Society

Birmingham Daily Photo

Birmingham History Forum

BirminghamUK

Brummages.. (or What Is It Like Now?)

Carl's Brum Blog

Church Bells of Warwickshire

The Cotteridge Church

Cotteridge website

County Asylums

Edgbaston Guinea Gardens

flickr

Foxy's Island Walks

Geograph

Handsworth Historical Society

Hewing the Stones - Ancestry of the Stanier Family

Keith Berry's photographs

The Kemble Collection

King Edward VI (Five Ways) Grammar School
- Local History Digital Archive

Lost Heritage - Lost Country Houses of England

N to Z

Old Ordnance Survey Maps

Parishmouse

Pen & Ink - The Work of William Albert Green

Pictures of England - Jerrys Lane Hovel, Short Heath

Postcards of the Past

Deryk & Brenda's Postcard World

St Joseph's, Nechells

St Mary & St Margaret's, Castle Bromwich Parish Church

SCJ - Sanderson Carpentry & Joinery, Northfield

UK Housing Wiki

Virtual Brum

Warwickshire Railways

The Workhouse

Acknowledgements (in no particular order)

Acknowledgements to the late Peter Gamble of Virtual Brum and BirminghamNet
I owe a debt of gratitude to Peter Gamble for his patient help and encouragement in getting my work onto the internet. Everything I know about websites is thanks to him. We were working together uploading this work onto the internet immediately prior to his untimely death. In my last telephone conversation with him before he died, his concern was that I should be able to continue without him. His websites, Virtual Brum and BirminghamNet are now sadly offline. Some of the images in this work are images from Virtual Brum which are out of copyright; they are all attributed in the accompanying text.

Acknowledgements to contributors to flickr
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I have used publicly available images by the following photographers to whom thanks for making their work publicly available under a Creative Commons Licence. To find more work of these photographers run a Search on flickr looking for People.
Pete Ashton - see Brandwood, John Wesley Barker Cannon Hill, Jon Bounds/ bounder - Pebble Mill, Steve Cadman - Lower Eastside, Jim Champion/ treehouse1977 - Buckland End, David Davies Warley Woods, Tim Ellis - The Irish Quarter, Martin Hartland - Bloomsbury, John Haslam / foxypar4 - Queslett, Jo/ Cmdr Gravy - Lickey, Martin McDonald - Hill, Keith Marshall/ kcm76 - Yew Tree, Lee Jordan - Queslett, Pete Lewis - Harborne, orangejon - The Chinese Quarter, Pikesville - Edgbaston, pindec - Aston New Town, James Thornett/ thornj - Bournbrook, Stuart Williams/ skw - Flaxley, that_james - Crane Moor, Dr Craig/ Craig Munro - Wythall, Tony Hisgett/ ahisgett - Tyseley, Ted & Jen/ Spiller - Trittiford Yardley Wood Warstock, Damian Rafferty - Tenchley

flickr

The images used from flickr with All Rights Reserved are used with the explicit permission of the copyright holder and this is specified alongside the image. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder. To find more work of these photographers run a Search on flickr looking for People.

Heather Luxion My thanks to Heather Luxion, frackers23 for her kind permission to reproduce her All Rights Reserved photograph of a gate post topped with a pineapple for the Pineapple Estate article.

Hannah R H Newton My thanks to Fenchurch again/ Hannah R H Newton for her kind permission to reproduce her all Rights Reserved photograph of the River Cole bridge on the Stratford Road. See Greethurst.

Acknowledgements to Geograph
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Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. For full copyright information consult the website - Geograph British Isles.

Geograph
I have used the work of the following Geograph photographers -

Chris Allen Longbridge, Nick Atty Perry, Adrian Bailey Beggars Bush Brookvale Frankley Perry Wyrley Birch, Carl Baker Adderley Bacons End Garretts Green Ladywood, Mike Beeson Peddimore New Hall Wiggins Hill, Derek Bennett Kingstanding, Jonathan Billinger Turves Green Wychall, Phil Champion Stirchley, Andrew Clayton Rubery, Ant Collis Frankley, Mark Evison Frankley, Rob Farrow Langley, Graham Flint New Hall, Geoff Gartside Frankley, Gordon Griffiths Quinton, Derek Harper Beech Lanes, Roy Hughes Ten Acres, Edward Hunt Six Ways Erdington, Darius Khan Sarehole Four Ways Peter Lloyd Elmdon, Steve Lloyd/ planetearthisblue Cocks Moor Happy Valley Yardley Wood, John Maddan Handsworth, Stephen McKay Lea Village, Brendan Patchell Moseley, Bill Payer Wells Green, Roger A Smith Rednal, David Stowell Frankley Walkers Heath, Angella Streluk Beech Lanes, Martin Wilson Edgbaston, Chris Shade Halfway House, Peter Whatley Winson Green

- to whom my thanks for making their work available under a Creative Commons Licence. To find more work of these photographers run an Advanced Search looking for Contributors on Geograph.

Acknowledgements to the late Keith Berry, his collection of photographs on PBase
Some images in this document are taken with kind permission from Keith Berry’s collection of photographs on PBase. The images are All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder. My thanks to Keith Berry. Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. Go to www.pbase.com/beppuu.

Some of the images in this document are taken from Phyllis Nicklin’s collection of slides some of which are available on Keith Berry’s site. Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used.

The Slides of Phyllis Nicklin
The late Phyllis Nicklin was a geography tutor at the University of Birmingham who took hundreds of slides of the city during the 1960s. A selection of her work was put up on a website called Chrysalis, a joint venture of various West Midlands academic institutions. Unfortunately the website no longer appears to be fully functioning, but try http://62.105.110.193/extras/public.bhtml?library=10032 .

Copyright and database rights in this material belong to MLA West Midlands and the University of Birmingham. The University of Birmingham has kindly made its collections available to download and redistribute for non-commercial purposes. This is subject to the Terms and Conditions available via the Chrysalis Homepage: http://www.chrysalisinfo.org.uk.

Failing this, the best way to see a selection of the collection is via Keith Berry’s collection of photographs at www.pbase.com/beppuu.

Acknowledgements to Steve Bartrick - Ancestry Images
Some images are taken for use in this document from Steve Bartrick’s Ancestry Images under the terms of his copyright which permits their use for non-commercial purposes: I am quite happy for people to use images of my antique prints and maps on their own web pages as long as the use is non-commercial. Those running personal websites dealing with family history, genealogy, or other historical research etc. are most welcome to copy any of the map or print images for their own use, as are charity and non-profit organisations. In return I would greatly appreciate a link back to my website, or a credit such as ‘Image courtesy of www.ancestryimages.com’ .
My thanks to Steve Bartrick for making his pictures available for use. Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. For full copyright information consult the website.

Acknowledgements to Steve Farr and Simon Bird of the History Department of King Edward VI Grammar School, Five Ways, Bartley Green
Some images are taken for use in this document with kind permission from the local history website of King Edward VI Grammar School, Five Ways at Bartley Green. My thanks to Steve Farr and Simon Bird of the History Department. See Bartley Green, California, Frankley and Frogmill. The images are All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.
Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. See King Edward VI Five Ways School Local History Digital Archive.

Acknowledgements to Jo Gregory and Malcolm Sanders of Gunter School.
My thanks to Jo Gregory of Gunter School for her interest and enthusiasm and for photographs of Pype Hayes. And thanks to Malcolm Sanders for his History of Gunter School which appears in the article on Pype Hayes. The text and images are copyright and are used here with the kind permission of the copyright holders. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holders at the school.

Acknowledgements to Mike Musson - Warwickshire Railways
Some images in this document are taken with kind permission from Mike Musson’s website, Warwickshire Railways. See Eastside, Snow Hill and Tyseley. My thanks to Mike Musson. The copyright statement on the website is as follows: This web site and all images and text contained therein are © Mike Musson 2005 - 2008 (except where another photographer or author is cited in which case the copyright rests with that photographer, organisation or author). Please note that under international law the use of photographs for publication is strictly prohibited without the authorisation of the copyright holder.
Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. For full copyright information consult the website Warwickshire Railways.

Acknowledgements to E W Green - The Work of William Albert Green 1907-1983 - Blakesley, Cannon Hill, Castle Bromwich, Cofton, Flint Green, Gilbertstone, Handsworth, Hay Mills, Kings Heath, Kingshurst, Kings Norton, Lea Hall, Lyndon, Moundsley, New Hall, Peddimore, Quinton, Shard End, Sheldon and Tinkers Farm.
My thanks to Edwin Green. Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. For full copyright information consult Pen & Ink - The Work of William Albert Green.

Acknowledgements to Andrew Rowbottom - OS Popular Edition maps of the 1920s-30s. I have used a very large number of extracts from this excellent website. My thanks to Andrew Rowbottom. These maps are now in the public domain and reusable from that website under Creative Commons Licence Attribution NonCommercial-Share Alike 2.0. See the OS Popular Edition Maps website.

Acknowledgements to contributors to the Birmingham History Forum.

Wendy, Moma P - For kind permission to use an old postcard of the Tyburn House, my thanks to Wendy, Moma P. See The Tyburn. All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Judy Last - For kind permission to use a family photograph of Soho House Hotel, my thanks to Judy Last née Tuck. See Soho. All Rights Reserved. Permission for resuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

JKC John K Colin - My thanks to JKC John K Colin. See Aston Church, Holy Trinity Church Birchfield, St Paul’s Mission Bordesley Green, Erdington village green and Library, The Fox & Goose, Rosary Road Gravelly Hill, Church Lane Handsworth, Six Ways Nechells, Pelham Road, The Pelham, Saltley Gas works explosion, Highfield Road Saltley, Small Heath Library & Baths and Church Road Yardley. All Rights Reserved.

Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

(See also John Houghton & Rod Birch’s website Astonbrook through Aston Manor.)

I have also used a small number of images, generally old ones, courtesy of Birmingham History Forum members who did not know the origin of the pictures. I have not attributed the images to them, but have made it clear alongside the images that they are of unknown copyright and that if any copyright has been breached this author may be contacted via Feedback.

Acknowledgements to BirminghamUK
Some images in this document are taken from the Gallery of BirminghamUK.com under the terms of their copyright licence: Terms and Conditions of Use BirminghamUK.com User License - Generally speaking we allow our images to be used by charitable organisations, private and personal websites and non profit making educational organisations and institutions. Outside of this you are breaching copyright. See Balsall Heath, The Balti Triangle, Handsworth, Pebble Mill, Stirchley, Waterlinks, Winson Green, Woodgate, Wychall.
Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. For full copyright information consult the website - BirminghamUK.com.

Acknowledgements to Matthew Beckett - Lost Heritage - Lost Country Houses of England
Some images in this document are taken from Matthew Beckett's website Lost Heritage - Lost Country Houses of England under the terms of the copyright statement on that website. Thanks to Matthew Beckett for making them available. See Elmdon and Four Oaks.

Acknowledgements to Alan Stanier - Hewing the Stones
Some images in this document are taken with kind permission from the Gazetteer on Alan Stanier’s personal family history website, Hewing the Stones. See The Fox & Goose. My thanks to Alan Stanier.
Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. For full copyright information consult the website Hewing the Stones - the Ancestry of the Stanier Family of Colchester.

Acknowledgements to Dave Gregory - Postcards of the Past
Some images in this document are taken with kind permission from Dave Gregory’s collection of old postcards from all over the world. See Hall Green, Kings Norton and Snow Hill. My thanks to Dave Gregory.
Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. Go to Postcards of the Past.

Acknowledgements to Ian Petticrew - Some images in this document are taken from a website devoted to the Chartist poet and author, Gerald Massey and other Victorian authors involved in political and social reform. Attribution is given in the text alongside each image used. Acknowledgements to Ian Petticrew. Copyright statement, received by this author by email from Ian Petticrew - ‘I run the site for scholars, students, researchers etc. and all the information (text, images, etc) is there for the taking.’

Acknowledgements to Sally Lloyd - Parishmouse: Free Resources For Family Historians

Some of the images in this document are taken with kind permission from Sally Lloyd's collection on flickr (sally_parishmouse). The ones used here are scans of books which are now out-of-copyright: R K Dent 1880 Old & New Birmingham, for example. See also Sally Lloyd's own website Parishmouse.

Acknowledgements to Castle Bromwich Parish Church, St Mary & St Margaret's website. Here you will find a brief history of Castle Bromwich and its church co-authored by myself and David Adams 2004. The conjectural image of Castle Bromwich castle is by David Adams. The copyright conditions for use of that material are stated on the website.

Acknowledgements to David Sanderson of SCJ - Sanderson Carpentry and Joinery, Northfield who kindly allowed me use use his text and photographs of the restoration of Primrose Hill Farm. Especial thanks to David for giving me a guided tour of the site.

Acknowledgements to David Fisher who kindly allowed me the use of photographs from his blog, Brummages.. (or What Is It Like Now?). See The Swan Yardley, Aston.

Acknowledgements to Peter Higginbotham - For kind permission to use the architect’s aerial views of Birmingham Workhouse, my thanks to Peter Higginbotham at Winson Green.

Acknowledgements to David Bradford - For kind permission to use a photograph of the Breedon Bar, my thanks to David Bradford of the Breedon. All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Jenny Hall, New Testament Church of God - For kind permission to use a photograph of Villa Cross Wesleyan Methodist Church my thanks to Jenny Hall, church administrator of the New Testament Church of God at Villa Cross. See Villa Cross. For the church website go to The New Testament Church of God. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Richard Scott - For kind permission to use an image of Thimble Mill, my thanks to Richard Scott of the Nechells. All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Celia Lester of The Cotteridge Church - For supplying and for kind permission to use a photograph of St Agnes' Church of England my thanks to Celia Lester, Canon Michael Blood and Revd Nick Jones of The Cotteridge Church. See Cotteridge. For the church website go to The Cotteridge Church. All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Alastair Instone of Any Junk? - My thanks for permitting the use of the Postcodes map on the Postcodes Gazetter page. The map is courtesy of ANY JUNK? Birmingham's house clearance and waste removal specialists. All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to John Fox - Foxy's Island Walks. My thanks for his permission to use photographs of his Grand Union Canal walk. For John Fox's website go to Foxy's Island Walks; and click here for his Grand Union Canal walk. See The Ackers and Bordesley Village. All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Carl Baker - Carl's Brum Blog - My thanks to Carl Baker for sending me a photograph of the Pelham public house just before it was demolished to make way for a supermarket. See The Pelham. More of his photographs may be seen on the Geograph website. This image is All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder. See his website: Carl's Brum Blog.

Acknowledgements to Robert Darlaston - My thanks to Robert Darlaston for permitting me to use a number of All Rights Reserved photographs from his family website, The Darlaston web pages. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder. See Acocks Green and Chester Road.

Acknowledgements to Shutterspy - My thanks to Shutterspy for permission to use a number of photographs from her blog, Birmingham Daily Photo - see also Shutterspy. Images are All Rights Reserved; permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder. See Birmingham and Kings Heath.

Acknowledgements to David Orchard - My thanks to Dave Orchard acting on behalf of the Edgbaston Guinea Gardens Society for permission to reproduce an All Rights Reserved photograph of the gardens. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder. See the Edgbaston Guinea Gardens website. See Edgbaston.

Acknowledgements to Handsworth Historical Society - My thanks for the use of images from their collection to webmaster Chris Burkhill, secretary, Paulette and to Bill Moodie for scanning the images. Images are All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holders. See the Browns Green, Cherry Orchard, Hamstead and Handsworth.

Acknowledgements to Mike Kemble - My thanks to Mike Kemble for the use of a photograph of Bumble End from his website. The Kemble Collection. The image is All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Deryk of Postcard World - My thanks to Deryk for the use use of a postcard of Four Ways Rednal from Deryk & Brenda's Postcard World website where a good selection of old postcards are available to buy, including many of Birmingham. The image is All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Paul Whitehead - My thanks to Paul for the use of photographs of Cockshut Hill School on his family website Kingfisher23. The images are All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Peter Cracknell - My thanks to Peter for the use of his photograph of All Saints Hospital, Winson Green on his County Asylums website. The image is All Rights Reserved. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holder.

Acknowledgements to Matthew Doyle. I've used two photographs of the Birmingham Oratory Retreat from his Catholic blog Rednal. Thanks to him for making his work publicly available.

Acknowledgements to Gaynor Powell for her kind permission to allow me to publish a photograph of her grandafther, driver of the Rednal motor omnibus. See Gaynor's Little Genealogy Place for more of her family history.

Acknowledgements to the Bartley Green & District History Society for their kind permission to reproduce a photograph of Woodgate village 1910 from their collection of Harold Hall. This image is All Rights Reserved'. Permission for reuse should be sought from the copyright holders. Go to BGDHS.

Acknowledgements to Grace's Guide Grace's Guide is 'the most comprehensive source of information on the engineering industry in Britain between 1750 (the start of the Industrial Revolution) and the 1960s.'

Copyright (c) 2007. You can copy and use any of the content of Grace's Guide for any purpose (commercial or non-profit making) provided you make a clear link on your web site or printed matter to Grace's Guide as the source of the information. You cannot copy the graphical design of the page. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

See Heathfield and Sycamore Hill.

Acknowledgements to Mike Allmey for his kind permission to use the photo of The Hovel in Short Heath. See the Pictures of England website for a fascinating article relating to the restoration of the building.The image on the website is the copyright (c) of Mike Allmey and resusable under the terms set out on that website ie. for non-commercial use.

Acknowledgements to Wayne Sinclair/ sinkeyuk for his kind permission to use his copyright photographs of Rednal and Lickey which I downloaded from the Webshots website.

Acknowledgements to The Lickey Incline website www.lickeyincline.com run by Rich Wilson for information on the best viewing points on the line. See Lickey.

Acknowledgements to Keith Townsend of the Moseleians Association for information regarding Moseley Grammar School/ Spring Hill College in the Wake Green article.

Acknowledgements to Cazz, a nurse at St Margaret's 1976-1984, for additional information in the Great Barr article.

Especial thanks to Joan Mary (nee Kennedy) Dargue for introducing me to the City of a Thousand Trades and for putting up with me and my hobby all these years.
Thanks to the irrepressible Pete Simpson, formerly of Sparkbrook/ Sparkhill Community Education for first getting me interested in the Hwicce of Balsall Heath and who can still catch me out!
Thanks to the ever-enthusiastic Val Hart at St Paul's Ventures who knows more about Balsall Heath than anyone.
Thanks to fellow-immigrant Peter Leather of Birmingham University Extra-Mural Department for giving me a solid background in Birmingham history often in convivial surroundings.
Thanks to Carl Chinn for nudging me towards my Local History MA, and to his colleagues at Birmingham University for making me work harder than I thought I could.
Thanks to Richard Albutt at Birmingham Central Library for advice and encouragement, as always, and the suggestion to make this material available via the internet.
Thanks to Tony Brettell, past head of Heath Mount Primary School Balsall Heath, albeit a cricket man not a history man! for his patience, interest and support.
Thanks to Old Salt, Clinton Davies for contributions on a whole variety of information, not least placenames, street names and the works of John Morris Jones.
Thanks to Margaret Gelling of Birmingham University for advice on Anglo-Saxon placenames, to Peter Leather for advice on the Roman section, to Paul Griffin of British Waterways for his help on canals, to James Hyland for advice on the Civil War, to Eddie Pope and to Robin Ball of the Birmingham Grid for Learning www.bgfl.org, also to Terry Carter, and Peter Thompson for their contributions.

Thanks with especial gratitude to Mike Hodder, the ever-patient Birmingham City Archaeologist who has generously given me his time and expert advice and whose readiness to give me access to the Birmingham Sites & Monuments Record utterly transformed the scope of this document. It was his suggestion that this become an electronic document rather than a book.

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UK Housing
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