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

Jordans Grave

B73 - Grid reference SP098943

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First record 1656

At the junction of the Chester Road and College Road at New Oscott, this is a name of unknown origin. This was an area notorious at the time for highway robberies. It possibly recalls the hanging of a highwayman here. The name appears on a map in William Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire which was published in 1656.

See also nearby The Beggars Bush and Gibbett Hill.

William Dargue  28.03.09

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