A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames . . . from A to Y

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Primrose Hill, Nechells

B7 - Grid reference SP090884

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Primrose Hill Farm is shown on Fowler's Plan of Aston Parish in 1833 and stood near what is now the junction of Rupert Street and Oliver Street. In Fowler's time Robert Garbett was the tenant. The hill itself was covered by the extensive Windsor Street Gas Works from the 1840s, gasometers of which survive. The farm itself was not to last much longer.

 

See also Nechells and Primrose Hill, Kings Norton.

 

Windsor Street Gas Works - gasometers off Avenue Road. The building in the foreground is Nechells Sports Centre in Rupert Street c2000. Windsor Street Gas Works - gasometers off Avenue Road. The building in the foreground is Nechells Sports Centre in Rupert Street c2000.

William Dargue 23.09.08/ 25.05.09

 

  

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