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

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

 

The Pelham

B8 - Grid reference SP115877

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The junction of Alum Rock Road and Sladefield Road is named after the public house of that name.  After the World War 1 the Alum Rock area began to be developed with housing, and then extensively with municipal housing after the Second World War. At this time the junction became known as the Pelham after the public house which may itself have taken its name from Pelham Road.

 

There seems to be no Birmingham connection with this name: it may have been taken from a streetname in Kensington, London name to add some cachet to the pub. The original pub was replaced with a new building of the same name in the late 1990s which has since been replaced by a supermarket.

 

 

See also Alum Rock and Little Bromwich.

 

 

 Left: The Pelham - date unknown - Grateful thanks for the use of this postcard to JKC on the Birmingham History Webring Forum. See Acknowledgements. 

 

 

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William Dargue 04.04.09

 

 

 

  

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