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

Queensbridge

B13 - Grid reference SP073823

Use the grid reference on the Ordnance Survey website - Get-a-map. 

First record c1837

The Birmingham & Gloucester Railway through Moseley opened in 1840 and the Moseley Tunnel under St Marys Row was the first part of any railway to be built in Birmingham. The railway leaves Moseley under the Queens Bridge on the Alcester Road which was named in honour of Victoria's accession in 1837.

See also Moseley and Kings Heath.

William Dargue 15.03.09

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For 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps of Birmingham go to British History Online - Maps.