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

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

 

The Riddings

B33 - Grid reference SP135878

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

A common medieval field name indicating that the land had been cleared of trees for agriculture.

 

See Glebe Farm.

 

 

Google Maps - If you lose the original focus of the Google map, press function key F5 on your keyboard to refresh the screen. The map will then recentre on its original location.

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