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

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Snails Green/ Snailes Green

B15 - Grid reference SP045853

B43 - Grid reference SP044946

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

 There are two Snails Greens in Birmingham, the one in Edgbaston, the other in Great Barr.


The first was a small settlement dating from before the 18th century at the junction of Westfield Road and Richmond Hill Road just above the valley of Chad Brook in Edgbaston. The term 'green' was often applied to common pasture in the Middle Ages. This name, which is more likely to derive from a surname than an invertebrate, is no longer in use.


The second is also a name no longer in use and refers to a location in Great Barr at the junction of Pages Lane and the Walsall Road.

 

William Dargue 08.03.09

 

 

 

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