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

Tower Hill

B42 - Grid reference SP056929

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Tower Hill near the junction of Tower Hill and the Walsall Road is a name of unknown origin; it may be named from the manor house Tower Hill or vice versa. This is recorded in 1559 leased by the Holden family to a lorimer, Henry Wallixall and sold freehold to Roger Stanford in 1659 This may have been the same house which was called Little Barr Hall in 1418. Parva (Little) Barre later became known as Perry Barr.

The name as currently used derives from Tower Hill Farm on whose land an estate of private housing was built c1950. It is recalled now only in the street name.

William Dargue 04.03.09

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Map below reproduced from Andrew Rowbottom’s website of Old Ordnance Survey maps Popular Edition, Birmingham 1921. See Acknowledgements. Click the map to link to that website.