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

Worlds End

B32 - Grid reference SP005849

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This name of Worlds End Farm denotes land at the edge of or beyond the area where people live. The location is at the junction of Worlds End Lane and Higgins Lane.

Similarly Wilderness Farm (later known as Moor Farm ie. 'marshland' farm) which stood north of Clapgate Lane, and Barelands Coppice to the east (See coppicing). Extensive housing development took place here before and after World War 2.

There is a Worlds End Lane in Handsworth Wood and another Worlds End at Olton in Solihull.

William Dargue 06.02.09

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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.