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Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group

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  • A Brief History of The Crown Inn, Four Oaks Common, Sutton Coldfield

A Brief History of The Crown Inn, Four Oaks Common, Sutton Coldfield

  • Author: Yvonne Moore (SCLHRG)
  • Published: 22nd September 2024
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  • A Brief History of The Crown Inn, Four Oaks Common, Sutton Coldfield
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Recent Research

Two Sixteenth-Century Maps of Minworth and their context

Two 16th Century Maps of Minworth and their context
Two 16th Century Maps of Minworth and their context
These maps have proved to be an exciting find for Sutton Coldfield historians! Here we have two of the earliest maps of the area around Minworth and Sutton Coldfield, together with a very comprehensive explanation as to what they both depict. In addition, there are a couple of other pertinent maps and all together they will keep the local enthusiast happy for hours!
  • Author: Mike Hodder (SCLHRG)
  • Published: 5th March 2026
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The Phillips Family File

The Phillips Family File
The Phillips Family File
The Phillips Family were related to Richard Hurst Sadler and his brother Ralph. At one time Richard, a solicitor, was in business was Thomas Eddowes and Thomas’ son, Herbert, acted for the Phillips in a protracted case relating to wills and probates. This article follows the case and throws some light on legal practice a century and a quarter ago.
  • Author: Kerry Osbourne (SCLHRG)
  • Published: 10th February 2026
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St Peters Church War Memorial

St Peters Church War Memorial
St Peters Church War Memorial
This article is about the men listed on the War Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Little Aston. Although it is just outside the Sutton border, some of the men lived within the boundary and for that reason they deserve to be included on this website.
  • Author: Paul Harrison (SCLHRG)
  • Published: 27th January 2026
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Cross o’th’ Hand and The Stone Tenement

Cross o’th’ Hand
Cross o’th’ Hand
One might never realise that the impressive façade of No. 16 and 18 High Street hides an interesting secret unless you look up at its chimneys. If not the originals, they could well be replacements for those that were there at the time of a complete residential refurbishment in 1816 of an important public house known to have been in Sutton Coldfield High Street called The Red Lion, which itself may have been built in the late 1600s! This article attempts to show the history of the site.
  • Author: Janet Jordan (SCLHRG)
  • Published: 11th January 2026
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History Spot

Literacy Petition And St Mary's Hall [264]

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Literacy
The authorities in Elizabethan England in the 1560s were concerned about the number of displaced people and vagrants as the population...
  • Published: 28th June 2013
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