Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group

Richard Riland became Rector of Sutton Coldfield on the death of his father at the age of 25 in 1720. He had been born in the vast old medieval rectory, which his father John had moved into on becoming Rector in 1690 - it was demolished and replac...

In the sixteenth century, when Bishop Vesey spent some of his money on improving Sutton Park, the park was seen in a practical light, how it could improve the living standards of Sutton folk, rather than as an ornament to the town. But as early as...

“I suppose I shall never again know such happy hours as those I spent at Wylde Green before the war, watching the horses at work on that raised plateau. To the left the farmhouse built in Shakespeare’s time, to the right and below one, the rich Wa...