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A Cut Around Sutton Coldfield

A Cut Around Sutton Coldfield

In examining the 1841 Census for unusual occupations in Sutton Coldfield, I noticed some entries that indicated canal based employment. From this small amount of information, I set out to discover what happened to some of the families who lived alongside the ‘Cut’ on the southern boundary of the Royal Town.

  • Published: 6th July 2017
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Des Redwood (SCLHRG) Hits: 2094
Boundary Cottage

A History of 'Boundary Cottage', Weeford

What is the connection between the following:- (a) An 18th century hovel (b) Eco-warriors (c) The building of the first toll road in Britain for 200 years? All these questions and more are answered, as research into a property named ‘Boundary Cottage’ was undertaken. It is hoped readers will find the journey of interest.

  • Published: 16th May 2021
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Keith Jordan (SCLHRG) Hits: 407
A History of 'Chalford'

A History of 'Chalford'

The research traces the various owners of the property from Edward Hill James, a prominent Wine & Spirit Merchant in Birmingham who had the house built between 1883 and 1884, via Millicent Mary Ryland of the well known Ryland Family, Henry Owen a successful Jewellery Manufacturer in the Jewellery Quarter, Alfred Roberts, Alfred Cheatle a partner in the architectural firm of Newton & Cheatle to finally Herbert Smith who was a Lord Mayor of Walsall.

  • Published: 19th February 2021
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Keith Jordan (SCLHRG) Hits: 456
A Second World War Ghost Camp In Sutton Park

A Second World War Ghost Camp In Sutton Park

May 2020 was the sunniest calendar month on record, so much so that Sutton Park’s grassland was distinctly yellow because of the lack of rain. Dr. Mike Hodder alerted the author to the emergence of parchmarks on the old Civil Defence Camp site at Powell’s Pool in Sutton Park. This has resulted in a history of the camp site from 1942 to 1958.

  • Published: 30th July 2020
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Roy Billingham (SCLHRG) Hits: 642
Frederick Whitlock (1839-1911)

A Victorian Edwardian Photographer In Sutton Park

Anyone having an interest in local or family history is hugely indebted to the early Victorian and Edwardian photographers for the wealth of pictorial information they have left us. Images bring the past to life and make researching our families, local surroundings, architecture, churches and parks so much more interesting. Frederick Whitlock.

  • Published: 25th June 2018
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Eileen Donohoe (SCLHRG) Hits: 1621
Agnes Ann Bracken and her Family

Agnes Bracken of Sutton Coldfield (and her family)

This article uses extensive research done by Roy Woodward-Clarke and his wife, Diane, following their purchase at a stamp auction of a letter written by Agnes Bracken to her mother in 1827. Such was their interest in this letter that it encouraged them to search for further details of the Bracken Family. They have kindly allowed me use of their written notes for this article. Other material was found in Sutton Coldfield Reference Library (references given herein), particularly in the 'Agnes Bracken' folder, also in Keith Jordan's Photographic Collection, the author's own local history collection, www.Ancestry.co.uk. and www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. Agnes Bracken and Caroline Bracken's photos can be found in Sutton Library.

  • Published: 14th November 2018
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Janet Jordan (SCLHRG) Hits: 1357
American Red Oaks

American Red Oaks

“Trees can assist us to understand the history of their environment and this is true of the American red oaks that were planted in Sutton Park in the late 19th century. The research also introduces us to the first two Foresters, an office first created in 1889 and the establishment of a tree nursery on the north-western edge of Upper Nut Hurst.”

  • Published: 24th April 2022
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Roy Billingham (SCLHRG) Hits: 195
Baldmore: The Vanished Lake Of Boldmere

Baldmore: The Vanished Lake Of Boldmere

Baldmore Lake, as it was known, was a sizeable area of water which lay mostly in Sutton Coldfield, with the remainder in Erdington. Why would such a large lake, which gave its name to the district of Boldmere, disappear? Why did some early maps show the lake in one place while present-day residents firmly point to an entirely different location? Did it really disappear without trace? What was the lake like, where exactly was it and why can it no longer be found?

  • Published: 6th April 2019
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P Jennings (SCLHRG) Hits: 2030
Bishop Vesey - Henry VIII's Mentor?

Bishop Vesey - Henry VIII's Mentor?

This article by Roger Lea, was first published in The Birmingham Historian (Number 9) in 1993. This was the twice-yearly news journal of the Birmingham and District Association of Local History Societies and was then edited by George Demidowicz.

  • Published: 2nd April 2020
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Roger Lea, Introduction by Roy Billingham (SCLHRG) Hits: 1576
Born in Minneth

Born in Minneth

On December 11th,1875, the trial began in Wolverhampton Crown Court of 2 persons, Frederick Musson (b. 1852) and Anna Maria Hillman (b. 1854). They had been charged with the murder of a young girl, Elizabeth Lowke (b. 1868).

  • Published: 6th July 2017
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Des Redwood (SCLHRG) Hits: 1949

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