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    • Contents and Index : Volumes 1 - 13
    • Volume 1 : Autumn 1992
    • Volume 10 : Autumn 2012
    • Volume 11 : Summer 2013
    • Volume 12 : Spring 2015
    • Volume 13 : Spring 2017
    • Volume 2 : Summer 1993
    • Volume 3 : Spring 1994
    • Volume 4 : Spring 1997
    • Volume 5 : Autumn 1999
    • Volume 6 : Autumn 2001
    • Volume 7 : Summer 2004
    • Volume 8 : Autumn 2007
    • Volume 9 : Spring 2009 - Full Colour Edition
  • Links
    • Archaeology
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    • A Flavour of Sutton Coldfield
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  • History Spot
    • Articles 1-40
      • 1 High Street [36]
      • Barn Farm [18]
      • Chase And Park [21]
      • Chester Road [39]
      • Commons [5]
      • Crystal Palace [15]
      • Edward Willoughby [38]
      • Elections [29]
      • Emma Barton [26]
      • Fairs [14]
      • Four Oaks [9]
      • Gas [12]
      • Golden Cup [13]
      • Hill School [35]
      • Horse & Jockey [34]
      • Little Sutton [33]
      • Longmoor Pool [10]
      • Lunacy [11]
      • Marlpit Hall And Grosvenor [16]
      • Marlpits [19]
      • Miss Bracken [6]
      • NEIGHBOUR FROM HELL [17]
      • New Shipton, Near Walmley [3]
      • Organs [20]
      • Park House [37]
      • Park Railway [40]
      • Penns Mill [27]
      • Place Name Yates [30]
      • Powells Pool 1 [22]
      • Rabbits [28]
      • Railway [1]
      • Rectory Road [32]
      • Royal Town [4]
      • Stone House High Heath [25]
      • The Dam [2]
      • Walmley School House [8]
      • Wardens Choice [24]
      • William Grundy [31]
      • Woodland Management [7]
      • Workhouse [23]
    • Articles 41-80
      • Abortive Tramway [43]
      • Baron Dickinson Webster/Penns Hall [52]
      • Blackroot Pool [69]
      • Bowmen [73]
      • Bracebridge Pool [61]
      • Canwell Estate [51]
      • Church Repairs [60]
      • Cottages Pickerel [58]
      • Draught Animals - Wigginshill Oxen [55]
      • Draught Animals Under The Feudal System [48]
      • Fuel [64]
      • Green Lanes School [66]
      • Hartopps [46]
      • Hayward's Terrace [79]
      • Hill [42]
      • Hill Hook [68]
      • John Elly [41]
      • Joseph Powell [63]
      • Langley Hall [77]
      • Ley Hill [74]
      • Little Sutton Green [65]
      • Manor House 1906 Sales [57]
      • Mill Street Blasting [53]
      • Minworth Greaves Innocent And Bournville [44]
      • Moat House [78]
      • Moor Hall [62]
      • Park Charges [59]
      • Peddimore Hall [76]
      • Powells Pool 2 [45]
      • Rowton's Cottage And Well [50]
      • Royal Hotel [75]
      • Shooting [80]
      • The Parade 1948 [47]
      • Thomas Clifton [70]
      • Thomas Clifton 2 [71]
      • Three Tuns [54]
      • Town School Aylesford [67]
      • Twamley Jug [56]
      • Wigginshill [72]
      • William Felton And Blue Coats [49]
    • Articles 81-120
      • Banking/Old Bank Place [82]
      • Beds/William Rooker/Ann Sacheverell [101]
      • Boldmere/Chapel of St. Nicholas [110]
      • Boldmere/Grove Cottage [117]
      • Briarwood [108]
      • Bricks [83]
      • Canwell Gate [89]
      • Church Hill [98]
      • Coronations [88]
      • Earl Of Warwick [118]
      • Extension Railway [104]
      • Fire Service c. 1890 [93]
      • Fox Hill [95]
      • Gambling Etc Bowls [100]
      • Gaol Lock-up [119]
      • Highwaymen [90]
      • Holly [85]
      • Icknield Street [105]
      • Kersey Knitting [107]
      • Lord Donegall's Ride [116]
      • Lot Acres [96]
      • Lower Parade [114]
      • Medical Officer Oakhurst [86]
      • Mere Green [120]
      • New Hall Mill [102]
      • Protest Songs 300 Yrs [81]
      • Railway Engineers [84]
      • Ringing Of Pigs [113]
      • Roads To Coleshill [92]
      • Roman Sutton [106]
      • Round House [111]
      • School Of Art [91]
      • Smithy [87]
      • Sponers Pool And Drainage [109]
      • Sutton Streets [94]
      • Swash Vale [97]
      • Tithes And Glebe [99]
      • Toll Gate And Disturnpiking [103]
      • Walmley Ash Forge Farm [112]
      • Wyndley Pool [115]
    • Articles 121-160
      • 'Bad Lady Betty'/Luttrell Family [157]
      • 1855 Enquiry/Sutton Park/Agnes Bracken [135]
      • 1864 New Housing/Sarah Holbeche/Milton House [155]
      • Almshouses/Mill Street [150]
      • Ashfurlong Hall/Wheatmore Farm [131]
      • Beating the Bounds/Cock Inn [154]
      • Blake Street Perambulation/Roman Road [142]
      • Canwell Priory Church [153]
      • Colletts Brook (perambulation) [149]
      • Culls School [124]
      • Façades High St [126]
      • Fernwood [148]
      • Field Names - Green Dam [127]
      • Getting Married Vesey House [156]
      • Handaxe [141]
      • Hartopp Exchange Tudor Hill [133]
      • Hedges [121]
      • Keepers Baths [160]
      • Keepers Pool [159]
      • Lanes Cow Lane [123]
      • Langley Mill Pool [122]
      • Leather Lit Sutton [134]
      • Little Hay Perambulation 3 [143]
      • Maney [152]
      • Moats, New Hall [140]
      • New Hall Tower [151]
      • Old Sun [138]
      • Perambulation 1 [137]
      • Proceedings 9 Gamble [125]
      • Railway Bridges Station Road [139]
      • Riland Bedford [128]
      • Sanatorium Royal Hotel [130]
      • Seven Hayes (herbage) [129]
      • Sheep [136]
      • Shopping Pie Shop, Parade[145]
      • Snape Glebe [147]
      • The Tower Speight [158]
      • Tunnel [146]
      • Wills (Risley) Agott, Peddimore [144]
      • Wood For Fuel [132]
    • Articles 161-200
      • Agincourt Bowmen/Black Death [200]
      • Boundary of Sutton Coldfield/Minworth Greaves [163]
      • Butts [183]
      • Churchyard Wall [173]
      • Crops [180]
      • Duncomb Moat House [172]
      • Eachelhurst Perambulation [187]
      • Evictions Kendricks Well [162]
      • F.B.Hacket [186]
      • GeologyFentiman [193]
      • Hackett Street [188]
      • Holbeche And Rectors [168]
      • Hurst Green (peramb) Aylesford Peddimore [179]
      • John Verney [165]
      • Kings Arms [175]
      • Little Sutton Lane [184]
      • Manor Mills [190]
      • Marmaduke Dawney [166]
      • Minworth Works (peramb) Canal Basin [178]
      • Moot Halls [167]
      • Pageant [161]
      • Park Access [192]
      • Park Line At High Street [174]
      • Peasantry Church Tower [199]
      • Plantations Moor Hall [181]
      • Pype Hayes Hall [189]
      • River Tame Boundary [164]
      • Sculpture Vesey And Totem [198]
      • Sixty Acres Powell's [176]
      • Solomon Smith The Larches [170]
      • Sutton Fields Chapel Stones [171]
      • Top Swan [177]
      • US Postal [194]
      • Walmley Ash Perambulation [185]
      • Walmley Village [169]
      • Warden Will & I The Warden [182]
      • Warren House [191]
      • Woodington [196]
      • Workers Fairview [195]
      • Wylde Green [197]
    • Articles 201-240
      • Ann Brockas/New Hall Mill/Warren House [203]
      • Banquet/Sutton Park [221]
      • Barker, Charles/Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School [237]
      • Birds of Prey/Falcon Lodge [232]
      • Diamond Jubilee [208]
      • Doe Bank House [230]
      • Erdington Boundary [201]
      • Farm At New Shipton [212]
      • Fee Farm The Grove [202]
      • Footpaths Irnham Road [210]
      • Four Oaks Park Wall [216]
      • Glebe [240]
      • Good Hope [225]
      • Grazing ' Billingham Ponies [227]
      • Herbage Of Sutton Park [226]
      • Marchmount [206]
      • Moor Hall Portico [238]
      • Oak Furniture [231]
      • Old Pie Shop [205]
      • Outfield Lot Acres [236]
      • Park Fires [229]
      • Pepper (Payment In Kind) [214]
      • Poachers [215]
      • Pools 1624 [239]
      • Railway Station 2 [218]
      • Roughley School [217]
      • Royal Oak 1880 & 1920 [204]
      • Seven Gables [235]
      • Stone House Maney [234]
      • Surnames Court Roll [209]
      • The Mount [219]
      • Thomas Gibbons Mill [222]
      • Twamley At New Shipton [213]
      • Vesey House [228]
      • Weighbridge [211]
      • Weights And Measures [220]
      • Wesleyans Blake Barn [207]
      • Whitehouse Triangle [224]
      • William Gibbons New Hall [223]
      • Woolpack Malt House [233]
    • Articles 241-280
      • Accounts for Sutton Corporation 1843/Police Handcuffs [270]
      • Affrays/Moot Hall/Quarters of Sutton [257]
      • Air (quality of)/Coleshill St. [258]
      • Allerton College/Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School [253]
      • Anchorage Road/'The Anchorage'/Brabins Butler [251]
      • Bodington, Dr. George/Andrew MacFarlane [272]
      • Boot Hill/Boot Inn [268]
      • Byron's Meadow [278]
      • Canwell Property Monk And Hall [243]
      • Chalford House [275]
      • Cottage Hospital [244]
      • Darnel Hurst [248]
      • Faculties [274]
      • Four Oaks Common [241]
      • Gates In The Park Rowtons Well [246]
      • Grand Royal Hotel [242]
      • Green Lanes [255]
      • Hollyfield [267]
      • Lime Avenue [265]
      • Literacy Petition And St Mary's Hall [264]
      • Machin And Co Council House [263]
      • Mill Pools [273]
      • New Hall Mill 1825 [256]
      • Omnibuses [271]
      • Park Gates [245]
      • Parkies [269]
      • Private Schools [254]
      • Reading Room [277]
      • Red Way Cop [249]
      • Riot [279]
      • Rookery [247]
      • Servants 1861 [262]
      • Sheffields Farm [259]
      • Stonehouse Road [252]
      • The Charles Chadwicks [250]
      • Upper School [276]
      • Vesey Sisters [261]
      • Veseykin H. Harman [260]
      • Wild Rose [266]
      • Woodgate [280]
    • Articles 281-320
      • Ancient Encampment/Mike Hodder [289]
      • Anthony Burgess [318]
      • Arden of Peddimore [297]
      • Church Refurb [304]
      • Cock Sparrow [320]
      • Coppices [300]
      • De Bereford At Langley [299]
      • Deer Park [292]
      • Derivations [307]
      • Domesday [315]
      • Emmanuel College Arms [283]
      • Enclosure Hedges [310]
      • Enclosure Roads [309]
      • First Train Engines [286]
      • Henry Curzon [305]
      • Hill And Little Sutton [290]
      • Holland House [293]
      • Horses Lower Parade [319]
      • Lower Maney Farm [281]
      • Maney & Wylde [302]
      • Manor House 2 [311]
      • Moor Hall Farm [291]
      • More And Ashfurlong [308]
      • New Hall Valley E Brook Retting [301]
      • Oughton's Mill [294]
      • Park E Brook [296]
      • Penns Lane [282]
      • Quarters [287]
      • Sacheverell Will 2 [314]
      • Sacheverell Will Motto [313]
      • Salt Way Wyndley Lane [284]
      • Seals [317]
      • Signal Hayes 2 Mill [303]
      • Spot Heights Benchmark [306]
      • Tall Tales Aylesford [312]
      • Town E Brook Hurley [298]
      • Travellers Holbeche [285]
      • Vernacular Smithy [316]
      • Vesey's Birthplace [288]
      • Walmley and Beyond the Wood Quarter [295]
    • Articles 321-360
      • Arundel Stained Glass Window [338]
      • Assart [349]
      • Bank (Attwood & Spooners)/Lloyds Bank/Sarah Holbeche [324]
      • Banners Gate/Rough Road [339]
      • Bishop Jack Hacket/Hacket Family [357]
      • Boldmere Gate Cottage/Powells Pool [337]
      • Causeways [322]
      • Cottage Estate [355]
      • Early Church [335]
      • Elizabeth Steele Perkins [356]
      • Flour [321]
      • Font Etc [342]
      • Frank At The Mill [360]
      • Hacket Survey Snape [358]
      • Henry Hurst Walmley Ash Lane [350]
      • Highways Jockey [347]
      • Kirkham [326]
      • Landscape Pools Longmoor [352]
      • Local Defence Volunteers [351]
      • Manley Hall [325]
      • Medieval Place Names Compotus [329]
      • Napoleon Engine [323]
      • No. 41 Coleshill St. [359]
      • Park Railway II [334]
      • Promenade Gardens [353]
      • Ramshurst [344]
      • Renaissance [354]
      • Roof [340]
      • Sadler [341]
      • Sutton Park Station [331]
      • Thomas Hayward [328]
      • Tower [336]
      • Town Station [327]
      • Turnpike [348]
      • Vesey Grange [332]
      • Vesey Grange II [333]
      • Vesey Holy Tomb [346]
      • Waleran [343]
      • Wheelwright [330]
      • Witnesses [345]
    • Articles 361-400
      • Alfred Henry Evans [386]
      • Bradnocks Hays [380]
      • Byway 4 Duttons Lane [382]
      • Chain Of Footpaths [370]
      • Charity Estate [392]
      • Chavasse At The Library [379]
      • Christmas Cards [393]
      • Clifton Street [389]
      • Coleshill St. [396]
      • Coleshill St. 7 [400]
      • Dead Man. [369]
      • Dixie [384]
      • Duke Inn [388]
      • Duke Street [387]
      • First Brick House [385]
      • Fo Baptist [397]
      • Footpath 35 [374]
      • Footpath At Hill Hook [371]
      • Hugh Lewis's Wall [375]
      • Kendricks Well [378]
      • Land Values College Survey [366]
      • Little Sutton Fields [372]
      • Manorial Farm [377]
      • Migration [368]
      • Migration 1 High Heath [390]
      • Mill Gear [376]
      • Mill Maintenance Sluice [363]
      • Nefarious [381]
      • New Year Deed [395]
      • Park Keeper [394]
      • Plough And Harrow [399]
      • Simon Parratt Smithy [383]
      • Squatting Rental [391]
      • Stone Houses [364]
      • The Holbeche Swan [398]
      • VEDay In Sutton [361]
      • Vital Statistics [365]
      • Walmley 1900 [362]
      • Watering Holes [367]
      • William Croxall [373]
    • Articles 401-440
      • Blade Mill/Tilt Hammer/Mill Cottages [429]
      • Bracebridge Pool 2 [434]
      • Bracken 2 [406]
      • Chester Road 3 Lodge [427]
      • Chester Road 4 [428]
      • College Estate Arms [439]
      • Commons 2 [405]
      • Cup 2 [414]
      • Earthworks Bank [418]
      • Edward Cockersole [435]
      • Fairs 2 [416]
      • Four Oaks 2 [409]
      • Gas 2 [413]
      • High Steward [426]
      • Hill 2 [432]
      • Hill 3 [433]
      • Jacobites White Rose [421]
      • Joseph Powell 2 [440]
      • Joseph Webster Ashfurlong Hall [424]
      • Little Sutton 2 [425]
      • Longmoor [411]
      • Lunacy 2 Maney [412]
      • Mill 1711 [422]
      • Mill St 2 [437]
      • New Shipton 2 [403]
      • Powells Pool 3 [420]
      • Railway 2 [401]
      • Railway At High St. [438]
      • Richard Ashford [436]
      • Royal Town 2 [404]
      • The Dam 2 [402]
      • Walmley School 2 [408]
      • Walter Peyton [417]
      • Warden 2 New Hall [419]
      • Warden Politics [423]
      • White Hart 2 [430]
      • Winter 1946-7 [410]
      • Wolverhampton, Walsall and Midland Junction Railway [431]
      • Woodland Management 2 [407]
      • Zachariah Twamley [415]
    • Articles 441-480
      • Age Of Vesey [452]
      • Ale [466]
      • Archaeological Interpretation Scheme (AIS) [472]
      • Baking Record [461]
      • Blackroot Pool 2 [446]
      • Buses [475]
      • Collections [455]
      • Farming 1759 [462]
      • Field Day [471]
      • Forgeries [459]
      • Four Oaks Park 1901 [449]
      • Hay [468]
      • High Street 2 [477]
      • Hiorn [467]
      • Holy Trinity R.C. Chapel. [445]
      • Honeybourne [476]
      • Horse Show [443]
      • Leland 2 / Maney Stone House [458]
      • Ley Hill 2 [454]
      • Lower Parade 2 [447]
      • Mary Ashford 2 [464]
      • Mary Ashford's Grave [463]
      • Mendham Catholic [444]
      • Midgley's View [474]
      • Moat House 2 [441]
      • Moat House 3 [442]
      • Peddimore 2 [473]
      • Plantations 2 [478]
      • Pluralism / St Michaels Coventry [460]
      • Prince Of Wales [451]
      • Royal Show [450]
      • Steeplechase [469]
      • Tree Species [480]
      • Valence Sacheverell [457]
      • Valuation [470]
      • Vesey's Vision [448]
      • Waiting Rooms [453]
      • Water Features [465]
      • Westwood Coppice [479]
      • Workhouse 2 [456]
    • Articles 481-500
      • Coronation 1838 [481]
      • Electricity Works [492]
      • Falcon Lodge [485]
      • Four Oaks 3 [484]
      • Fox And Dogs [490]
      • Lawsuits [491]
      • Newspaper [488]
      • Parade 2 [487]
      • Penns Workers [483]
      • Railway 1853 [489]
      • Richard Riland [486]
      • Scenery Little Bracebridge [493]
      • Wylde Green Farm [482]
  • Research
    • Transcriptions
      • Sarah Holbeche Diary
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 1
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 10
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 100
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 101
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 102
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 103
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 104
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 105
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 107a
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 107b
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 108
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 109
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 11
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 110
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 110a
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 111
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 112
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 113
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 114
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 119
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 12
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 120
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 122
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 125
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 13
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 131
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 134
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 138
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 139
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 14
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 141
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 144
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 3
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 4
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 41
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 47
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 49
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 5
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 51
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 56
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 6
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 61
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 7
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 71
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 8
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        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 88
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 89
        • Sarah Holbeche Diary Page 9
      • 'Three Score Years Ago' by Helen Holbeche, 1885
      • A Complete Transcription of the Recipes in the Duncumb Recipe Book
      • Elizabeth Steele Perkins and her Poems
      • Hearth Tax Returns for Sutton Coldfield
      • List of Wardens and Mayors of Sutton Coldfield
      • Personal Recollections of the Upper Burmah Campaign 1886-7 by Major Richard Holbeche (1850-1914)
      • Sarah Holbeche Diary
      • The ‘Duncumb’ Recipe Book, 1791-1800s
      • The Dixie Estate
      • The Story of Sutton Parade By M.M. Frankling
      • The Sutton Post Card Case
      • Transcription of 'The Holbeche Diary'
      • Transcription of Indenture Dated 18th January 1677
      • Transcription of Indenture Dated 9th June 1682
      • Translation and Index of Twamley's 'History of Sutton Coldfield' 1855
      • William Hiorns’ Plan, 1762
    • Original Research
      • A Brief History of ‘Bleak House’ and Its Owners
      • A Brief History of ‘High Heath Cottage’
      • A Brief History of The Crown Inn, Four Oaks Common, Sutton Coldfield
      • A Cut Around Sutton Coldfield
      • A History of 'Boundary Cottage', Weeford
      • A History of 'Chalford'
      • A Second World War Ghost Camp In Sutton Park
      • A Victorian Edwardian Photographer In Sutton Park
      • Agnes Bracken of Sutton Coldfield (and her family)
      • American Red Oaks
      • Another Unusual Air Raid Shelter
      • Baldmore: The Vanished Lake Of Boldmere
      • Before and after – changes to Holy Trinity Sutton Coldfield
      • Bishop Vesey - Henry VIII's Mentor?
        • Original Article
      • Born in Minneth
      • Borough Stench Pipes
      • CHARLES BARKER (Headmaster of Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School 1817-1842)
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 1
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 2
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 3
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 4
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 5
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 6
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 7
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 8
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 9
      • Church Hill, Coleshill Street and Mill Street; Part 10
      • Class of 1900 - Town School - Sutton ColdField
      • Collet’s Brook Farmhouse
      • Dr George Bodington
      • Four Oaks in 1824
      • Francis James Chavasse, "A Typical 1860s 'Teenager'?"
      • Herbert Jerrard B.Sc., M.A., Headmaster of Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School.
      • Hill Hook Corn Mill
      • History of Sutton Coldfield by an impartial Hand
        • Whole Book
      • Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Chapel Now The Guildhall, 2008
      • Itinerary for Town Pool etc Tour, 1994
      • James Ecclestone, Headmaster of BVGS
      • John Riland's Wig
      • Josiah Wright, Headmaster Of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
      • Longmoor Corn Mill
      • Longmoor Valley Field Meeting, 1999
      • Manley Hall
      • Map: Sutton Town Estates 1765 Snape
      • Maps, NG Evans Collection
      • Midgley Maps
      • Midland Lodge, Sutton Park: a history of the building with details of its architecture
      • Minworth Sewage Works
      • Music and Prose
      • Newhall Water Mill
      • Peddimore Green Belt Walk 2016 by Mike Hodder
      • Peers' Guide
      • Potters at Peddimore
      • Reverend Albert Smith Headmaster of Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
      • Roger Lea's Walks
      • Royal Sutton Coldfield Great War Project 2014-2024
      • Sarah Holbeche, Talk by Janet Jordan
      • SCLHRG Newsletters And Ancillary Papers
        • Newsletters
      • Sherifoot Lane, Roman Pottery Kiln, Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions
      • Stage and Mail Coach Services through Sutton Coldfield in the 19th century
      • Sutton Coldfield A History And A Guide By Eliezer Edwards
      • Sutton Coldfield Borough Council’s Coat Of Arms - 1935
      • Sutton Coldfield Corporation Members 1723-1886
      • Sutton Coldfield Farms 1900 - 1950
      • Sutton Coldfield: An Archaeological Survey
      • Sutton Green Belt Archaeology Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions
      • Sutton Park – Midland Lodge
      • SUTTON PARK: The Great fire of 1868
      • SUTTON PARK: The Land of Fire and Flood [Parts 1 and 2]
      • Swinfen Hall 1992 - Ian Phillips
      • The ‘White Cottage’, Walmley Road, Sutton Coldfield
      • The “Four Oaks” Spraying Machine Company
      • The 2nd World War Anti-Aircraft Base in Sutton Park
      • The Children’s Paddling Stream in Sutton Park
      • The Conchology of Sutton Coldfield
      • The Corn Rent Schedule and Map of 1824-25
      • The Corporation Upper School
      • The Cottage by the Mill
      • The Deputy Stewards of Sutton Coldfield
      • The Early Days of the Cottage Estate
      • The Enclosure Award - Conservation in 2005
      • The First World War Tank In Sutton Park
      • The Forgotten Medieval Road
      • The High Stewards of Sutton Coldfield
      • The History of the Green Lanes Schools
      • The Hunt for the Forgotten Staff of Chester Road Railway Station
      • The Inner Ring Road, Underpasses and Murals of Birmingham
      • The Lands to be Enclosed
      • The Mysterious Malthouse in Coleshill Street
      • The Old Stone Cottage, Reddicap Hill, Sutton Coldfield (1787-1995)
      • The Round-about in Sherifoot Lane
      • The Site of the Royal Promenade Gardens, Etc.
      • The Stone Houses of Bishop Vesey in Sutton Coldfield
      • The Sutton Coldfield Christmas Bump, 1859
      • The Visit of Princess Anne to Lingard House, Walmley, Sutton Coldfield, May 1971
      • The Warden’s Calendar
      • Thomas Bonell and the History of Sutton Coldfield by an Impartial Hand
      • Thomas Vincent Holbeche
      • Town Mill, Water Corn-Mill
      • Tracking Down the Forgotten Station Masters of Wylde Green Railway Station
      • Tudor Road, An Early History
      • Two Remarkable Tenants – Midland Lodge
      • Waterworks Cottage, 29 Coleshill Road, Sutton Coldfield.
      • Where Was St Mary's Hall
      • William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford
      • William Morris Grundy
    • Maps
    • Proceedings
      • Content : Volumes 1 - 13
        • Contents for the ‘Proceedings’ of the Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group Volumes 1 – 13
      • Volume 1
        • Volume 1 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 1 : Article 1: Two houses in Penns Lane, Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 1 : Article 2 : Eight views of Boldmere: Illustrations for a history of Boldmere
        • Volume 1 : Article 3 : Early Enclosure movements in Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 1 : Article 4 : Captain Walter Peyton and his voyages
        • Volume 1 : Article 5 : The Royal Oak
        • Volume 1 : Article 6 : Sutton Coldfield Rectory Tithes
        • Volume 1 : Article 7 : Little Sutton in 1569
        • Volume 1 : Article 8 : Probate Records of the Early Seventeenth Century
        • Volume 1 : Article 9 : Minutes of the Park Estates and Building Committee 1880-94
        • Volume 1 : Article 10 : Walmley Schools: Warden and Society Minutes 1822-29
      • Volume 2
        • Volume 2 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 2 : Article 1: Marchmount House (Wylde Green)
        • Volume 2 : Article 2: Vesey Cottage at St Peter’s, Maney
        • Volume 2 : Article 3: The Mount, Reddicap Hill, Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 2 : Article 4: The Adventures of a Novice in the Local History Wonderland (re An old cottage in Boldmere )
        • Volume 2 : Article 5: The Hayward Family
        • Volume 2 : Article 6: The “Old Sun” Public House
        • Volume 2 : Article 7: Sutton Coldfield Churchyard; the old Boundaries
        • Volume 2 : Article 8: Geoffrey de Warmelegh
        • Volume 2 : Article 9: Sutton Coldfield Fire Brigade
        • Volume 2 : Article 10: The Adderley Family of Hams Hall
        • Volume 2 : Article 11: Maney Windmill
      • Volume 3
        • Volume 3 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 3 : Article 1: Henry Brindley, Hairdresser
        • Volume 3 : Article 2: Charles Adams and Reddicap Hill
        • Volume 3 : Article 3: The Butler Family
        • Volume 3 : Article 4: The Railway Line through Sutton Park
        • Volume 3 : Article 5: Offences in the Park
        • Volume 3 : Article 6: That Hideous Terrace
        • Volume 3 : Article 7: Behind the Parade
        • Volume 3 : Article 8: The Gibbons and Sacheverells at New Hall
        • Volume 3 : Article 9: A Look at Falcon Lodge
      • Volume 4
        • Volume 4 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 4 : Article 1 : Discovering Holbeche
        • Volume 4 : Article 2 : The Relief of Sutton’s Poor
        • Volume 4 : Article 3 : History of Gas in Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 4 : Article 4 : Notes on the Fee Farm Rent
        • Volume 4 : Article 5 : Canwell in the 18th and 19th Centuries
        • Volume 4 : Article 6 : A 17th Century Sutton Coldfield Glossary
        • Volume 4 : Article 7 : War-Time Sutton – extracts from the Diaries of Gwilym O. Griffith
      • Volume 5
        • Volume 5 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 5 : Article 1 : The Relief of Sutton’s Poor, Part II
        • Volume 5 : Article 2 : A Petition of 1683
        • Volume 5 : Article 3 : The Aylesford Collection
        • Volume 5 : Article 4 : Fifteenth Century Sutton from the Bailiff’s Accounts
      • Volume 6
        • Volume 6 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 6 : Article 1 : Sutton’s Famous Organist
        • Volume 6 : Article 2 : Walmley Ash Lane
        • Volume 6 : Article 3 : Racecourses in Sutton Park
        • Volume 6 : Article 4 : Tudor Road – an early history
        • Volume 6 : Article 5 : Application for a Blue Plaque for Lieutenant Colonel Richard Holbeche
        • Volume 6 : Article 6 : Wylde Green Farm
        • Volume 6 : Article 7 : Sutton Coldfield in 1416 – a thriving town?
      • Volume 7
        • Volume 7 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 7 : Article 1 :Kersey and other cloths woven in Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 7 : Article 2 : Village Greens in Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 7 : Article 3 : The Last Surviving Tollhouse in Birmingham
        • Volume 7 : Article 4 : Richard Holbeche – Letters from India
        • Volume 7 : Article 5 : Great Grandad’s Army – the Loss of the Rifle Range
        • Volume 7 : Article 6 : Electricity comes to Sutton Coldfield, 1901
      • Volume 8
        • Volume 8 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 8 : Article 1 : The History of Reddicap Heath
      • Volume 9
        • Volume 9 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 9 : Article 1 : A Bit of a Gamble
        • Volume 9 : Article 2 : Great Grandad’s Army–2: Home by Christmas
        • Volume 9 : Article 3 : The Background to the Sacheverel Riots of 1714 and 1715 in Birmingham and the Sutton Coldfield Connection
        • Volume 9 : Article 4 : The Whorwoods
        • Volume 9 : Article 5 : The Cottage at 144 Birmingham Road, Wylde Green
        • Volume 9 : Article 6 : Historic Building Features at 1 High Street
        • Volume 9 : Article 7 : Sutton in the Civil War
      • Volume 10
        • Volume 10 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 10 : Article 1 : Wylde Green House
        • Volume 10 : Article 2 : Late nineteenth century military archaeology in Sutton Park's Longmoor Valley
          • postscript
        • Volume 10 : Article 3 : Great Grandad's Army - 3 - Pals in the Park
        • Volume 10 : Article 4 : Eco-warriors invade the Sutton Coldfield Area
        • Volume 10 : Article 5 : Midland Red omnibuses in the Borough
        • Volume 10 : Article 6 : Sutton Coldfield Railway Embankment in the 1860s
        • Volume 10 : Article 7 : The Poplars, 204 Birmingham Road
        • Volume 10 : Article 8 : Building History at 30 High Street
        • Volume 10 : Article 9 : Sutton Park's Heathland Archaeology
      • Volume 11
        • Volume 11 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 11 : Article 1 : Dr George Bodington, A Victorian physician ahead of his times
        • Volume 11 : Article 2 : 'Chalford', Belwell Lane - A history of the house and its owners, Chapter 1. - Edward Hill James & Family
      • Volume 12
        • Volume 12 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 12 : Article 1 : Housing Development in the Borough of Sutton Coldfield, as shown in the Annual Reports of the Medical Officer of Health
        • Volume 12 : Article 2 : Slipper Baths
        • Volume 12 : Article 3 : 'Oakhurst' - the Changing Fortunes of a Family Home
        • Volume 12 : Article 4 : Sutton Park Archaeology: unravelling a Complex of Ground Disturbances
        • Volume 12 : Article 5 : The First World War, 1914-18
        • Volume 12 : Article 6 : William Felton Senior and William Felton Junior, Schoolmasters of nineteenth century Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 12 : Article 7 : The Silent Films of 1923 shown at the Empress cinema, Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 12 : Article 8 : The Roads through the Woods: historic routes in Sutton Park
        • Volume 12 : Article 9 : Domestic Service in Anchorage Road
      • Volume 13
        • Volume 13 : Article 0 : Cover and Contents
        • Volume 13 : Article 1 : Bridlemere, Maney Hill Road
        • Volume 13 : Article 2 : Pools, ponds and watery landscapes in Sutton Coldfield
        • Volume 13 : Article 3 : The comments of a 19th century cleric about Sutton Park and other local observations
        • Volume 13 : Article 4 : The History of Sutton's Workhouse: 1737 - 1903
        • Volume 13 : Article 5 : Midland Lodge, Sutton Park: A History of the building with details of its architecture
        • Volume 13 : Article 6: Hangings and Highwaymen (around Sutton Coldfield)
        • Volume 13 : Article 7 : Directory of the Parade, 1901, 1908 and 1911
      • Index : Volumes 1 - 13
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    • Research Tools
      • ‘A Royal Town and its Park’ by Hilda Moss
      • “Drink and the Mid Victorians” by B.M. Hilton
      • “Sutton Coldfield, A History and a Guide” by Eliezer Edwards, 1880
      • A Selection of Sutton Coldfield Official Guides
      • Archaeology in Sutton Coldfield, July 1979
      • Corporation Rentals 1742 to 1924
      • History of Sutton Coldfield by Rev. W. K. Riland Bedford, M. A.
      • Index to Building Plans Register, Books 1-27
      • Photos of the Corn Rent and Enclosure Map Book and ancillary books
        • How To Use
        • Enclosure Award Schedule
        • 4. Corn Rent Schedule
      • Popular Guide to Sutton and Park by Sidwell and Durant
      • Sutton Coldfield Trades Directories
      • Sutton Coldfield: Availability of Building Plans
      • Sutton Park - a History and Guide (1965)
      • Tales of a Bishop and a Royal Town
      • The Warden’s Calendar
      • Town School Admittance Register, 1826-1904 (Sutton Coldfield)
      • Wanderings Among the Aisle
    • Non-Member’s Research
      • A History of Sutton Coldfield Library
      • Living in Sutton Park: Memories of Boldmere camp
      • Storey Family Notes - Boldmere
      • Storey Family Notes - New Oscott
      • Storey Family Notes - Wylde Green
      • Sutton Coldfield 1900 - 2000
      • The Four Oaks Pub c1800 to 1955
      • The History of Sutton Coldfield Manor
      • Walmley Village War Memorial
      • War Memorial at Four Oaks Methodist Church, Sutton Coldfield
  • Serendipity
    • Artefacts
      • A Local Bus Ticket from the early days of the 'Midland Red'
      • An Interesting Find
      • Coronation Medallion 1937
      • Invitation to Opening of Empress Cinema
      • Joe Salt's Steamroller, 1910
      • Queen Victoria Medallion 1838
      • Sir William Edmund Cradock-Hartopp's letter
      • Sutton Park Pedestrian Gates
      • Town Hall Medallion 1858
      • Train Timetable, B'ham to Lichfield, 1956-57
    • Memories
      • Childhood memories from the 50s and 60s
      • Memories of Manley Hall School
      • Mere Green in the 1960s
      • Paul Holden, Sutton's last Town Clerk
      • Philip Swift’s Memories of Manley Hall Preparatory School
    • Old Videos of Sutton
      • 1931/32
      • Sutton Park Miniature Railway
    • Pamphlets
      • Avondale Boys School Annual Sports 1895
      • Keyse School, Magazine, 1962
      • Memorial Service for Winston Churchill in Holy Trinity Parish Church, 1965.
      • Notes on the Portrait of John Vesey, 1937
      • Programme for St Peter’s Maney Bazaar, 1919
      • Royal British Legion Sutton Coldfield, V.E. Day, 50th Anniversary, May 6th 1955
      • Shells found in Sutton Coldfield, 1897
      • Sutton Coldfield Civic Exhibition - 1947
      • The Story of Sutton Coldfield Parish Church, pub. 1957
      • Town Hall Programme for 11 April 1940
    • Postcards
      • “Napier Villa”, Wylde Green and the Johnsons
    • Remembering Roger Lea
      • A Remarkable Legacy!
        • Chart
      • A Résumé of the Remembering Roger Lea Event 26th June, 2022
        • Photos
      • Roger Lea - Tributes on Facebook
    • Remembering Stephen Roberts
      • 'Keep hands off park'
      • A Celebrated Preacher
      • A Figure of Notoriety
      • A Real Collector's Item
      • Age of Car Motors On
      • Angling at Sutton Park
      • Ann's Harrowing Ordeal
      • Art School Revolution
      • Birth of a New School
      • Bundles of Holly Gifted
      • Busy Life on the Parade
      • Early Sign of Greatness
      • Enjoying Leisure Time
      • Finding Dr Livingstone
      • Fires Sparked Concerns
      • Gift of Soup Backfires
      • Held in High Regard
      • Helping Clubs Flourish
      • Highly Regarded Pub
      • Housing for All Classes
      • Insight into Accounts
      • Joel Cadbury's Legacy
      • Making Waves in Pool
      • Moving on from past
      • Much-needed hospital
      • N-ice Way to Pass Time
      • Packing in for Park Life
      • Pageant Marks Charter
      • Park Life for Wardens
      • Park Music Lifts Spirits
      • Park offers pure water
      • Park's Beauty Inspires
      • Picnic in Park for Poor
      • Plate is Piece of History
      • PoW Camp Became an Attraction in the Park
      • Pub Endured Tragedy
      • Pub had Colourful Past
      • Pubs from Town's Past
      • Railway Splits Opinions
      • Remembering George
      • Rural Charm Explored
      • Sam's Bard Vision Led to New-library Chapter
      • Song Tribute to History
      • Street Catered for All
      • Tackling Fires in Town
      • Tale of Pals Recruits
      • The Cup Runneth Over
      • The Full Force of the Law
      • Threat to Town Rectory
      • Town's Keen Gardener
      • Tragic Tale of Jealousy
      • Trains Brought Tourists
    • Sutton Coldfield Poetry
      • “Middleton Bluebell Woods” by Anne Nash
      • A Walk In Sutton Park
      • CORONAVIRUS
      • Gumslade
      • High Heath Cottage
      • Newhall Valley
      • On Withy Hill by Anne Nash
      • Progress?
      • The House by the Ebrook
      • The Shenstone Trail
    • WWII
      • After The Raid
      • An Unusual Air Raid Shelter
      • ARP Letter re Anti-Gas Classes
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      • 'A History of Chalford, Belwell Lane, Four Oaks, including the families who lived there', by Keith Jordan
      • 'Highcroft: From Workhouse to Modern Mental Health Service', Edited by Mike Hinson
      • 'Manley Hall and The Manley Family,' by Keith Jordan
      • 'Scenes from Sutton’s Past', by The Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group, Edited by Roger Lea
      • 'Steaming up to Sutton', by R. Lea
      • 'Tall Tales from the Top of Trinity Hill,' by Janet Jordan
      • 'The Story of Sutton Coldfield', by Roger Lea
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