You can see the administrative areas in which Kings Norton has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area. English Jurisdictions in Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map. Elmdene was originally the probationary home, used to house new arrivals, but this role was later taken on by The Trees.
An additional house was erected in around to accommodate the then Matron, Miss Parry Jones. In , following a decline in demand for places at the homes, a gradual process of closure was begun.
In , the last house remaining in use, Pinewood, was closed. The site was then disposed of and is now occupied by modern housing. Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to years for records identifying individuals. Before travelling a long distance, always check that the records you want to consult will be available. Unless otherwise indicated, this page is copyright Peter Higginbotham. Contents may not be reproduced without permission.
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Longford Ballymahon Granard Longford Co. Louth Ardee Drogheda Dundalk Co. Westmeath Athlone Castletowndelvin Mullingar Co. England N. England S. Midlands S. Midlands W. The tower with its embattled parapet and fine octagonal crocketed spire, the south porch and doorway are 15th-century. These developments testify to a prospering local community here during the Middle Ages probably rearing sheep and profiting by trading in wool.
In the church roof was raised by the addition of a clerestory and the unusual gabled roofs. The chancel arch with its ballflower ornament is 14th-century but the chancel as it now appears dates from the restoration which was carried out in Major restoration which was undertaken in to regothicise the church included the removal of the 18th-century box pews and low ceilings.
The present appearance of the church dates from this time. There are a number of good memorials here. Inside the church a worn slab commemorates the chantry priest Humfrey Toye who died in The splendid Greaves tomb with effigies of Sir Richard and Lady Anne was originally in the chancel but was moved under the tower during the restoration. In the churchyard is the monument of the Middlemores, a family long associated with the manor.
This church is noted for its good ring of ten bells. Bells were first hung in the tower when it was built in the midth century. In the existing six were replaced by a ring of eight. One of the earlier bells dated still stands at the back of the church. The bells were recast in by Taylor's of Loughborough and two more were added to make the present ring of ten.
His prime duty was to report on collections of books and manuscripts around the country. However, while on his travels he wrote a commentary on the places he visited. He wrote:. Northeton is a praty uplandyshe towne in Warwike-shire [actually in Worcestershire] , and there be some faire howsys in it of staplears, that use to by wolle [wool merchants]. There is a faire churche and a goodly piramis of stone over the bell frame.
There rennithe a litle brooke [the River Rea] at the est end of the towne. Good plenty of wood and pasture and meatly good corne betwixt Alchirch [Alvechurch], and Northton. And lykewise betwixt Northton and Bremischam [Birmingham] that be distaunt from othar 5. Leland must have ridden by the Old Grammar School , which still stands in the churchyard. This Scheduled Ancient Monument is a fascinating building which raises some unanswered questions. The early 15th-century timber-framed upper storey is the older than the ground floor which was built in brick in the early 17th-century.
But the oldest part of the building is an unusual gothic window with wooden tracery at the east end whose origin is unknown. Chantry chapels were private chapels, often but not always within a church, bequeathed for the celebration of masses for the soul of the founder and his family.
Some chantry chapels were paid for by trade guilds for their members. This building and the school possibly date from this time. He taught pupils in this small building, among them a local nailer's son, Robert Avenon who subsequently walked to London to make his fortune. The Grammar School became a National school but was closed in due to inadequate accommodation.
The inspectors were concerned about the suitability of the church burial ground as the children's playground. In the grammar school building was given to St Nicolas' Church. It was restored in The towns of Birmingham and Solihull are identified in adjacent Warwickshire along with smaller settlements such as Edgbaston. Harborne and Smethwick are shown in neighbouring Staffordshire. Click on the map to enlarge.
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