Blue Plaque Walk[...]

1 In brief How to get there Central Edgbaston Edgbaston is an elegant leafy suburb just one mile west Blue Plaque Walk of Birmingham city centre. Walking distance Public Transport 1.6 miles / 2.57km From City By bus - using Hagley Road towards Quinton or buses to Harborne. Category By train - from New Street travel to Five Ways station. Easy For more information visit: www.networkwestmidlands.com BRIEF HISTORY of How to find Edgbaston EDGBASTON Central EDGBaSTON Celboldestone in the Doomsday book ofBy 1086 is carEdgbaston is an elegant leafy suburb just one thought to refer to Edgbaston and depicts it as an mile west of Birmingham city centre. area of cultivated land of about 250 acres. Places to eat, drink and relax inEdgbaston church dates from the 13th centuryEdgbaston and Village is easily accessible by car. Car parking Edgbaston Hall, the manor house, now the Golf Public Transport club, somewhat later. During the Englishis civil available war, at pay and display car parks, and there is Edgbaston: www.edgbastonvillage.co.ukwhen Edgbaston Hall was the seat of Robert From City Middlemore, a Roman Catholic and limitedRoyalist, free Buseson-street along Hagleycar parking. Road towards Quinton, buses to Harborne Parliamentarian troops extensively damaged the church and took over the Hall, which was eventually destroyed. In 1717, the Middlemore line Train to Five Ways station Walk available through the ‘Walkhaving Run been extinguished, the lordship of BRIEF HISTORYEdgbaston was of purchased byHow Sir Richard to Gough. find Edgbaston EDGBASTON Central Cycle’ app: www.walkruncycle.com/EDGBaSTONDuring 10 years at Edgbaston he rebuiltWalk both the orWalk Cycle developed in 2018 by Heritage Celboldestone in the Doomsdayhall and thebook church. of 1086 The is Hall wasEdgbaston tenanted in is 1796 an elegant leafy suburbvolunteers just one from TASBE thought to refer to Edgbastonby William and depicts Withering it as who an became a membermile west of ofthe Birmingham (The city Arts centre Society. Birmingham Evening) birmingham-edgbaston-walk It is easy to walk and cycle to. 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From early C19th migration of wealthy CIRCULARWALK manufacturers from the city to the leafy suburb www.tasbe.orgwww.tasbe.org www.calthorperesidents.org www.calthorpe.co.uk Blue Plaque Walkousted the tenant farmers and allowed the building of large elegant houses on tree-lined streets. No trade or manufacturing was allowed on the estate. and sponsored by Calthorpe Residents’ Society April 2019 However, concessions were occasionally made and the Blind Institute, the Deaf and Dumb Institute, the Botanical Gardens, the Oratory and its school and land for Warwickshire cricket club were granted in C19th. Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society obtained a lease on land off Westbourne Road and members. family after named being roads many day, this ten acres of the Botanical Gardens were first 1796 Calthorpe Baron 1st created - BLUeCalthorpe PLAQUEsGough Henry Sir opened to the shareholders of the Society in 1832. to Edgbaston dominate to continues Estate Calthorpe CIRCULARWALK The Goughs married into the Calthorpe family and the the and family Calthorpe the into married Goughs The the riot. the the arrival of military support from Birmingham ended ended Birmingham from support military of arrival the The Hall was threatened but successfully defended and and defended successfully but threatened was Hall The Edgbaston Village has a wide range of places to eat, drink and relax and drink eat, to places of range wide a has Village Edgbaston the storming of the Bastille, were attacked by a mob. mob. a by attacked were Bastille, the of storming the people and when celebrating the 2nd anniversary of of anniversary 2nd the celebrating when and people and Matthew Boulton. They were feared by the common common the by feared were They Boulton. Matthew and of eminent men such as James Watt, Joseph Priestley Priestley Joseph Watt, James as such men eminent of who became a member of the Lunar Society, a group group a Society, Lunar the of member a became who The Hall was tenanted in 1796 by William Withering Withering William by 1796 in tenanted was Hall The Edgbaston Hall, the church and enclosed Edgbaston Park in 1730 in Park Edgbaston enclosed and church the Hall, Edgbaston Hall and the church. church. the and Hall Gough. During 10 years at Edgbaston he rebuilt both the the both rebuilt he Edgbaston at years 10 During Gough. the lordship of Edgbaston was purchased by Sir Richard Richard Sir by purchased was Edgbaston of lordship the In 1717, the Middlemore line having been extinguished, extinguished, been having line Middlemore the 1717, In destroyed. eventually was which extensively damaged the church and took over the Hall, Hall, the over took and church the damaged extensively Roman Catholic and Royalist, Parliamentarian troops troops Parliamentarian Royalist, and Catholic Roman Edgbaston Hall was the seat of Robert Middlemore, a a Middlemore, Robert of seat the was Hall Edgbaston Club, somewhat later. During the English Civil War, when when War, Civil English the During later. somewhat Club, Edgbaston Hall, the manor house, now Edgbaston Golf Golf Edgbaston now house, manor the Hall, Edgbaston century and and century 13 the from dates Church Edgbaston th of the Society in 1832. in Society the of an area of cultivated land of about 250 acres. acres. 250 about of land cultivated of area an Botanical Gardens were first opened to the shareholders shareholders the to opened first were Gardens Botanical thought to refer to Edgbaston and depicts it as as it depicts and Edgbaston to refer to thought a lease on land off Westbourne Road and ten acres of the the of acres ten and Road Westbourne off land on lease a Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society obtained obtained Society Horticultural and Botanical Birmingham Celboldestone in the Domesday book of 1086 is is 1086 of book Domesday the in Celboldestone County Cricket Club. Club. Cricket County Oratory and its school, and land for the Warwickshire Warwickshire the for land and school, its and Oratory Edgbaston and Dumb, the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, the the Gardens, Botanical Birmingham the Dumb, and Royal Institute for the Blind, the Institute for the Deaf Deaf the for Institute the Blind, the for Institute Royal A brief history of of history brief A occasionally made during the 19 the during made occasionally century, e.g. for the the for e.g. century, th was allowed on the estate. However, concessions were were concessions However, estate. the on allowed was houses on tree-lined streets. No trade or manufacturing manufacturing or trade No streets. tree-lined on houses tenant farmers and allowed the building of large elegant elegant large of building the allowed and farmers tenant manufacturers from the city to the leafy suburb ousted the the ousted suburb leafy the to city the from manufacturers century the migration of wealthy wealthy of migration the century 19 early the From Here are some of the places you will see on the walk the on see will you places the of some are Here th Walk down Westbourne Road to the second set of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston Massachusetts and it was Central Edgbaston pedestrian lights and cross. Continue past the main near here in 1930 that he and his Edgbaston born wife Edgbaston High School and look for the plaque on the were killed in an automobile accident.

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