Kings norton railway

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Is staff help available at Kings Norton station? Are there accessible public telephones at Kings Norton station? No, accessible public telephones aren't available at this station. Are there accessible toilets at Kings Norton station? Above-right a Virgin HST passes the site of the old goods yard which once housed coal wagons and later car transporters. Most of the track has been lifted but in the centre-right are two buffer-stops which are still rail connected although appearing rather disused.

The goods yard is now divided into an overspill car park where the photographer is standing and 'Kings Norton On Track Plant Depot' which is the area seen in the photo. Above-left and right we see the partially demolished station building, soon to be absorbed into the car park. If you wish to use any of the images for your own non-profit website, feel free to do so but I would appreciate being credited and an e-mail to let me know their new home would be nice.

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 Well worth a visit, Kings Norton Green , now at the heart of a conservation area which was designated in Its preservation is due to the creation of the Pershore Turnpike, a new route made from Birmingham in The old road had crossed the River Rea by a ford west of the present Pershore Road bridge, then headed directly up towards the church where it made a dog's-leg along the present Rectors Drive, past the Old Grammar School, into Back Road and onto the village green.

The new toll road avoided the narrow lanes and by-passed the old village centre, which was thus incidentally preserved. Originally a hiring fair, it attracted a variety of stalls and entertainments some of which still continue. There was also a regular cattle market here until the 19th century. Some medieval buildings survive on the Green. The former Hirons' Bakery until c , now a general grocery store, is a late 15th-century timber-framed house.

Excavation has also revealed post holes and beam trenches of other medieval buildings nearby, the houses of the wealthy wool merchants mentioned by Leland. Adjacent to the churchyard this was the bailiff's house and manorial court and may stand on the site of an earlier manor house.

Substantially extended in the 16th century, the oldest part dates back to The building was used as an inn from at least the 18th century when most of the windows were altered. In the late 19th century the south wing was rebuilt for use as a parish hall. In the building was given by the brewery to the church in for use as parish offices and meeting rooms. The building was extensively restored from and renamed Saint Nicolas' Place. This is first recorded in held by Roger Clarke.

In the mill was jointly owned by Thomas Whorwood and George Guest, the Guest family retaining ownership until the 18th century. The last mill building was built in , its last owner being Thomas Priest from to This was probably the last watermill in Birmingham to grind corn. After the mill pond was filled in to make way for river and road improvements and all the mill buildings were demolished. After leaving Stourbridge he was at ease with eight troops of cavalry and three hundred footsoldiers on Kings Norton Green, when he was surprised by Lord Willoughby of Parham.

The latter with a parliamentary force of eight hundred cavalry and footsoldiers were on their way to join the Earl of Essex at Worcester. The royalists were routed with fifty killed and prisoners taken; twenty parliamentary troops were killed.

The dead lie buried together in Kings Norton churchyard in an unmarked grave. Rupert, pursued by Willoughby, retreated towards Meriden to rejoin the King en route to London.

The following report was read out in the House of Commons the next day:.