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Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council ward within the Government of Birmingham, England. The district lies 6.5 miles south-southwest of Birmingham city centre and is within 1.5 miles of the north Worcestershire border.
Overview. Kings Norton has a long and rich history with some evidence to show prehistoric and iron age use of the area. It is during the Anglo-Saxon era that permanent use of Kings Norton...
Nov 11, 2014 · The Battle of Kings Norton was fought here on October 17, 1642, when Royalists led by Prince Rupert - nephew of King Charles I of England - were defeated by Lord Willoughby of Parham and...
Sep 16, 2024 · NORTON, KING'S (St. Nicholas), a parish, and the head of a union, in the Upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, E. division of the county of Worcester, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Birmingham; with the chapelries of Moseley.
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Nortune (xi cent.); Norton (xi, xii and xiii cent.);Nortun, Norhton (xiii cent.); Kingesnorton (xivcent.). King's Norton, the greater part of which wasincluded in the city of Birmingham under the Birmingham Extension Act, 1911, and so is now inWarwickshire, is a large parish situated immediatelysouth of Birmingham, and included the now separateeccl...
Before the Conquest and at the timeof the Domesday Survey KING'SNORTON was a berewick of the manorof Bromsgrove. (fn. 26) It seems to have been held as aseparate manor before the 13th century, (fn. 27) but followedthe same descent as Bromsgrove (q.v.) until 1564, (fn. 28) when the latter was sold by Queen Elizabeth toAmbrose Earl of Warwick. King's...
The church of ST. NICHOLASconsists of a chancel 33 ft. by 18¾ ft., witha south organ bay, nave 82¼ ft. by 25 ft.,north aisle 10½ ft. wide, south aisle 18½ ft. wide, westtower 17¼ ft. square, and a north vestry and southporch. These measurements are all internal. The church is large, but with the exception of two12th-century lancets in the chancel n...
The church of King's Nortonwas formerly a chapel annexed tothe church of Bromsgrove (q.v.),and has always followed the same descent. (fn. 200) It wassevered from Bromsgrove in 1846, (fn. 201) and the livingwas declared a vicarage in 1866, (fn. 202) and is in the giftof the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The chapelwas not valued separately until 153...
The school foundation, ascribed toEdward VI, but existing before thedissolution of the chantries, when itwas provided for under the chantry endowments, (fn. 232) was formerly held in the ancient building in thechurchyard already described, to which a librarywas bequeathed by Mr. Hall, a former clergyman ofthe parish. It was endowed with a rent-char...
Kings Norton/ King's Norton is a classic village centre with its church, timber-framed manor house and pub focussed around a green. The village developed here during the Middle Ages, possibly on the site of the Anglo-Saxon settlement, with open strip fields surrounding the village.
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