Acocks Green History Society. Contents page

• Acocks Green (general pages)
  AGHS Homepage
  A short history
  Acocks Green Today
  AGHS information and programme of talks
  Recommended reading
  Victorian Acocks Green

Postcards, Page 1
Postcards, Page 2

1886 25 inches to one mile maps
1905 6 inches to one mile, upper map
1905 6 inches to one mile, lower map
1920 6 inches to one mile, upper map
1920 6 inches to one mile, lower map
1938 6 inches to one mile, upper map
1938 6 inches to one mile, lower map
 

The Acock family
Records of Acock families
Variants of the Acocks
1886 map
Medieval Map

 

Acocks Green Convent School
The Convent
The Larch Story
Photographs
School photo 1928
Photographs from the 1920s
Photographs from the 1930s

• Acocks Green library history
  Early days
  After World War Two
  Refurbishment 1994-5 and beyond
  
   
• Acocks Green Methodist church
  Introduction
  Preface
  "Methodists as they are term'd"
  The first church
  The present church to 1927
  The present church from 1927 to 1986
  The Memorial Windows
  Ministers
  Organists and choir
  The Tin Tabernacle
  The Junior Church
  The Junior Missionary Association
  Uniformed organisations
  The Guild/Circle
  The Ladies Sewing Meeting
  The Women's Cheerful Hour
  Recreation Clubs
  Subscribers to New Church Building Fund 1882
  Names in the corridor of the Sunday School building
  Roll of Honour
  Church Trusts 1874 to 1976
  Caretakers
  Endpiece
  Bibliography
  Images

• Acocks Green Olton and Solihull Journal
   

  1911 page one	1911 page two	1911 page three	1911 page four	1911 page five
  1912 page one	1912 page two	1912 page three
  1913 page one	1913 page two	1913 page three	1913 page four	1913 page five
  1914 page one	1914 page two	1914 page three

   

• Alders and the Acocks Green Estate
  Alders and the Acocks Green Estate
  
  Botteville Road
  A bit about Botteville Road
   
• Built environment of Acocks Green
  Introduction to the built environment of Acocks Green
  Scheduled ancient monument
  Statutorily listed buildings
  Locally listed buildings
  Other buildings of interest

Fox Hollies
The origins of Fox Hollies
The Walker era
Sale catalogue, Fox Hollies Hall
Housing between the wars
Fox Hollies since the war
Acocks Green Carnival
Fox Hollies Forum
Fox Hollies Special School
The work of Dave Swingle
The work of Elsie Carter
Hall Green Little Theatre
Ninestiles school
Childhood memories of Jean Mercer

Dolphin Lane School 1929-59
Introduction – Goodbye Green Fields and Country Lanes
Getting Started
Buildings – Meeting the Changing Needs
The School Staff – Comings and Goings
A Broader Education – Talks, Festivals and Visits
Concerts and Performances – A Chance to Show Off
Christmas Celebrations
Royal Occasions – Visits and Celebration Holidays
Physical Activities – Athletics, P.T. and Games
Fund Raising – Helping Others and Supporting Ourselves
Medical Matters – The Doctor, The Dentist and the ‘Nit’ Nurse
Accidents and Misfortunes – Cuts, Bruises and Even Worse
Transgressions – Naughty, Naughty!!
The Air Raid Shelter Saga – Keeping the Children Safe
Evacuation – From Birmingham to the Countryside and Back
Appendix 1 Birmingham Educational Districts & School Lists
Appendix 2 New Pupils’ Previous Named Schools
Appendix 3 Sketch Map of the Local Roads Housing Dolphin Lane Pupils
Appendix 4 Memories – Dennis Simons
More images

• Hazelwood Road
  The nineteenth century
  The early twentieth century
  Between the wars
  Wartime
  After 1945
  The Bradley family
  Memories of Eileen Staley née Bradley
• 
  Notable people
   
• Other histories of Acocks Green
  Acocks Green, by C.J.G. Hudson, 1966
  
  Acocks Green, by Joseph McKenna c. 1990
  Introduction and conditions of use
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  
  Acocks Green and all around, by John Morris Jones, 1973
   

  Acocks Green and all around	The Warwick and Birmingham Canal
  Introduction	Industry
  Bounds of the central Quarters	Yardley in 1847
  First settlement in Yardley	Later churches
  Tenchlee (Tenchley)	Education
  Travel through Yardley	Public transport
  Houses and families	Later industry
  Woods and commons	Urbanisation to 1900
  Waterpower	Yardley into Birmingham
  Early church history	Amenities
  Ownership	Housing
  Georgian Yardley	Post-war, today and tomorrow

   

• Railways around Acocks Green
   
• St Mary's Church
  Introduction to St. Mary's
  The Earl of Egmont and Acocks Green
  Creation of the District, 1867
  Illuminated address to Revd J.F. Swinburn, 1889
  Church history, 1932
  St. Mary's Acocks Green: "Out of the ashes...", 1948
  Extract from C.J.G. Hudson's booklet on Acocks Green, 1966
  Images of St. Mary's church
  Images from the 1930s

St Mary's Church of England School  
The early years, 1874-1895
The Rose family, 1895-1927
The later years, 1927-1979
Images of St Mary's School
Anne Heywood
Lorraine Hanson, Olympic athlete

• Stone Hall
  Stone Hall introduction
  1884 to 1973
  1973 onwards

• 
  World War Two and Acocks Green
  Acocks Green's vulnerability
  Air Raid Precautions and civil defence
  Anti-aircraft and barrage balloons
  Bombing maps
  Evacuation
  Gas attack
  High explosive bombs
  Incendiary bombs
  Killed and injured
  Rover shadow factory
  Shelters
  Strafing incidents

  Austerity and saving resources
  Dig for Victory
  Food in wartime
  Prefabs
  Prisoners of war
  Women in wartime

  Extracts from the wartime diary of Frank Taylor Lockwood
  Memories of a child's life in Tyseley, by Alexander Hook
  Memories of Acocks Green school, by Alexander Hook

  The end of the war

Resources on the history of the Manor and Civil Parish of Yardley

• Yardley Parish registers 1539 to 1676
  1539 to 1580
  1581 to 1620
  1621 to1676

• The Tithe Map and Award Schedule for Yardley 1843/7
  Introduction
  Tithe Map
  Field numbers in order
  Tithe Award Schedule
  Enclosure Award Map
  Principal landowners, occupiers and tenant farmers
   
• Maps of Yardley 1886 to 1938
   
• Yardley: Victoria County History of Worcestershire, 1913

• Summary of the 1851 Census of Yardley

• Directories of Yardley 1820 to 1896
  Introduction
  1820
  1841
  1850
  1860
  1868
  1873
  1880
  1884
  1888
  1892
  1896
   
• One thousand years of Yardley souvenir brochure
   
• All around the Ackers
  What can be seen from Ackers Hill
  The natural landscape
  Watercourses
  Early settlement and boundaries
  The Manors
  The Warwick canal
  Railways
  Industry
  Urbanisation
  Parks and open spaces
  Churches and schools
  The Ackers leisure park
  Itinerary
  Maps
   
• The Boundaries of Yardley
  Introduction
  Reasons for the study, the origins of Yardley and the Charter of 972
  The mapping of Yardley boundaries
  The boundaries of Yardley in 972
  The boundaries of Yardley in 1609
  The boundaries of Yardley 1843/7
  The boundaries of Yardley in 1911
  A comparison of the boundaries between 972 and 1962
  Supplement: the boundaries in 1495
  Map: boundaries in 972
  Map: boundaries in 1609
  Map: part of Beighton's Mapp 1725
  Map: boundaries in 1847
  Map: boundaries 1911 to 1974

• The changing face of Yardley
  The meaning of Yardley, and Yardley in the tenth century
  The eleventh and twelfth centuries
  The thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
  The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
  The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
  The nineteenth and twentieth centuries
  The twenty-first century

• Life expectancy in Yardley 1813 to 1842, and 1857 to 1886

• Natural increase in population in Yardley 1539 to 1839
  
   
• The Manor of Yardley
  Introduction
  Overview
  Foundation and ownership
  Map: descriptive names
  Map: geology and roads
  Map: early settlement sites
  Ancient roads
  Communications
  Map: communications
  Map: Yardley about 1750
  Antiquities
  Watermills and windmills
  Ecclesiastical history
  Administration and local government
  Map: Yardley Parish and Vestry prior to 1894
  Map: Yardley village 1847 to 1904
  Map: parishes in 1911
  Map: Yardley schools in 1911
   
• Sparkhill and Greet
  Preface
  Relief and drainage, geology, and the natural landscape
  First footers and Anglo-Saxon settlement
  The manor of Yardley, the boundaries of Yardley, and the 'Manor' of Greet
  Ancient roads, ancient buildings, and watermills
  Turnpike roads, bridges, and administration
  Public transport
  Enclosures
  Urbanisation, and amenities and services
  Churches, schools, and commerce and industry
  Between the Wars and since, and references
  Maps
   
• Swanshurst Quarter
  Geology, Natural vegetation, and relief and drainage
  Early settlement, and Saxon beginnings
  Boundaries, Domesday Yardley, and Moats and earthworks
  Medieval times, and Ancient roads
  Perambulations
  Old houses, Local government, and Tudor to Georgian times
  Families and houses
  Georgian times
  Bridges, Watermills, and the Stratford Canal
  The Tithe Map
  Churches, and Schools
  Yardley Rural District, The City of Birmingham, and Urbanisation
  Industry, Between the Wars, and Public transport
  Swanshurst Quarter in 1979, and Short bibliography
  Maps
   
• The transport history of Yardley
  Introduction
  A transport history of Yardley, by P. L. Hardy
  The history of the Birmingham and Warwick Canal 1793 to1972, by John Morris Jones
  A short survey of railways in the Manor of Yardley, by Anthony John Lambert
   
• Brick and tile making in Yardley
  Introduction
  Billesley, Hall Green and Acocks Green
  Greet and Tyseley
  Hay Mills
  South Yardley
  Yardley village area
  Blakesley Hall area
  Stechford
  Kents Moat
  Directory listings
   
• The urbanisation of Yardley
  Urbanisation of Yardley (introduction)
  The natural landscape
  Ownership and administration
  Yardley in medieval times (map)
  Yardley at the end of the eighteenth century (map)
  The early 19th century
  The mid-nineteenth century
  The Victorian half-century 1850-1900
  The last years of independence
  Development 1911-20
  Two decades 1919-39
  Yardley since the war
  Urbanization maps
  Surviving antiquities of Yardley (map, 1981)

• The waters of Yardley
  Introduction
  The river Cole in Yardley, and its fords and bridges
  Standing waters (millpools and fishponds)
  Watercourses of Yardley
  Water supply in Yardley
  The waters of Yardley: settlement, communications and industry
   
• Yardley Church End
  Preface
  Geology and natural vegetation, and relief and drainage
  The foundation of Yardley, and Boundaries
  Old names, and old roads
  Norman to medieval times, and St. Edburgha's church
  Owners of Yardley
  Old buildings
  Open fields, and Tudor and Stuart times
  The river Cole
  Georgian times
  The nineteenth century
  Churches and schools
  The twentieth century
  Thirty-five years, and Principal sources
  Maps
   
• Images of old Acocks Green
   
• Images of old Hall Green
   
• Images of old Hay Mills
   
• Images of old Sparkhill and Tyseley
   
• Images of old Stechford and Lea Hall
   
• Images of old Yardley
   
• Images of old Yardley Wood
   

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