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Kings Norton Village
Kings Norton Village is in the Kings Norton council ward in south Birmingham, roughly four miles from the city centre. The surrounding areas are Cotteridge, Lifford, Wychall and the Three Estates.
Kings Norton is a corruption of Kings North Tun which means the northernmost settlement owned by the King. The area formed part of the Royal Manor of Bromsgrove.
Kings Norton was a mediaeval village centred on Saint Nicholas Church. The village has retained its rural character despite surrounding urbanisation.
The parish church, village green, historic inn and old grammar school now form part of a conservation area screened by Kings Norton Park, playing fields and woods. A belt of suburban housing, mainly of private interwar build, lies outside the conservation zone.
Churches in Kings Norton Village
St Nicholas'
Saint Nicholas' on Kings Norton Green was originally a Norman chapel extended through the addition of aisles in the 13th century.
The chancel arch, nave and extended aisles were built in the 14th century whilst the stone porch and west tower were added in the 15th century; the south aisle was rebuilt in the 17th century and the north aisle in the 1860's.
The mediaeval tower has been embellished with a crocketted spire and corner pinnacles.
The interior features two reset 12th century windows and several Tudor & Jacobean monuments; these include an alabaster altar tomb built for Sir Richard Grevis with impressive strapwork and effigies of the deceased and his wife.
T 0121 458 3289 Address: 81 The Green B38 8RU
Links: Landmark Churches
- Kings Norton Conservation Area - St Nicholas' WebsiteDemographics, Politics and Housing in Kings Norton Village
This website contains information about demographics, politics and housing in the Kings Norton council ward including Kings Norton Village.
Accident Blackspots in Kings Norton Village
Pershore Road
A number 11 bus crashed into a lamppost on the Pershore Road at roughly 3pm on Friday 17/12/10. The driver appears to have suffered a heart attack; an elderly passenger was injured.
Redditch Road
A motorist was injured after a branch from one of several trees overhanging the Redditch Road hit his car at roughly 1pm on Monday 23/08/10.
Armed Robbery at Spar Convenience Store on Redditch Road
A man armed with a handgun robbed the Spar convenience store on Redditch Road at approximately 10pm on Friday 6th May 2011 (News Headlines 09/05/11).
Boy abducted on Pershore Road South
Two men forced a 16-year-old boy off a number 49 bus on the Pershore Road South at around 8pm on Thursday 07/10/10; they marched him to a cash machine and made him withdraw £250 (News Archive 23/10/10).
Listed Secular Buildings in Kings Norton Village
Old Grammar School
The Old Grammar School is on Kings Norton Green. The building, which stands on a stone plinth, dates from the early 1400's. It consists of a brick & stone ground floor and a half-timbered first floor. The porch on the advanced centre bay was added in the 1590's. The interior features 17th century Jacobean panelling and an Edwardian staircase.
The Old Grammar was a church school whose headmaster was also vicar of Kings Norton church. The most famous headmaster was Thomas Hall (1610-1665): an anti-Royalist Puritan who penned a pamphlet "on the loathsomeness of long hair". He accumulated an impressive library and helped several boys gain scholarships to Oxford.
Links: Secular Listed Buildings Thomas Hall Kings Norton Conservation Area
Saracens Head
The Saracen's Head, on Kings Norton Green, consists of two timber-framed merchants houses (circa 1500) which were converted into a pub in 1770; a brick facade was then added to the east range.
According to legend, Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I, stayed at the Saracens Head in 1643. The building became a church hall after the pub closed in 1930.
Links: Secular Listed Buildings Kings Norton Conservation Area
Kings Norton Village Conservation Area
The Kings Norton Village Conservation Area provides a traditional setting for Saint Nicholas' Church, the Village Green, the Old Grammar School and the Saracens Head. The mediaeval building lines have been retained and the village is screened from the surrounding urbanisation by Kings Norton Park.
Links: Kings Norton Village Conservation Area
Kings Norton Park
Kings Norton Park is a 25 acre green space, formerly open countryside, which was landscaped by the Birmingham Civic Society in the 1920's.
The park, which provides backdrop to St Nicholas' Church, features meadows, tree clusters, landscaped pathways, hard courts, playgrounds and formal gardens.
Bulls Head
The Bulls Head on the Green is a Sizzling pub that screens live sport and holds quiz, curry, poker, disco, brass band and live music nights.
The Green B38 8RU 0121 486 2810 Map
Pubs in Birmingham Sizzling Website
Navigation Inn
The Navigation Inn is a community pub with a beer garden on Wharf Road.
It is a short walk from the towpath of the Birmingham and Worcester Canal which runs through the neighbouring Lifford area.
The Navigation screens live sport and hosts fund-raising events and disco, karaoke and quiz nights.
1 Wharf Road B30 3LS 0121 458 1652 Map
Toby Carvery
The Toby Carvery is a pub and restaurant on Pershore Road South.
Pershore Road South B30 3JX 0121 433 3573 Map
Pubs in Birmingham Toby Carvery Website
Tower of Song
The Tower of Song on Pershore Road South is a bar, cafe, and a roots and acoustic live venue.
107 Pershore Road South B30 3JX 0121 486 1300 Map
Pubs in Birmingham Tower of Song Website
Bus Routes through Kings Norton
The following bus routes run through Kings Norton: 18, 38, 45, 47, 49, 84, 145, 146
Railways in Kings Norton Village
Kings Norton Railway Station
Kings Norton Railway Station on the Cross-City Line has two platforms, CCTV, a payphone, cycle hire and seated area. There is a 213-space car park, free for railway users, but no taxi rank; however, since the station is barely 200 metres from the intersection of Pershore Road (A441) and the Outer Circle, numerous bus routes pass nearby.
The station, which has an annual passenger footfall of 460,000, opened in 1849 and was rebuilt in 1978. Trains bound for New Street generally stop every 10 minutes in the daytime, every 20 minutes on Saturday and weekday evenings and every 30 minutes on Sunday.
Main Destinations: Stations to New Street, Sutton Coldfield, Four Oaks, Lichfield City, Lichfield Trent Valley, Longbridge and Redditch.
A man
was stabbed in the neck at Kings Norton Station at approximately 8.15pm on Thursday 03/06/10 (News Archive 04/06/10).Tel: 08457484950 Address: Pershore Road South B30 3EG
Links: Kings Norton National Rail Enquiries
Restaurants in Kings Norton Village
Toby Carvery
The Toby Carvery pub and restaurant is on Pershore Road South.
Pershore Road South B30 3JX
0121 433 3573 MapSchools in Kings Norton Village
Kings Norton Junior and Infant School
Kings Norton School on Pershore Road South is a community co-educational primary school attended by approximately 415 children aged between five and eleven.
Pershore Road South B30 3EU 0121 464 2606 Map
Secular State Primary Schools Kings Norton Primary Website
Health Services in Kings Norton
Grange Hill Surgery
41 Grange Hill Road B38 8RF - 0121 459 4481 -
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