Witton Lodge and Perry Common Road, 1880s
Surveyed 1880s; published 1884–1891 (first edition) · Witton Lodge, Perry Common, Short Heath and New Oscott
First-edition 25-inch map of the Perry Common and Witton Lodge ground, 1880s, before the Witton Lodge estate and 'the Ring'.
Farmland between Perry Common Road and Chester Road: Witton Lodge farm, a cricket ground and pavilion, Manorial Farm, Short Heath with the Golden Cross inn, the Birmingham Corporation pumping station and Upper Witton Reservoir (Witton Lakes), and New Oscott with the Greyhound Inn and the edge of Oscott College.
Notes
Commons 'Map of Birmingham and its Environs' sheet 069/06 (Staffordshire LXIX.6 / Warwickshire VIII.6 ground), dated 1884–1891. Pair with the 1937 revision of Warwickshire VIII.6 in this batch to see the Perry Common estate appear. Staffordshire and Warwickshire sheets overlap here because College Road was the county boundary.
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