Grade II* listedMaryvale, Old Oscott
The Grade II* listed house on Old Oscott Hill that was St John Henry Newman’s first home as a Catholic — he named it Maryvale in 1846. A home of Catholic worship and learning for more than three hundred years.
Andy Mabbett, 2016 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nature reserveQueslett Nature Reserve
Woodland, wildflowers and a lake in an old sand quarry off Queslett Road — on the land of Booth’s Farm, where a notorious forger was arrested in 1812. Home of Frylan Rock.
Martin Richard Phelan, 2022 · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Roman roadIcknield Street
The Roman road from Wall to Metchley ran along the line of Kingstanding Road, past the King’s Standing mound and Romans Field.
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, revised 1901 · Out of copyright
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Lost lane and hamletHolly Lane
The old lane under southern Kingstanding Road, with its smithy, Beech Tree Cottages, post office and the inn that was both Greyhound and Hare & Hounds.
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, revised 1901 · Out of copyright
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Lost farmBooth’s Farm and William Booth
William Booth forged banknotes at Booth’s Farm until a raid in March 1812; his hanging took three attempts. The farmhouse stood until 1974 and its footings survive.
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, revised 1901 · Out of copyright
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Grade II listedYew Tree Cottages, Booths Lane
A pair of stuccoed cottages on Booths Lane, probably late 17th century and split into two homes in the early 1800s — a rare survivor of old Queslett, listed Grade II.
Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Looking after these places. These pages tell the story of Kingstanding’s places. To see what Kingstanding Together is doing for them, visit Kingstanding Green Spaces and Heritage & Conservation.
The Kingstanding we’ve lost
Not everything survived. The Woolworths on Hawthorn Road, shops and pubs that anchored the parades, corners of the old estate remade over ninety years — much of it lives now only in memory and family photographs. Gathering it before it’s gone for good is exactly what this group is for, so the Odeon isn’t the only piece of Kingstanding we manage to save.
Roy Hughes · CC BY-SA 2.0History sourced from Historic England’s listing and scheduling records, the Birmingham history research of Bill Dargue, and Wikipedia. Photographs are used under Creative Commons licences and credited to their photographers — full details on our photo credits page.