OS Grid Reference: 52°30'N 1°50'W
A parish in the eastern suburbs of Birmingham. Charlie Hall, an actor who appeared in many Laurel & Hardy movies, was born in Ward End on 19 August 1899
| Ward End House, also known as the Park House, was home to the Marshall family (bankers in Ward End) until 1884, when the genealogist George William Marshall (born 1839) sold it to Frederick Gwyther, an electro-plate manufacturer. After Gwyther's death in 1891, his widow Charlotte Elizabeth lived in the house until 1895, selling the house and part of the land to Birmingham Corporation in 1903. In 1904 it was opened as Ward End Park. |
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| The pool in the Park, dug by unemployed men in the winter of 1908-9. |
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| Beaufort Cinema, 1931 |
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| Alum Rock Road, 1932 |
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| The Fox and Goose Hotel, circa 1905 |
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| The Fox and Goose in 2005 |
Associated Families: Stanier Whitehouse
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