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Edgbaston Reservoir, originally known as Rotton Park Reservoir and referred to in some early maps as Rock Pool Reservoir, [1] is a canal feeder reservoir in Birmingham, England, [2] [3] maintained by the Canal & River Trust. [4] It is situated close to Birmingham City Centre and is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. [5]
The Tower Ballroom was an attraction in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, which opened to the public in March 1876 and closed permanently in 2017, [1] [2] it was demolished in 2022 [3] with the site remaining vacant as of 2024. [4] It was located beside Edgbaston Reservoir.
The Grade II listed [1] Birmingham Waterworks Tower at Edgbaston Waterworks was designed by John Henry Chamberlain and built in 1870. There is no connection to the nearby Edgbaston Reservoir, built to feed local canals, a hundred years previously. By 1873 the total quantity supplied was around 3,000 million imperial gallons (14,000,000 m 3) per ...
The 15th century Old Crown, originally the hall of the Guild of St John, Deritend, is the sole surviving secular building of the medieval town.. Although place-name evidence indicates that Birmingham was established by the early 7th century, [3] the exact location of the Anglo-Saxon settlement is uncertain and no known trace of it survives. [4]
A new 36 hole course opened at Cannon Hill Park in 2014 [116] Nature Centre Sign: Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park, Pershore Road, Edgbaston: 1990 () Sheila Carter and Family Sculpture: Wrought iron, egg-shell black finish and gold leaf highlights
The first recorded use of the name was in 1275. [2] A 1307 document refers to "Parc de Rotton juxta [near] Birmingham". [2] In 1826, Thomas Telford built Edgbaston Reservoir, then known as Rotton Park Reservoir, by damming a small stream.
The site is adjacent to Winterbourne Botanic Garden and Edgbaston Golf Course and close to the University of Birmingham. Access can be gained when visiting Winterbourne Botanic Garden - admission charges apply. The pool's bird life has been recorded since at least the 1860s [1] and has included hooded crow, nightingale, nightjar and hawfinch. [1]
Edgbaston means "village of a man called Ecgbald", from the Old English personal name + tun "farm". The personal name Ecgbald means "bold sword" (literally "bold edge"). The name was recorded as a village known as Celboldistane in the Hundred of Coleshill in the 1086 Domesday Book [3] until at least 1139, wrongly suggesting that Old English stān "stone, rock" is the final element of the name.