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Kingshurst Hall was a large country manor house surrounded by a moat, built around 1390 by Sir William Montfort, son of Sir Baldwin Montfort. Kingshurst took on an independent existence from Coleshill with the arrival of the Mountfords.
Coleshill Manor then passed to this branch of Sir Simon de Montford who moated the manor houses at Coleshill and Kingshurst. King Henry VII granted Coleshill Manor and its lands to Simon Digby in 1496 following the execution and forfeiture of Sir Simon de Montford for supporting the rebellion of Perkin Warbeck. The (Wingfield-Digby) family ...
Sir Simon Montford (died c. 30 January 1495 [1]) was an English Lord of several manors who was executed for treason. [2]Simon Montford was the son and heir of Sir Baldwin Montfort, Knt, of Coleshill Manor, Warwickshire (1410 – c. 1458) by his spouse Joan, daughter of Sir Richard Vernon, Speaker of the House of Commons.
[2] [3] Burtons Farm once stood on the junction of Burtons Way and Windward Way and was part of the estates of Coleshill Manor and Kingshurst Hall in Warwickshire. Bosworth Wood Farm was located on Auckland Drive. Smith's Wood Boys Football Club, was established in 1970.
Simon Digby (died 1519 [1] [2]) was lord of Coleshill, in Warwickshire, England. He was the second son of Sir Everard Digby , Lord of Tilton and Drystoke in the County of Rutland . [ 1 ] Sir Everard and four of his sons were killed at the 1461 Battle of Towton , [ 1 ] a part of the Wars of the Roses .
During World War I, much of the woodland between Shard End and Kingshurst had been cut down to help with the war effort. The Birmingham and District Association of Boy Scouts were able to buy a patch of land at a bargain price and set up a permanent camp there. This land was halfway between Kingshurst and Shard End. It was called Yorkswood and ...
Babbs Mill Lake, sometimes called Kingshurst Lake, is a man-made lake in the Kingfisher Country Park in Kingshurst, Solihull in England. The lake was created as a balancing feature in times of flooding from the nearby River Cole .
Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst (previously CTC Kingshurst Academy) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Kingshurst, Solihull, England. It was the only City Technology College to offer post-16 students the opportunity to study the International Baccalaureate instead of A-levels .