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The hospital's origins in a new convalescent home established by the Crippled Childrens Union at The Woodlands in Northfield in order to treat children with deformities in 1909. [2] The building, dating from 1840, had been donated to the Crippled Childrens Union by George Cadbury, who then moved into Northfield Manor House later in 1909. [3]
Northfield Manor House is a Manor House, on Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, England. It was formerly known as Manor Farm, and under that name was home to George and Elizabeth Cadbury. On 30 July 2014, the building suffered extensive damage caused by a severe fire, confirmed as arson.
The shops in Northfield town centre run along what used to be the main A38 (Bristol Road South; the A38 proper now bypasses the town centre) and include Home Bargains, Aldi, B & M (opened March 2011), plus a Sainsbury's supermarket on the junction with Frankley Beeches Road (previously based in the Grosvenor shopping centre). There is also a ...
The crash happened just before 13:00 GMT at the junction of Bristol Road and Frankley Beeches Road in Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands Police said.
Two turnpike roads met at Northfield. The Birmingham and Worcester turnpike road which is now the Bristol Road (A38) and the Northfield to Wootton Wawen turnpike road which runs southwards down Church Hill, past Turves Green and West Heath until it joins the Alvechurch Road (A441).
The parish of St. Mary was from part of the parish of St. Laurence, Northfield in 1862.. St Mary's from the southeast, showing the south transept. The church is set back from the main Bristol Road and is approached from the south by a drive, ending at a lychgate at the entrance to the churchyard. [1]
In 1924, the Birmingham tram system was extended along the central reservation of the Bristol Road South to the new Rednal Terminus, with a branch to Rubery. The new line drew thousands of visitors from the city and all over the Black Country to Rednal and the Lickeys at weekends and on bank holidays. There are records of crowds as far back as ...
Bristol Road South, Northfield 52°24′17″N 1°58′43″W / 52.404845°N 1.978562°W / 52.404845; -1. The former police station was sold at auction and will be converted into offices on the ground floor and apartments above.