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Aston Manor was a local government district of Warwickshire, England in what is now northern Birmingham, in the West Midlands, from the 19th century to 1911, when it was added to Birmingham. The Aston Manor Local Board of Health was formed in 1869, from part of the ancient parish of Aston.
Until December 2011 the museum occupied the former Birmingham Corporation Tramways Witton Tram Depot, in the Aston district of Birmingham, run by a registered charity. [1] Buses at the Aston Manor Transport Museum. The museum hosted the 40th birthday party of Charles, Prince of Wales, [2] on 14 November 1988, when he formally opened the museum.
Aston, as Aston Manor, was governed by a Local Board from 1869 and was created as an Urban District Council in 1903 before being absorbed in the expansion of the County Borough of Birmingham in 1911, [4] and a further part, Saltley was added in 1911.
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4 January 1904 (): commence tramway at Aston Road North; 1 January 1907 (): took over some City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd routes, (CBTC was a British Electric Traction controlled company) – the majority of the company's routes having been owned by Birmingham Corporation from their inception.
There is a well-established network of bus routes through Erdington with connections to Birmingham city centre and Sutton Coldfield, the majority of which are operated by National Express West Midlands. In the southern area of the district is the Birmingham Fazeley Canal which helped develop that area as a major employment sector.
Bus routes operated by the National Express West Midlands Perry Barr bus garage in the area include Nos 11A, 11C, 33, 46, 51, 54, 68A, 68C, 907, 907A, 934, 937, 937A (evenings and Sundays), 952, 997, and 997E (towards Pheasey). [16] [17] The A4040 and A34 roads cross at Perry Barr, the former carrying the Birmingham Outer Circle bus routes.