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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.
Birmingham Edgbaston is a constituency, [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Preet Gill, a Labour Co-op MP. [ n 2 ] The most high-profile MP for the constituency was former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940).
As Edgbaston's population grew, the Church of England responded by building new churches and St. George's Church, Edgbaston, was consecrated in 1838 and St James's in 1852. In 1864, Joseph Gillott, the wealthy pen manufacturer, who was then resident in Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, discussed with J. A. Chatwin the location for a new church.
John Thackray Bunce, editor of the Birmingham Daily Post; J. A. Chatwin, architect; William Haywood, (ashes) architect and urban designer, and first Secretary of The Birmingham Civic Society; John Pixell, poet, priest and composer. [Joseph Henry Shorthouse, 1834–1903, the author of "John Inglesant"]
Birmingham Edgbaston BC: 71,787 8,368 Preet Gill ‡ Ashvir Sangha † Birmingham Erdington BC: 77,463 7,019 Paulette Hamilton ‡ Jack Brookes ¤ Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley BC: 76,936 5,656 Tahir Ali ‡ Shakeel Afsar ¥ Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North BC: 77,737 1,566 Liam Byrne ‡ James Giles ♣ Birmingham Ladywood BC ...
The 1940 Birmingham Edgbaston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston on 18 December 1940. The seat had become vacant when Neville Chamberlain, the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had died from stomach cancer on 9 November.
Edgbaston ward is a local government district, one of 40 wards that make up Birmingham City Council. Edgbaston lies to the south west of Birmingham city centre and is home to the University of Birmingham and the Queen Elizabeth hospital. The ward population at the 2011 census was 24,426. [2]
Birmingham (/ ˈ b ɜːr m ɪ ŋ ə m / ... Edgbaston was the scene of the highest ever score by a batsman in first-class cricket, when Brian Lara scored 501 not out ...