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Visitors to Winterbourne also enjoy access to Edgbaston Pool, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The planting follows Arts and Crafts principles, with colour-themed borders influenced by Gertrude Jekyll. Winterbourne originally incorporated a small farm; the dairy house and coach house now serve as the gift shop and second-hand bookshop.
In 1846, Elizabeth Brady founded a school in Edgbaston for the daughters of Quakers in 1846 and this ran for 21 years. [1]This school was founded in 1876 making it the oldest girls' secondary school open to the public in Birmingham.
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.
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The Grade II listed church [1] is medieval, but was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. [2] The chancel, chapels and north arcade were added in 1885 by J. A. Chatwin, who is buried in the churchyard.
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.
This is a list of notable independent schools in England that are currently operating. It includes independent schools with heads who are members of both organisations and of others. It includes independent schools with heads who are members of both organisations and of others.
Official website; The Foundation of King Edward the Sixth in Birmingham; Historic England. "The Chapel (1343402)". National Heritage List for England. King Edward's School - Charles Barry's Building (1838–1936), New Street, Birmingham; Robert Darleston King Edward's School Birmingham 1951–1959