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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). Since 1953 it has elected a succession of female MPs.
The Edgbaston ward is currently represented by two Conservative Councillors; Deirdre Alden (1999-), and Matt Bennett (2015-). The ward of Edgbaston forms part of the Parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston along with Bartley Green , Harborne , and Quinton , which has been represented by Labour Party MP Preet Gill since 2017 .
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.
The land was donated by the Gillott Trustees and the building was started when the foundation stone was laid on 3 July 1915 by George Beech [2] and erected to designs by the architect Edwin Francis Reynolds and was completed in 1917.
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"]
It is owned by the University of Birmingham. The house was built as a family home for the Nettlefold family in 1904. The 7 acres (28,000 m 2 ) garden is a rare surviving example of an early 20th-century high status suburban "villa" garden, [ 1 ] inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement .
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