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Minworth
Minworth is a village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, Minworth consists of three hamlets Wiggins Hill, Peddimore and The Greaves and the Hurst Green estate. Minworth lies within the City of Birmingham district on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward and borders the North Warwickshire district, some 4.5 miles southeast of Sutton Coldfield town centre.
Minworth is the centre of England and Wales. The exact centre point is at the grid reference; SP 15322 93007.
The village is immediately adjacent to the housing estate of Castle Vale, the Sutton suburb of Walmley and the Warwickshire village of Curdworth. The River Tame runs through the south of the area. Minworth has close transport links to the M6, M6 Toll and M42 motorways, while the closest rail station is nearby Water Orton railway station in Water Orton, Warwickshire.
Minworth's name probably came from Mynna's Estate. Minworth and Curdworth both originated in the 6th or 7th centuries, being established by Angle settlers, and are historically associated with the Arden family (William Shakespeare's maternal relations). Peddimore Hall is a double-moated farmstead and can be associated with the Ardens from 1298 until 1659. The present farmhouse can be dated to the 16th century.
Minworth was originally a hamlet in the parish of Curdworth in the hundred of Hemlingford. In 1866 Minworth became a separate civil parish, Minworth became part of the Castle Bromwich Rural District of Warwickshire from 1894 to 1912, then becoming part of the Meriden Rural District. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished, with the populated parts being split between Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham and an area of unpopulated land going to Castle Bromwich parish. In 1921 the parish had a population of 977.
When excavations were undertaken for Minworth sewage works, evidence of the Pleistocene period was found here, including the fossilised bones of a mammoth which walked this way one million years ago.
In Minworth's North Fields, a scatter of Mesolithic flints was found dating from around 6000 BC. These were mainly small cutting tools or waste from flint tool production here on a site that would have been the temporary hunting settlement of a small tribe of nomadic Stone Age people, stretching from north Wishaw to North Minworth.
There was still a settlement in the Minworth during the Bronze Age, though its exact location is unknown. A burnt mound has been investigated on Hurst Brook south of Wishaw Lane. One of over two dozen in the Birmingham area, their precise purpose can only be guessed. The mound is formed from a collection of heat-shattered stones which must have taken many years to accumulate, suggesting a long period of settlement. It is thought that they may represent some form of sauna, and possibly served a religious function, but solid evidence is not forthcoming.
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Minworth
Minworth is a village situated in the civil parish of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, Minworth consists of three hamlets Wiggins Hill, Peddimore and The Greaves and the Hurst Green estate. Minworth lies within the City of Birmingham district on its northeastern outer fringe, where it forms part of the Sutton Walmley and Minworth electoral ward and borders the North Warwickshire district, some 4.5 miles southeast of Sutton Coldfield town centre.
Minworth is the centre of England and Wales. The exact centre point is at the grid reference; SP 15322 93007.
The village is immediately adjacent to the housing estate of Castle Vale, the Sutton suburb of Walmley and the Warwickshire village of Curdworth. The River Tame runs through the south of the area. Minworth has close transport links to the M6, M6 Toll and M42 motorways, while the closest rail station is nearby Water Orton railway station in Water Orton, Warwickshire.
Minworth's name probably came from Mynna's Estate. Minworth and Curdworth both originated in the 6th or 7th centuries, being established by Angle settlers, and are historically associated with the Arden family (William Shakespeare's maternal relations). Peddimore Hall is a double-moated farmstead and can be associated with the Ardens from 1298 until 1659. The present farmhouse can be dated to the 16th century.
Minworth was originally a hamlet in the parish of Curdworth in the hundred of Hemlingford. In 1866 Minworth became a separate civil parish, Minworth became part of the Castle Bromwich Rural District of Warwickshire from 1894 to 1912, then becoming part of the Meriden Rural District. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished, with the populated parts being split between Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham and an area of unpopulated land going to Castle Bromwich parish. In 1921 the parish had a population of 977.
When excavations were undertaken for Minworth sewage works, evidence of the Pleistocene period was found here, including the fossilised bones of a mammoth which walked this way one million years ago.
In Minworth's North Fields, a scatter of Mesolithic flints was found dating from around 6000 BC. These were mainly small cutting tools or waste from flint tool production here on a site that would have been the temporary hunting settlement of a small tribe of nomadic Stone Age people, stretching from north Wishaw to North Minworth.
There was still a settlement in the Minworth during the Bronze Age, though its exact location is unknown. A burnt mound has been investigated on Hurst Brook south of Wishaw Lane. One of over two dozen in the Birmingham area, their precise purpose can only be guessed. The mound is formed from a collection of heat-shattered stones which must have taken many years to accumulate, suggesting a long period of settlement. It is thought that they may represent some form of sauna, and possibly served a religious function, but solid evidence is not forthcoming.