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Encyclopedia > Wythall
Wythall Institute

Wythall is a town in the district of Bromsgrove, at the north-east corner of Worcestershire, England. It borders Solihull and Birmingham. Wythall's population is over 14,000. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... , Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... , Solihull (IPA: , or ) is a large town in the West Midlands in England with a population of 94,753. ... Birmingham (pron. ...


Wythall is around 6 miles South from Birmingham City Centre (a 20 minute train journey from Wythall station). It is very close to Hollywood, and the two are joined by the Alcester Road, which carries on North into Birmingham City centre. There are many 18th Century buildings on this road including the old Post Office and School building. The Wythall institute is still the home of the WI today. The boundary between Hollywood and Wythall is debated. Wythall is more rural in setting, has less amenities, although the local train station is situated there. Hollywood is seven miles south of the city of Birmingham, England, and is partly within the city boundary with the greater part being in Worcestershire. ... Hollywood is seven miles south of the city of Birmingham, England, and is partly within the city boundary with the greater part being in Worcestershire. ...


St Mary's Anglican Church has a roof and stair turret added by W. H. Bidlake.[1] St Agatha, Sparkbrook William Henry Bidlake (May 12, 1861 - April 6, 1938) was an English architect, a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham and Director of the School of Architecture at Birmingham School of Art from 1919 until 1924. ...


The only school within Wythall is Meadow Green Primary School. There was previously a Junior School situated on Silver Street, however between 1991-1992, an extension was built on Shawhurst Infant School (situated in Hollywood), and the School was reopened as The Coppice Primary School. The local secondary school, The Woodrush Community High and Sixth Form, has an Astroturf and playing fields backing on to The Coppice Primary School. It has been open since the 1950s. The Woodrush community high school has had a new head teacher in the past two years. ...


During World War II it was home to an R.A.F. base, the site is now occupied by The Transport Museum at Wythall which has a collection of buses and battery electric vehicles “RAF” redirects here. ... This article is about the form of transport. ...


Famous residents of Wythall include all members of Duran Duran and Jack Banner and Mr Adams


References

  1. ^ The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1968 p338

External links

  • Wythall Parish Council
  • Wythall History Society
  • Photographs of Wythall
  • Transport Museum, Wythall
  • grid reference SP084759

Coordinates: 52.38107° N 1.87802° W The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Thus whilst the origins of a local community at Wythall may now be traced back over 1100 years its real growth followed in the medieval period when peasant colonists began to bring its vast reserves of wood and waste into cultivation.
Wythall residents, thinking the battle was over, were surprised when the minister later proposed that 600 acres should be excluded from the green belt at Wythall for development by the city.
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BY CAR - Wythall is on the A435 Birmingham to Evesham road,near to the junction with the M42.
Wythall is served by buses from Birmingham (177/178/179 from Smallbrook Queensway) and Solihull (175 from Poplar Road), but not on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Wythall railway station is 25 minutes pleasant walk from the Museum.
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