UK Genealogy Archives logo
DISCLOSURE: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we may receive a commission.

Acocks Green, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Acock's Green, an ecclesiastical parish in Yardley parish, Worcestershire, 4 miles E of Birmingham, of which it is practically a suburb. It was constituted in 1867, and has a station on the G.W.R., 125 miles from London, and a post office under Birmingham. The Church of St Mary's, in the Gothic style, was erected in 1866 at a cost of nearly £5000, and the nave, completed in 1882, cost an additional £3000. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £200. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. Population, 2874.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

Online maps of Acocks Green are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictBirmingham
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtB27
Post TownBirmingham

Advertisement

Advertisement