NORTHFIELD, a village and a parish in Kings-Norton district, Worcester. The village stands 1¾ mile W of Kings-Norton r. station, 2½ S of the boundary with Stafford, and 6 W by S of Birmingham; and has a post-office under Birmingham. The parish is divided into the yields of Selly, Hay, Shendley, and Bartley; and is traversed by the Birmingham and Gloucester railway, and by the Birmingham and Worcester and the Netherton canals. Acres, 5, 951. Rated property, £14, 112. Pop. in 1851, 2, 460; in 1861, 3, 130. Houses, 637. The property is much subdivided. Weoley Castle belonged to the Botetourts, the Berkeleys, and the Jervoises; and is now a ruin. The land in the E is flat, but in the W is hilly. Nail-making is carried on; and there are chemical works and freestone quarries. The living is a rectory, with the chapelries of-Bartley-Green and Cofton-Hackett, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £1, 170.* Patrons, the Rev. J. T. Fenwick and others. The church is good, and has a memorial window to Dr. J. Johnstone. The p. curacy of Selly-Oakis a separate benefice. There are two Wesleyan chapels, àn endowed school with £13 a year, and charities £5.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))