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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ward End like this:
WARD-END, a chapelry in Aston parish, Warwick; near Castle-Bromwich and Erdington r. stations, 3½ miles NE of Birmingham. Post town, Birmingham. Acres, 1,075. Pop., 405. W.-E. Hall is the seat of W. Hutton, Esq. There are extensive wire mills. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £70. Patron, the Vicar of Aston. The church was rebuilt in 1835.
Ward End is now part of BIRMINGHAM District. Click here for graphs and data of how BIRMINGHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ward End itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ward End, in Birmingham and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24286
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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