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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Kings Norton like this:
Kings Norton.-- town and par. with ry. sta., Worcestershire, in NE. of co., 5½ miles S. of Birmingham, 12,132 ac., pop. 34,071; P.O., T.O.; the Birmingham and Worcester Canal here passes through a tunnel 16 ft. wide, 18 ft. high, and nearly 2 miles long; there are extensive paper mills, rolling mills, a large screw factory, and well-known chocolate works.
Kings Norton is now part of BROMSGROVE District. Click here for graphs and data of how BROMSGROVE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kings Norton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kings Norton, in Bromsgrove and Worcestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/977
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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