Local History 15
Lickey Rock
On a map dated 1936 the field on the left hand side going down was allotments.
49 Lickey Rock
Photograph copyright Mike Dodman 2019
This house was previously a nailer's cottage built in 1815.
Beaumont Lawns & Merrill Gardens
Before the land was used for housing it was being used as a riding school, but previous to that was originally part of Cottage Farm
84 Staple Flat
Photograph Sue Hughes 23 May 2019
George Brookes a Bromsgrove green grocer, ran this property as a market garden with tomatoes & cucumbers in greenhouses. The large greenhouses were built by Mr Bateman in 1946/7 and are still standing (just!)
Roundhill Allotments - Staple Flat
We have been told that in the 1880s this site was farmland. The above OS map from 1904 shows it was allotments and still a very active allotment site.