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29-588: Catherine-de-Barnes (known to locals as Catney ) is a small village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands . It is situated about 2.25 miles (3.6 km) east of Solihull town centre, in the civil parish of Hampton in Arden , and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Hampton village. Population as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Bickenhill . The National Exhibition Centre

58-517: A "fever hospital" was built in Henwood Lane as a joint operation of the Solihull and Meriden Councils for isolating patients with infectious diseases such as diphtheria , typhoid fever and smallpox . In 1978, Janet Parker , the last known victim of smallpox in the world, died here. The hospital closed in the mid 1980s and in 1987 was converted to residential use. Catherine-de-Barnes was split between

87-474: A 'miry or muddy' or soily hill. The parish church was built on a hill of stiff red marl , which turned to sticky mud in wet weather. Solihull was an ancient parish , covering the town itself and adjoining rural areas, including Shirley . Solihull was made the centre of a poor law union in 1836, covering eleven parishes: Baddesley Clinton , Balsall , Barston , Elmdon , Knowle , Lapworth , Nuthurst , Packwood , Solihull, Tanworth and Yardley . Yardley

116-835: A charter in 1954 making Solihull into a Municipal Borough ; ten years later it was given the status of County Borough . Reorganisation of boundaries and council responsibilities in 1974 created the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull by the merger of the Solihull County Borough and most of the Meriden Rural District , which forms the main rural part of the borough and county. It included Balsall Common, Barston, Berkswell, Bickenhill, Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Elmdon, Fordbridge, Hampton in Arden, Hockley Heath, Kingshurst, Knowle, Marston Green, Meriden, Olton, Smiths Wood, Solihull, Shirley and Temple Balsall. In 1986

145-552: Is 3.25 miles (5 km) to the northeast of the village and Birmingham Airport lies 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north. Its name originates from Ketelberne, the man who owned it after the Norman Conquest in 1066. However it is mainly a later settlement probably dating from the building of the Grand Union Canal there and the present St Catherine's church, now a village hall, was built by Joseph Gillott in 1879. In 1907,

174-465: Is a metropolitan borough in West Midlands county, England. It is named after its largest town, Solihull , from which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) and is one of seven boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region . Much of the large residential population in the north of the borough centres on

203-472: Is based at Parkside, at the corner of Market Street and Stourbridge Road. The building was formerly the Parkside School, built in 1912. The school moved to a new building in 2008. The old building was subsequently converted and extended to become the council's headquarters, as well as an area office for Worcestershire County Council and new library for the town, opening in 2015. When first created in 1974

232-704: Is named after its only town, Bromsgrove , where its council is based, but also includes several villages and surrounding rural areas. It borders the built-up area of Birmingham to the north. Other places in the district include Alvechurch , Aston Fields , Belbroughton , Catshill , Clent , Hagley , Rubery , Stoke Prior and Wythall . The population at the 2021 census was 99,475. The neighbouring districts are Redditch , Wychavon , Wyre Forest , South Staffordshire , Dudley , Birmingham , Solihull and Stratford-on-Avon . The town of Bromsgrove had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1846, who were replaced by an elected local board in 1859, which in turn

261-399: Is the local station for the district's centre, but there are several others within the district. Road travel, especially to Birmingham, is also important in the district. Barnt Green railway station and Alvechurch railway station are on the line to Redditch . Hagley railway station and Wythall railway station are also on lines leading into Birmingham, which pass through the edges of

290-539: The Meriden Gap (after the village of Meriden ) which serves as a green belt separating the Birmingham conurbation from the city of Coventry. Parts of Solihull neighbour the suburbs of Minworth and Hall Green . Parts also lie close to (but not contiguous with) the town of Coleshill and city of Coventry . Elections to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of

319-472: The 2023 election , being run by an administration comprising the Conservatives and most of the independents , led by Conservative councillor Karen May. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing councils before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1974 political control of the council has been as follows: The leaders of

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348-569: The A45 to the National Exhibition Centre , Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International station all of which are just 3 miles to the north. The main bus route through the village (from 28 August 2022) Stagecoach 82 which operates hourly Mon-Sat between Coventry and Solihull . [REDACTED] Media related to Catherine-de-Barnes at Wikimedia Commons Metropolitan Borough of Solihull The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

377-602: The Local Government Act 1894 . The 1894 Act split districts which straddled county boundaries, and so Yardley became a separate rural district (which was later absorbed into Birmingham in 1911), whilst the Warwickshire parishes from the Solihull poor law union became the Solihull Rural District. The 1894 Act also created parish councils for rural parishes , including Solihull. The Solihull Rural District and

406-478: The unparished area of Solihull and the Hampton in Arden civil parish until 2019, when it became a ward of Hampton in Arden, to which the part in the unparished area was transferred. The main road passing through the village is the east-west B4102 Hampton Lane/Solihull Road from Solihull to Hampton in Arden. The north-south B4438 Catherine de Barnes Lane starts 250m east of the village, leading past Bickenhill , over

435-453: The 51 seats on the council being elected at each election. Since the 2011 election The Conservative Party has had a majority on the council. At the 2015 election to the council, the following members were returned: For election purposes the council is divided up into the following wards based on civil parishes . Each ward is represented by three councillors: The constituent parts of the borough's coat of arms are: A stylised version of

464-552: The Solihull Parish Council were abolished in 1932. A new urban district of Solihull was created; the parishes of Solihull, Elmdon, Knowle, Nuthurst, Packwood and Sheldon were abolished and most of their combined area became the new urban district, subject to various adjustments to the boundaries with neighbouring parishes. The parts of the old Solihull Rural District not included were added to neighbouring rural districts. Expansion continued and Queen Elizabeth II granted

493-633: The Solihull borough effectively became a unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. It remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes , and for functions such as police, fire and public transport. There is some support to return the borough to Warwickshire for ceremonial purposes, as was the case when the County of Avon was abolished and Bath was returned to Somerset. There were also complaints that Solihull

522-407: The airport to the nearby Birmingham International railway station . Around three-quarters of the borough is greenbelt and a large proportion of that is worked farmland. The borough shares its boundaries with Birmingham to the west and north, Coventry to the east, Warwickshire to both the north and south and Worcestershire to the south west. The borough contains a sizeable rural area known as

551-512: The borough include: There is a longer list in the article for Solihull town. The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Solihull. 52°24′32″N 1°46′51″W  /  52.40880°N 1.78092°W  / 52.40880; -1.78092 Bromsgrove District Bromsgrove is a local government district in north-east Worcestershire , England . It

580-503: The coat of arms can be seen on the top left of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's website pages, and the official, heraldic version appears on a dedicated page on the same site – external links below. Solihull is regarded as having one of the strongest subregional economies in the West Midlands, with a significantly higher nominal GVA per capita and Silhillians enjoying considerably higher disposable income rates than both regional and UK averages. Analysis also shows Solihull as having

609-658: The communities of Castle Bromwich , Kingshurst , Marston Green and Smith's Wood as well as the towns of Chelmsley Wood and Fordbridge . In the south are the towns of Shirley and Solihull, as well as the large villages of Knowle , Dorridge , Meriden and Balsall Common . Since 2011, Solihull has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham , Bromsgrove , Cannock Chase , East Staffordshire , Lichfield , Redditch , Tamworth and Wyre Forest . Solihull probably derived its name from

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638-702: The council since 1995 have been: Following the 2023 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in June 2024, the composition of the council was: Seven of the independent councillors sit together as the "2023 Independents" group, which forms the council's administration with the Conservatives. The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2015 the council has comprised 31 councillors representing 30 wards , with each ward electing one councillor except Belbroughton and Romsley ward which elects two. Elections are held every four years. The council

667-585: The council had inherited offices at St John's Court (then known as the Council House) from Bromsgrove Urban District Council and at 94 Birmingham Road from Bromsgrove Rural District Council. The council subsequently moved to a modern office building on Burcot Lane, also called the Council House, which was formally opened in 1986. It remained there until the move to Parkside in 2015. The Burcot Lane building has since been demolished. Bromsgrove railway station

696-463: The district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government for their areas. Bromsgrove forms part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership . Since 2008 the council has developed shared working arrangements with neighbouring Redditch Borough Council , with the two organisations sharing a chief executive, management team and other staff. The council has been under no overall control since

725-572: The district. Bromsgrove is situated on Route 5 and 46 of the National Cycle Network . This gives cyclists easy access to Droitwich , Redditch , Birmingham and beyond. Most of the district's area is covered by civil parishes, the exceptions being two separate parts of the pre-1974 Bromsgrove Urban District which have not since been added to parishes: one covering the main part of the Bromsgrove built-up area, and another around Rubery on

754-683: The lowest (and fastest falling) claimant count for Jobseeker's Allowance in the region. The current Flybe airline maintains its head office on the second floor of Diamond House on the property of Birmingham Airport . This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Solihull at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling. ^1 includes hunting and forestry ^2 includes energy and construction ^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured ^4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding Localities in

783-467: Was converted into an urban district council in 1894. The modern district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the area of two former districts, which were both abolished at the same time: The new district was named Bromsgrove after its largest settlement. Bromsgrove District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Worcestershire County Council . Much of

812-544: Was in Worcestershire and the rest of the parishes were in Warwickshire . Such poor law unions formed the basis for later local government areas. In 1872 poor law unions also became rural sanitary districts for the parts of their areas without urban authorities; there were no urban authorities in the Solihull union. In 1894 rural sanitary districts were converted into rural districts with their own elected councils under

841-594: Was not involved in the design of the Warwickshire flag in 2016. The borough is bordered by the M6 and the M40 and split by the M42 which divides the urban centre of the borough from the rural south and east. The borough's transport links have led to a number of established large businesses being based in the borough, such as Land Rover , the National Exhibition Centre and Birmingham Airport . A short automatic light transport system links

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