57-838: Quinton may also refer to: Places [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] Quinton, Birmingham , a western suburb and Birmingham City Council ward Quinton, Northamptonshire , a village and civil parish Quinton, Warwickshire , a civil parish containing Lower Quinton and Upper Quinton (formerly in Gloucestershire) United States [ edit ] Quinton, Alabama Quinton Township, New Jersey Quinton (CDP), New Jersey Quinton, Oklahoma Quinton, Virginia Elsewhere [ edit ] Quinton, Saskatchewan , Canada Quinton Point , Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica Other uses [ edit ] Quinton (name) , surname and
114-511: A commune in France Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Quinton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quinton&oldid=1172964687 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
171-769: A former pupil of Woodgate Primary School, who became the English Ladies Amateur Golf Champion in May 2005 and won the BBC Midlands Sports Woman of the Year Award. Bartley Green F.C. were a successful football club based in the ward and past members of the Midland Combination Premier Division. There are at least five amateur football teams in the area; Bartley Revolution FC, Bartley Green Blades, Angels F.C., Bartley Green Falcons and
228-609: A masculine given name. Quinton (musical instrument) , 18th-century bowed musical instrument Quinton Township School District , a public school district in Salem County, New Jersey, US Quinton House School , Upton, Northampton, England Quinton, a Modron character in Dungeons and Dragons See also [ edit ] Middle Quinton , a proposed eco-town in Warwickshire, England Quentin (disambiguation) Quintin ,
285-584: A mother and son who perished on 18 October 1940 when a newsagents on Court Oak Road was hit. Three houses in Wolverhampton Road South were ruined and several more damaged in the same raid. Overall, Quinton was not greatly affected by bombing compared to some areas of Birmingham and the Black Country . Quinton is covered by the B32 postal district . The northern boundary of Quinton is the southern side of
342-486: A parish until 1912. The main benefit for Quinton Parish Council was connection to an extended Birmingham drainage and sewerage network. For Birmingham Corporation the attraction was the prospect of developing farmland for housing. A tree was planted by Birmingham's Lord Mayor in Quinton Recreation Ground to commemorate the centenary. Quinton became, with the rest of Birmingham, part of the metropolitan county of
399-407: A population density of 2,880 people per km . Bartley Green has an area of 7.8 km / 885.6 hectares. The ward had a female proportion of 52.7%, above the city average of 51.6% and the national average of 51.3%. The male population represented 47.3% of the population total. 26.6% (6,260) of the ward's population represent ethnic minorities, compared with 51.3% for Birmingham. 15.4% of the population
456-602: A reservoir for drinking water, is used by Bartley Sailing Club and nearby schools and clubs for sailing and canoeing. Bartley Green has been part of the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency since 1997, having previously been in the neighbouring Birmingham Northfield Constituency. Since its inclusion, the Labour Party have held the seat in every general election, which is currently represented by Labour MP Preet Gill since June 2017, and previously by Gisela Stuart who held
513-426: A separate civil parish , in 1894 the parish was renamed from "Ridgacre" to "Quinton". On 1 April 1912 the parish was abolished and merged with Birmingham. In 1911 the parish had a population of 1120. Quinton developed along the turnpiked Kidderminster and Birmingham road. Data from the 1881 census shows working in agriculture and the building trades to be the top two male occupations whereas for working women it
570-517: Is 226 metres (741 ft) above sea level at the original village centre on High Street. The land drops away to the south and east to a low of 154 metres (505 ft) at the Bourn Brook by West Boulevard. The top of the spire of the ( Church of England ) Christ Church is the highest point of any building in Birmingham. The escarpment a little to the west forms part of the national watershed, dividing
627-506: Is a residential suburban area and electoral ward in Birmingham , England, 5 miles (8 km) south west of the city centre. The ward is part of the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency and is represented in parliament by Labour Co-operative MP Preet Gill . Bartley Green was first noted in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Berchelai . This means either the birch tree wood or the clearing in
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#1732837226566684-672: Is car parking off Highfield Lane. Transport infrastructure The 1.25 miles (2 km) long A456 Quinton Expressway links Quinton to the M5 motorway at junction 3 via a short underpass. The A456 continues as Hagley Road West towards Birmingham city centre. The A458 to Halesowen via Mucklow Hill begins at the Quinton traffic island. A short section of the A4123 , enters Quinton as Wolverhampton Road South and bears east along Court Oak Road towards Harborne. West Boulevard used to terminate at Quinton Road West but
741-608: Is currently represented on Birmingham City Council by Labour Co-op Councillors Sam Forsyth & Lauren Rainbow. The ward of Quinton forms part of Birmingham Edgbaston constituency along with Bartley Green , Edgbaston , Harborne and North Edgbaston, which has been represented by Labour Co-operative MP Preet Gill since 2017 . Quinton has one secondary school, Four Dwellings Academy and four primary schools; Quinton Church Primary, World's End Junior, Woodhouse Primary Academy and Four Dwellings Primary Academy. Quinton Church Primary School's roots go back to 1846, six years after
798-471: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Quinton, Birmingham Quinton is a suburb and ward of Birmingham , in the county of the West Midlands , England, 5 miles (8 km) west of the city centre. Formerly part of Halesowen parish, Quinton became part of Birmingham in 1909. Quinton was a village and the surrounding area was farmland until
855-516: The West Midlands on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 . Although a First World War Zeppelin flew over Quinton on 31 January 1916, its bombing target was Halesowen and no bombs were dropped on the parish. Quinton remained in character a village rather than a suburb until large-scale private housing development of the 1930s. Factory developments were not planned for the area because of objections by residents of Edgbaston to
912-399: The 1930s when the first housing estates were developed. Most of the farmland had been built on by 1980 but some countryside remains in the form of Woodgate Valley Country Park . Along with Bartley Green , Harborne and Edgbaston , Quinton is within the Birmingham Edgbaston constituency . The name of Quinton is thought to derive from Cweningtun , meaning the queen's settlement. Quinton
969-743: The A456/A458 Hagley Road West between Balden Road and the M5 motorway ; the northern side is Brandhall in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell . The M5 forms the western boundary down to junction 3, and separates Quinton from the town of Halesowen in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley . The Bourn Brook in Woodgate Valley Country Park is the southern boundary and divides Quinton from Woodgate, South Woodgate and Bartley Green . Balden Road, Tennal Lane and West Boulevard (B4121) form
1026-585: The Birmingham Enumeration Districts with the highest proportion of the population dependent on income support. Around half of the pupils at the school live in the Bartley Green ward, and 22.9% live in the Weoley and Longbridge wards. All of these wards have urban deprivation scores considerably above the Birmingham average, which itself is far higher than the national average." Hillcrest School
1083-615: The Kings Highway public house. Quinton Cemetery covering 51 acres (21 ha) opened in 1923 and although in Halesowen is owned and maintained by Birmingham City Council. The office and Registrar’s house were built in 1936. The Reel Cinema, again just over the border in Halesowen, opened in 1939 as the Danilo. It was renamed the Essoldo in 1954 and upon becoming multi-screened in 1973 was known as
1140-574: The M5 motorway and the A456 Quinton Expressway. Access from Woodgate Valley Country Park is via a pelican crossing on the Expressway. 18 acres (7 ha) of the meadows were lost in the early 2000s following the construction of Quinton Business Park. Quinton Recreation Ground next to the M5 is accessed from Meadow Road and Powell Avenue. Highfield Farm Recreation Ground has a children's play area, multi-sports pitch and exercise equipment. There
1197-550: The Quinton Classic. Quinton Art Festival was established in 2001 and takes place annually at the Methodist Church hall over three days in May. There are up to 300 paintings and drawings on display along with craft stalls, flower displays and art demonstrations, plus a Friday evening concert. The Early English styled Christ Church is of red sandstone and was built at a cost of £2,500 in 1840. The "Old Burial Ground" at
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#17328372265661254-530: The Rea Valley Colts. Bartley Green Leisure Centre is the local leisure centre. The Judo club based in Bartley Green meets at the nearby Shenley Court Community Leisure Centre in Northfield . Woodgate Valley Country Park is a 450-acre (1.8 km ) park on the cusp of Bartley Green and Quinton , and features a city farm and café. Bartley Green National School opened in 1840 as a Sunday school . The site
1311-637: The birch trees (from the Old English "beorc leah"). Bartley Green was in the possession of the manor of Weoley . Bartley Green was again mentioned in 1657, however, this time it was under its current name. Most of the land occupied by Bartley Reservoir was in the parish of Northfield , Birmingham, originally in Worcestershire . It was transferred to Warwickshire when Northfield became part of Birmingham in November 1911. Bartley Green became more built up after
1368-465: The border in Halesowen was built by William Jackson of Langley Green to a design by Selby Clewer and opened on 3 February 1968. The building replaced one on College Road opened in 1888 that was demolished to make way for the M5 motorway. Ridgacre Methodist Church on World's End Lane opened in May 1951. The Catholic parish of Our Lady of Fatima is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. The Parish Hall
1425-450: The building was set to be sold off, however in October 2023 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner , Simon Foster announced the station is to be reopened in 2024. The main supermarkets are Tesco on the corner of Ridgacre Lane and Ridgacre Road built in 2007 on the site of Birmingham Corporation's Quinton bus depot and Asda on Hagley Road West which opened in October 2011 on the site of
1482-570: The catchment areas of the River Severn and the River Trent . Housing The area is almost entirely residential, though there are typical small local service businesses. An office park, accessed from the Quinton Expressway, has been built on part of Quinton Meadows. The original Quinton village in the area around Christ Church on Hagley Road West is of largely Victorian terraced houses. On
1539-400: The city and 18.4% for the country. 60.1% of the population was of a working age, above the city average at 59.8% and below the national average of 61.5%. The largest age group was 25–44 at 27.3%. 10.2% of the population is unemployed, of which 36.5% are in long term unemployment. 18.1% of the Bartley Green working population worked in the manufacturing sector. The largest employer organisation in
1596-408: The consecration of Christ Church . Pitts Wood, a small ancient woodland designated as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation adjoins Woodhouse Primary Academy and is used by the school for environmental education. Quinton Library on the corner of Overdale Road and Ridgacre Road opened on 2 June 1974. Adjoining the library is Quinborne Community Centre whose roots go back to 1938 at
1653-562: The corner of Ridgacre Road West and High Street stands the Nailer's Cottage, apparently 18th century, but whose lower walls may date back to the 16th century. It is the oldest dwelling in Quinton. The village spread south in the 1970s with the Chichester Drive housing development. Much of the Ridgacre estate consists of medium-sized, private semi-detached houses from the 1930s and 1940s. Many of
1710-450: The eastern boundary, however, the ward boundary extends further east to Lordswood Road in the B17 postcode area of Harborne . Quinton covers an area of 4.8 square kilometres (2 sq mi) though its boundaries have since expanded slightly. Eastern parts were formerly known as Ridgacre, with Quinton or "The Quinton" being the area now around the church. Elevation Quinton's highest point
1767-581: The end of the Second World War in 1945, with a mix of private and council housing being built. The Athol Farm council estate was a notable development by the city council during the 1960s, and included five tower blocks; however all of these have now been demolished. However, the south-west end of the reservoir overlapped into the parish of Frankley , in Worcestershire ( Hereford and Worcester , from 1974). In April 1995, part of Frankley (including
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1824-482: The end of the church drive, next to Quinton Church Primary School was opened in 1898. Half of the site was for members of the Church of England and half for other residents of the parish; each administered separately. In the 1950s the grounds became overgrown and by the 1980s were in effect closed. Since 2006 the area has been restored and maintained. St Boniface , Church of England on Quinton Road West, consecrated in 1959,
1881-624: The former Edgbaston Golf Clubhouse. Quinborne is an amalgam of Quinton and Harborne. The centre includes a stage and indoor sports facility, Bennett Hall, built in 1958 from funds donated by the late Lord Peter Bennett . The community association offers academic, activity and social classes. There is also a pre-school nursery and youth club. The area is served by three post offices: Quinton post office on Hagley Road West in Quinton village, Faraday Avenue post office on Worlds End Lane and West Boulevard post office on Court Oak Road. Quinton police station on Quinton Road West had permanently closed and
1938-513: The head of each of the V-shaped cul-de-sacs that project into Woodgate Valley is a four-storey block of flats. Parks and open spaces The northern part of Woodgate Valley Country Park down to the Bourn Brook lies in Quinton. Woodland and shrubs planted in the late 1980s predominate, but there are also some smaller areas of open meadow. Quinton Meadows Local Nature Reserve comprises 25 acres (10 ha) of grassland and woodland sandwiched between
1995-706: The joint founders of Primitive Methodism , Hugh Bourne . Hoosen Close is named after the college's only headmaster. The college closed in 1928 and the buildings were used from 1931 as a residential home for elderly men, known as Quinton Hall. The hall was demolished in 1978. Quinton with its population of 1,100 and area of 838 acres (339 ha) was incorporated into the county borough of Birmingham, in Warwickshire , on 9 November 1909. Quinton residents voted by 180 out of 224 to join with Birmingham rather than remain in Halesowen Rural District though it remained
2052-618: The local community since 1944. The Christadelphian Hall on Ridgacre Road dates from 1938. National Express West Midlands buses serve the area. Buses from Birmingham city centre to Stourbridge (service no. 9), Wolverhampton (X8) and Gornal Wood (X10) all stop along Hagley Road West. Service no. 24 Birmingham – Woodgate Valley North stops on Court Oak Road, Ridgacre Road, Ridgacre Lane, Highfield Lane, Simmons Drive and Quinton Road West. Services also run to Dudley and Q.E. Hospital (service no. 19), West Bromwich (54) and Longbridge (55 – operated by Kevs Cars and Coaches). Service 55
2109-463: The party. Labour candidates had won the ward on several occasions in the 1980s and early 1990s but never held all three seats at once. The most recent election in which it was won by Labour was in 1995. Councillor John Lines was Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 2012/13. The ward has adopted a Ward Support Officer, with the current holder of the status being Tina Willetts. The United Kingdom Census 2021 found that 22,670 people lived in Bartley Green with
2166-487: The possibility of fumes being blown over by the wind and so Quinton was not a prime bombing target for the German Luftwaffe. On 17 July 1941, all six crew of a Royal Air Force, World War Two, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Z6476) bomber died when their plane crashed in Quinton after striking a barrage balloon cable on a training flight from RAF Abingdon . The only fatalities from German bombs that fell on Quinton were
2223-497: The pupils transferred to Woodgate County Primary School. There are eight primary schools located within the Bartley Green ward. As part of the Bartley Green Action Plan, all primary schools were given golf facilities. Woodgate Junior and Infant School, Kitwell Junior and Infant School, St. Michael's C.E. Junior and Infant School and St. Peter's R.C. School all had golf courses constructed within their school grounds for
2280-541: The pupils. Bartley Green School was granted technology status in 2000 and has 848 pupils on roll. 61% of pupils are boys and 12.3% of pupils come from ethnic minorities. Half of these pupils from ethnic minorities are from the Black Caribbean ethnic group. A survey conducted by the Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research in 1998, concluded that "52.4% of pupils at Bartley Green School live in 40% of
2337-475: The roads are tree-lined. Construction of the estate was halted during World War II . In the 1950s, council houses typical of the period were built. Further council housing was built south of Quinton Road West along Simmons Drive in the 1970s, encroaching into the Woodgate Valley. Most of the housing is two storey terraces but there are some three storey townhouses all of which originally had integral garages. At
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2394-471: The school was again reorganised for infant children only. It closed in 1954 on the opening of St. Michael's C.E. Primary School. The last headteacher of the primary school, Lily C. Treadwell, was transferred to St. Michael's C.E. Primary School to become its first headteacher. Bartley Green Council School opened in 1914 replacing Woodgate Council School. It was reorganised in 1931 for Senior Mixed and again in 1951 for Junior Mixed. The school closed in 1953 when
2451-424: The seat since 1997, replacing Conservative Dame Jill Knight in the year of Tony Blair 's landslide victory. Edgbaston has had a female Member of Parliament since 1953, longer than any other UK constituency. Bartley Green has been a safe Conservative ward at Birmingham City Council level in recent years, with all three serving Councillors – John Lines, Vivienne Barton and Bruce Lines (son of John) – representing
2508-425: The south-west part of Bartley Reservoir) was transferred to Birmingham and became part of the West Midlands county. The parish church is St. Michael and All Angels. Located to the east is the Weoley ward, to the south is Frankley and to the west is the county of Worcestershire as well as Halesowen and Illey, part of Dudley MBC. To the north is Quinton and Woodgate Valley Country Park . Bartley Reservoir ,
2565-432: The ward are occupied, resulting in an average of 2.3 people living in each house. This is below the city average of 2.5 and the national average of 2.4. 49.9% of the occupied households are occupied by the owner, below the city average of 60.4%. 37.3% of the occupied households are rented from Birmingham City Council, above the city average of 19.4%. 394 households were stated as being vacant. The most common form of housing in
2622-438: The ward is terraced housing, with 35% of all houses being terraced. 32.6% of houses were stated as being semi-detached. A high proportion of the housing stock in the ward was constructed after 1945 (98.8%) compared with a city average of 67.4%. Much of the housing is now in poor condition. The ward currently ranks in the top 7% in terms of deprivation on Government indices. 16.9% were of a pensionable age, compared with 16.7% for
2679-541: The ward was identified by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce as Birmingham Accord Ltd., a construction firm that employs approximately 600 people. Bartley Reservoir is the place where Bill Oddie did a lot of his early birdwatching, and features in his books (notably Bill Oddie's Gone Birding ) and television programmes. His first ever published article, for the West Midland Bird Club 's annual report,
2736-608: Was about the birds of the reservoir. Kelli Dayton (also known as Kelli Ali) is a female vocalist most recognised for being the lead singer for the trip-hop group Sneaker Pimps, grew up in Bartley Green. Jane Bunford , the tallest person ever to have lived in the United Kingdom, who reached a height of 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m), lived in Bartley Green until her death at her home on 1 April 1922. Her hair measured 8 feet 1 inch (2.46 m). Bartley Green has produced sportsmen and women including Fliss Johnson,
2793-428: Was born outside the United Kingdom. The White ethnic group was the largest at 72.4%. Black was the second largest at 10%. 50.2% of the population stated themselves as Christian, down from 73.5% in 2001. 40% stated they were of no religion. 98.8% of the population lived in households, above the city and national averages of 98.3% and 98.2% respectively. 1.2% lived in communal establishments. A total of 11,160 households in
2850-482: Was built in Higgins Lane in 1952 and served as a dual purpose building for both church and social activities. The present church was built next to the hall, and was consecrated on 7 October 1978 by His Grace, George Patrick Dwyer , Archbishop of Birmingham. Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School is on Winchfield Drive, Harborne. Quinton Evangelical Free Church on World's End Lane and Ridgacre Road has served
2907-604: Was designed by the architectural partnership of Bromilow, While & Smeaton who also designed St John the Baptist's Church, Longbridge . It is within the Diocese of Birmingham. The church building of brick has a clerestory with dormer windows as part of a steeply pitched roof. The gabled west front is surmounted by an octagonal, louvred, copper-roofed bell turret. The altar by architect, W H Bidlake came from St Stephen's, Newtown Row . Quinton Methodist Church on Ridgeway Avenue just over
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#17328372265662964-525: Was domestic service and nail making. Prior to the construction of the M5 motorway, Quinton's north western boundary extended over 250 metres (820 ft) to the west. Where is now the Chantry Drive housing development there formerly stood the Primitive Methodist, Bourne College in its 19 acres (7.7 ha) of grounds. The college, a boarding school for boys, was built in 1882 and named after one of
3021-592: Was extended in August 1986 across the Woodgate Valley and reclassified as the B4121. No railway lines or canals pass through Quinton. The 2021 Population Census recorded that 21,377 people were living in Quinton, down from 23,084 in 2001. 40% (8,548) of the ward's population consisted of ethnic minorities (up from 14.5% in 2001), compared with 51.3% for Birmingham. 46.8% of the population of Quinton stated Christianity as their religion in 2021, down from 71.7% in 2001. Quinton ward
3078-454: Was formerly a chapelry in the ancient parish of Halesowen and was largely owned in medieval times by the wealthy abbey at Lapal near Halesowen . In the 1840s, when called The Quinton , mention was made of two small coal mines in the area and that the inhabitants were employed in nail manufacturing. It formed, with most of Halesowen parish, a detached part of Shropshire , until moving to Worcestershire in 1844 . In 1866 Ridgacre became
3135-502: Was opened as Bartley Green Grammar School for Girls on 7 September 1954. The sixth form was set up around the end of the 1950s. The school was renamed Hillcrest School in September 1983 and dropped its grammar school status. During an uncertain period, it faced closure during the 1980s. However, it remained open following a campaign by the school and has since become one of the most successful schools in Birmingham. Boys were allowed to join
3192-685: Was previously numbered 39 and starts from outside the Tesco store built on the site of Quinton bus garage. Quinton is home to three amateur football teams, Quinton Monarch, Quinton Magpies and Quinton Rangers, all three play in the Warley and District Football League. A healthy local rivalry has been built up over several years with the Monarch significantly more successful. Quinton was fictionalised as "Tilton" by Francis Brett Young in his 1931 novel Mr & Mrs Pennington . Bartley Green Bartley Green
3249-399: Was subsequently enlarged and the school rebuilt in 1871. By 1872, there were two departments for mixed and infant children. A new infants school opened in 1881 on a site to the north of the church. The school was reorganised in 1931 into a single department for junior mixed and infant children aged 5 – 9½ years. Children aged 9½ and over were transferred to Bartley Green Council School. In 1951,
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