Talk:Bearwood, West Midlands

The park mentioned is now called Warley Woods. This is still a special place in the area that has brought great pleasure to generations of locals lucky enough to have lived in proximity. The woods also has a rich history.

Historical Background The area now known as Warley Woods was originally part of the township of Warley Salop, itself part of the manor of Halas/ Hales at the time of the Norman conquest in 1066. The manor passed to David ap Owen, Prince of Wales in 1177 and his name was added to the name of the manor Hales-owen. In 1214 King John gave the manor of Halesowen to the Bishop of Winchester to found a religious house. The area of land, which was to become Warley Woods Park, was administered by Halesowen Abbey. In the medieval period the area of Warley Woods probably consisted of enclosed fields and woodland. You can see eroded traces of the medieval ridge and furrow within the Park today and from vertical aerial photographs taken quite recently. The area was administered from Warley Hall farm, which lay to the west of present day Harborne road. The Warley Hall estate probably came into existence after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1538. The Warley Hall estate is mentioned in documents during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Various documents record events in the lives of the Warley family throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Samuel Galton II who was born in 1753 followed his father into the family gun-making business and was also a Quaker. He married Lucy Barclay in 1777, and they moved to Barr Hall, Great Barr in 1782. They purchased the Warley Hall estate in 1792 and called in the celebrated landscape architect Humphry Repton. --Erebus555 (talk) 14:14, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Bearwood Hill - location
In several article I had seen a reference to Bearwood Hill but I had not found any specific location. I thought it was a reference to the gentle rise of Bearwood Road from Smethwick Council House. A local history expert has told me that Bearwood Hill was the name of what is now High Street from the COuncil House to Cape Hill. The junction with Waterloo Road and Windmill Lane being the far end. This local history expert has told me that there was a big fuss from local traders when the Council proposed the change of name to "High Street East", because of perceived negative connotations about the "East End". This was reported in a local paper, the Smethwick Telephone, and I hope to get an exact reference in due course. I may have to look up archives in Smethwick Library.

This road name and location reflects the much larger Bearwood area until about 1900 when the modern development of Smethwick and Birmingham led to different community affiliations. -- Robert of Ramsor (talk) 20:56, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Bears
This is all interesting, but surely there must have been bears in these woods in the distant past? Anyone know? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.226.49.228 (talk) 15:09, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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