Birmingham Manor House

In the civil parish of Birmingham.
In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Birmingham, 1974 county of West Midlands).

No remains of moated manor house. Renn mentions a report of a grant of market at castle in 1166. PastScape lists it as C13. The Northern edge of the moat was revealed during developement of the new Bull Ring centre and pottery from the lower fills of the moat was dated to C12/C13.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP07448642

PastScape number; 329152

Books

Leather, Peter, 2001, A Brief History of Birmingham (Studley: Brewin Books) p9-10
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p445
Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p31
Salter, Mike, 1992, Castles and Moated Mansions of Warwickshire (Malvern) p19
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p486 [possible]
Skipp, Victor, 1980, A History of Greater Birmingham - down to 1830 (Birmingham) p25, 47
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Stephens, W.B. (ed), 196?, VCH Warwickshire Vol7
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Dugdale, William (2edn rev by Wm Thomas), 1730, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (London) Vol2 p897

Journal Articles

1978-9, Transactions of Birmingham and West Midlands Archaeological Society Vol89

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Birmingham Manor House

No remains of moated manor house. Renn mentions a report of a grant of market at castle in 1166. PastScape lists it as C13. The Northern edge of the moat was revealed during developement of the new Bull Ring centre and pottery from the lower fills of the moat was dated to C12/C13.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP07448642

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