At this time the name was frequently spelt as Harbourn. Railway from Birmingham in 1874 the village expanded considerably especially north of the High Street. Population rose to some 1500 by the middle of the century.īy 1850 lower-middle-class houses had been built in South Street, Bull Street and York Street, with many of the occupants working in central Birmingham. The population of Harborne increased steadily in the early 19th century but much more slowly than other suburban areas outside Birmingham's town boundary. String of houses at the western end of the High Street, with isolated hamlets at Camomile Green and Harts Green. Even so, in 1834 Harborne was still only a small The importance of Birmingham's ancient villages was recognised in 1969 when Harborne was designated in the City's second batch of conservation areas along with Kings Norton, Northfield andīy the end of the 18th century housing had spread away from the old village centre around the St Peter's Church and along Harborne High Street. Of the Hagley Road amalgamated with Birmingham in 1891 the Smethwick half remained outside the City to become a separate county borough in 1906. The northern half above the Hagley Road included Smethwick and became a civil parish in its own right in 1894. The ancient parish was an unusual shape akin to a figure of 8. ItĬame to refer to boundary marks, especially stones (See Warstock and Warstone.) and this may be its meaning here with 'clear stream', thus Harborne is by the 'dirty clear stream'? The first element in the name may, however, derive from the word har which originally meant 'grey' or 'grey with age', 'hoary'. However, there are problems in this translation. Its name apparently originates from Old English horu burna meaning 'dirty stream'. This place, which, from its proximity to Birmingham and the salubrity of the air, is the occasional resort of invalids from that town. The Topographical Dictionary of England of 1848 echoed the sentiment: lived to the age of 140, and the other to 120.Ĭharles Pye 1818 A Description of Modern Birmingham Harborne being situated upon very high ground, and the soil light, renders the air very salubrious instances of longevity being very numerous, particularly one couple, James Sands and his The district was also known for its healthy location: The Green Man throughout the 19th century up to the 1920s. Rural Harborne was long famous for growing gooseberries the Gooseberry Growers' Society annual dinner was held at ![]() ![]() Latter element with its medieval meaning of a small nucleated village centre. Even into the 19th century this was known as Harborne Town, the Harborne manor was one of scattered arable farms in the Middle Ages with a small village centre around the church and manor house.
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