King's Norton, Old Saracen's Head And Church 1949
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Photo ref: K83007
Photo of King's Norton, Old Saracen's Head And Church 1949

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The village church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is Norman in origin and was partially rebuilt during the 13th century.Within a few decades the church was extended; the west tower with its octagonal spire is 15th- century. The clerestory was added in the 17th century and the north aisle remodelled in the 1870s.

A Selection of Memories from King's Norton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from King's Norton

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I was born in 42 Lindsworth Road in 1960, our house backed onto a cricket pitch which was owned by a local resident who kept it beautifully maintained and at the end of the cricket pitch was the canal or the 'cut' as we used to call it back then. It was a wonderful place to grow up in, vast fields and miles of canal was paradise to us kids. The hours we spend playing along the canal, fishing for ...see more