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unusual facts about Holmwood, Redditch



Arthur Holmwood

Having himself become a vampire- which Newman justifies on the grounds that Holmwood was the most useless member of the group of hunters, contributing nothing to the effort beyond his connection to Lucy, and was therefore the most likely candidate to sell out-, he is now a top aide to the new Prime Minister, Lord Ruthven.

Bel Canto Singers

The Bel Canto Singers is an established choral society based in Redditch (near Birmingham), UK.

British Rail Class 323

It was intended for the units to be introduced on the newly electrified Cross-City Line from Redditch to Lichfield (via Birmingham New Street).

Dan Sealey

Prior to joining Ocean Colour Scene, Sealey was singer and rhythm guitarist in Late, a four-piece indie/rock band from Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire who were active between 1997 and 2001.

Duddeston railway station

Duddeston railway station is situated in the Duddeston area of Birmingham, England on the Redditch-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cross-City Line and the Walsall line.

Edward Betts

After his bankruptcy, Betts was forced to sell Preston Hall (to his friend, Thomas Brassey) and moved to The Holmwood, Bickley Park, near Bromley, Kent "... where he could still maintain a carriage." For the sake of his health he was sent by his doctors to Egypt in 1871 but he died the following year in Aswan.

Elcocks Brook

It lies South-west to Bentley and it lies South-east to the Redditch district of Webheath.

First Midlands

On 24 January 2013 FirstGroup announced that they were selling Kidderminster and Redditch depots to Rotala for £1.5 million.

Forge Mill Needle Museum

Site tours of National Needle Museum, Forge Mill and the neighbouring Bordesley Abbey can be arranged via the Redditch Local History Society.

Holmwood House

A second 'Holmwood' was constructed in 1885 for the wealthy mining magnate, benefactor and politician, William Austin Horn, at North Walkerville, Adelaide.

Holmwood railway station

Holmwood is the nearest station for walkers wishing to climb Leith Hill, the second highest point in southern England.

Holmwood, Redditch

Holmwood House in Redditch, Worcestershire, is a country house built for Canon Horace Newton of Glencripesdale Estate and Barrells Hall in 1893 by the famed Victorian architect Temple Lushington Moore, who was a vague relative of the Newton family.

In 1925 the house was sold to the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes before the town council run Redditch Development Corporation purchased the property, for the headquarters of its organisation turning Redditch into a "New Town".

Kingfisher Shopping Centre

These Mosaics are located in the part of the Kingfisher known as Milward Square, which was named in honour of Henry Milward & Sons aka Milwards Needles, Redditch's oldest and largest Needle manufacturer.

Other Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth

Also during his tenure, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built through Tardebigge (Tardebeck, Worcestershire) and good taxes were collected from the nailmakers of Redditch.

Redditch

Nigel Clarke from band Dodgy grew up in Redditch and went to The Leys High school, now Kingsley College

Selby Clewer

He was responsible for the design of Quinton Methodist Church in 1968, St. David's Church, Shenley Green which opened in 1970 and the Friends Meeting House in Redditch and the adjoining housing complex, built for the Redditch Friends Housing Trust.

Selly Oak railway station

Selly Oak railway station is a railway station in Selly Oak in Birmingham, England on the Cross-City Line between Redditch, Birmingham and Lichfield.

South Holmwood

Moor Cottage, South Holmwood, was the birthplace of the novelist E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961).


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