Yardley Church End

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Yardley Church End, by John Morris Jones

This booklet by John Morris Jones dates from 1980. It is reproduced with the permission of his widow. Some text editing has been done, but almost no updating. It is a valuable detailed resource on the area north of the Coventry Road.

Introduction
Preface
Geology and natural vegetation, and relief and drainage
The foundation of Yardley, and Boundaries
Old names, and old roads
Norman to medieval times, and St. Edburgha's church
Owners of Yardley
Old buildings
Open fields, and Tudor and Stuart times
The river Cole
Georgian times
The nineteenth century
Churches and schools
The twentieth century
Thirty-five years, and Principal sources
Maps

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