Deritend

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Deritend is an historic area of Birmingham, England.

Deritend was a rare crossing point of the River Rea before Birmingham was of any significance. When Peter de Bermingham obtained a charter for a market around 1156 the area to the west of the crossing, Digbeth and beyond, grew into what is now Birmingham. Deritend (in the past called Der-yat-end, possibly Deer Gate End) was across the river towards Warwick in the parish of Aston.

The Old Crown, 1368 (claimed, but likely much later), is a Grade II* listed inn. The National Express Digbeth Coach Station, the main coach station in Birmingham, and the Custard Factory are also in Deritend.

[edit] Sources

• St Martin's in the Bull Ring – a story of seven centuries, Rev Philip Crowe, 1975

[edit] Further reading

• The 'Old Crown' Inn at Deritend, Birmingham 1368-1995?, Michael J Thompson, 1994, ISBN 0-9523854-0-6
• Memorials of Old Birmingham - Traditions of The Old Crown House in Der-Yat-End in the Lordship of Birmingham, Toulmin Smith, 1863, published by Henry Wright, Temple Buildings, New Street, 1863