Talk:Kings Norton
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Maybe it would be useful to add some stuff about Kings Norton in the Civil War? For example: the skirmish on the village green between Lord Willoughby's parliamentarians and Prince Rupert's troops is of interest. (17th October 1642)
Also, the story about Queen Henrietta Maria staying there (maybe in the Saracen's Head) while the army she'd raised in Yorkshire camped on land behind the church (Camp Lane gets its name from this).
The Old Grammar School and the Saracen's Head are mentioned in the main Birmingham article, but not here!
The Mop Fair could be worth a mention: held from the 16th century.
- Go right ahead! Andy Mabbett 15:31, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
OK, I've added a little bit for the moment. I'll add some more later if this is OK :-)
--Amortize 14:26, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I've added a little on the church. The spelling of St Nicolas really is correct! --Amortize 15:45, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I've got a couple of photos of the Old Grammar School and the Saracen's Head. I've taken them myself, so would there be any problem adding them? --Amortize 09:01, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I have changed the opening paragraph as Kings Norton is now in the district of Northfield - this administrative change occured in June 2006. Also added reference to the Urban District Council --Duncan 20:15, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
This page is looking very messy - its really just a single block of text. I propose that its restructured to make it read more easily, along the lines of the Moseley article. Does anyone object? Duncan 18:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Major reorder (phase I) done. Hope people like it! To the marching band folk - I've put your link into the text... Duncan 11:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Correct spelling please..........
Please can we lovers of King's Norton get the spelling right. It is named after the King's Norton; it therefore was something that belonged to the King. So please its King's not Kings!! Brumman19 21:47, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
- There is no apostrophe in Kings Norton, per [1] [2] [3] [4]. This article explains the history of the spelling and the dropping of the apostrophe from current usage. Cheers, DWaterson 23:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Local organisations section
This needs to be merged with another section in the article, otherwise it will start becoming an exhaustive list of non-notable groups in the Kings Norton area. It is difficult enough to work out the importance of the organisations already listed. - Erebus555 (talk) 16:24, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
