comprehensive redevelopment Areas ,

[Astonian]

Plans were drawn up for five comprehensive redevelopment areas these were,,
Parts of Aston and Nechells ,,, this. Was to be named Nechells Green, but the name didn't,t catch on,
The Summer lane area,,, this became New town,
Ladywood ,, this was the only one of the five areas to retain its name due to it being pleasant sounding name with rich Historical association
The Bath Row ,,, This became Lee Bank, the names Church hill Rise or Great Chamberlain were rejected in favour of Lee Bank
The Gooch Street Area,, this became known as Highgate,
The Names Calthorpe, Forest Island , Silver. Vale, Reabourne and Belgravia were rejected
Astonian,,,,,,,

 

[wam]

When was this? Lee Bank has been called that since the 60s at least and Highgate is a lot bigger than just Gooch St. At one point there was a large part of Edgbaston called Calthorpe Park Estate that used to be part of the old Calthorpe Estate but the name seems to have fallen in to disuse.

 

[3Es]

Highgate was a large area known as such on the 1905 OS maps, so quite a lot older, probably as far back as the building of Highgate House c1790. Highgate Park was opened in 1876.

New Town Row also dates from around 1790-1800, and the new housing alongside in the 19th century was known as New Town.

Nechells Green was indeed the name adopted for part of the redevelopment following a competition in the 1950s if I recall. The name is in fact much older, I think first being used for the area between Vauxhall and Aston before it became industrialised.

Lee Bank was adopted in the 1960s for the Bath Row Redevelopment Area, although the name had been around for a long time in Lee Crescent and Lee Bank Road which came from one of the land owners around the 1700s