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Monument lane licky hills

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Astonian

gone but not forgotten
Hi guys
as we have had a request preiously regarding monument lane ,s disapeareance
yesterday afternoon i was driving up through the licky hills and i noticed a monument lane
so there must have been two monument lanes
can any body show any light on this lane regarding the history
was this not part of the lord austin estate from the 1800s which i beleive that part of the city is known as i knew a printer in pershore rd whom told me he lived on the lord austin estate
meaning the houss was built up there
can anybody furbish any info; on this please ;
have a nice day every body astonian
 
I think the Monument Lane at Lickey was part of the estate that was bought by the Earl of Plymouth in 1682. The estate was owned by the family for 250 years. Monument Lane was named after a monument was built there in 1834 to commemorate The 6th Earl of Plymouth. The Earl of Plymouths home was Hewell Grange at Tardebigge, near Redditch, but his estate consisted of land at Longbrigde, Rednal, Cofton and the Lickey Hills. Hewell Grange is now a prison.
Lord Austins house was Lickey Grange on the Old Birmingham Road - not far from Monument Lane. After Lord Austin died in 1941 it became a School for the Blind. I think it had about 25 to 30 acres of land with it. Lickey Grange was eventually split into apartments and the land had new houses built on it forming a luxury housing estate.
Lickey Grange was a beautiful estate - I think it is a great shame the National Trust didn't buy it to turn it into a museum.
 
Hi pollypops ;
good morning to you ; many thanks for your information of history of monument lane licky hills ;
when i get the chance i must take myself up those hills and that lane in the near future
beleive me or not ; i have to say i have never been up those hills in my life but always promised myself to do so
i never knew that estate went that far and yes i have to agree with you as to the trust not buying the estate afer all it is heritage
and history of birmingham after lord austin did create history for brum in one wa or another or shape or form
if only to say when he sacked the whole work force at longbridge all those years ago and employed another thousand workers to do the job of making the early motor cars
thanks pollypops for giving abit of history on the estate to me ;have your self a good day best wishes astonion
 
I remember the Lickey Grange and the blind people on Sundays at the lickey park, I am very sad that this like so much else in Birmingham has been redeveloped.
paul
 
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