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Perry Hill Quinton

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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Does anyone know where Perry Hill was please? Was it near Perry Barr, Perry Hall ? This 1792 trade card mentions a nursery at Perry Hill. Viv.

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Vivienne,

according to my 1954 Bartholomew, Perry Hill is or was a very short road off the Hagley Road opposite Edenhall Road in Quinton. There is/was also a Perry Hill Road and a Perry Hill Crescent. I'd never heard of any of them (!), but not an area I'm all that familiar with.

That's a beautiful trade-card, by the way. They don't do 'em like that any more.

G
 
i agree G a lovely old trade card..think what we need is to find a very old map as i feel sure there must have been an area called perry hill...will see what i can find out tonight when i have more time..also try to find out some info on brunton forbes and hunter high st birmingham..would imagine this to be the high st in the city centre

lyn
 
Very close to Oldbury/Quinton there is a Perry Hill School and a Perry Hill Tavern.
 
Great advert Pedro. Think this nursery would probably have been on a very large piece of land. If Mr Bruton or Mr Forbes are 'informing nobility' the tree plant specimens are likely to have been well established ones. People in that position would most probably have wanted a quick fix garden and would have ordered well established trees and shrubs. Landscaping on a serious scale I expect. Sounds like a very knowledge able horticultural business. Vv.
 
As you come from M5 towards Quinton and come under the bridge onto the Hagley Road you veer off to the left and Perry Hill road is there.
 
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