Was reading a Birmingham Uni thesis about Sutton Chase (Hodder, 1988) and discovered this about the area.
On Yates's Staffordshire map of 1775 below, Perry Barr Common contained two buildings: Warren Farm and Kingstanding Lodge (see orange dots). Both were associated with rabbit warren management. Conies (or rabbits) were deliberately managed in the 17th century and artificial warrens may have been constructed around the area. The use of 'warren' in local names suggests it was an especially important activity. Warrening would have continued until the early 1800s.
Kingstanding Lodge marked on the Yates' map was a brick-built cottage built on Kingstanding Warren. The Lodge and Warren House were built in 1780, the Lodge being demolished in 1930 when Birmingham City Corporation bought up the land for housing development. Viv.
On Yates's Staffordshire map of 1775 below, Perry Barr Common contained two buildings: Warren Farm and Kingstanding Lodge (see orange dots). Both were associated with rabbit warren management. Conies (or rabbits) were deliberately managed in the 17th century and artificial warrens may have been constructed around the area. The use of 'warren' in local names suggests it was an especially important activity. Warrening would have continued until the early 1800s.
Kingstanding Lodge marked on the Yates' map was a brick-built cottage built on Kingstanding Warren. The Lodge and Warren House were built in 1780, the Lodge being demolished in 1930 when Birmingham City Corporation bought up the land for housing development. Viv.
