Thanks Viv.The fruit looks very healthy Janice.
Apparently there as a windmill on the fields years back seen in David Cox's notebook.View attachment 122902
The stream is most likely the one which feeds Sarehole Mill (water driven). It goes through Moseley Bog to Sarehole.
The mill on the fields is believed to have been a "post mill". That is the wooden top part could be turned so it could best use the wind.
That is great story about King Arthur! I really enjoy that history, too bad it was ploughed out.Some history about Richard Grevis' windmill that Morturn mentioned in the above post earlier on this thread. It was linked to Moseley Hall. And there was possibly an Iron Age enclosure somewhere on the site (later ploughed out) From the Bill Dargues site.
There seems to have been visible evidence of an earthwork on what is now Wake Green playing field between Yardley Wood Road and Windermere Road. Possibly an Iron Age enclosure, it survived until the 1820s when it was ploughed out. There was a local legend that King Alfred made his headquarters here before locally defeating the Vikings. While this is possible, it is more likely an imaginative antiquarian invention.
This may be David Cox's Wake Green windmill
Also on the playing fields on a site to the rear of Adrian Croft, Wake Green Windmill was recorded in 1664 as belonging to Richard Grevis of Moseley Hall. It is known to have been leased in 1766 by John Allen from John Taylor of Moseley Hall. It had been demolished by 1834. This windmill is one of the few Birmingham windmills whose appearance is known: a sketch exists drawn by Birmingham water-colourist, David Cox in 1819.
That is great story about King Arthur! I really enjoy that history, too bad it was ploughed out.Some history about Richard Grevis' windmill that Morturn mentioned in the above post earlier on this thread. It was linked to Moseley Hall. And there was possibly an Iron Age enclosure somewhere on the site (later ploughed out) From the Bill Dargues site.
There seems to have been visible evidence of an earthwork on what is now Wake Green playing field between Yardley Wood Road and Windermere Road. Possibly an Iron Age enclosure, it survived until the 1820s when it was ploughed out. There was a local legend that King Alfred made his headquarters here before locally defeating the Vikings. While this is possible, it is more likely an imaginative antiquarian invention.
This may be David Cox's Wake Green windmill
Also on the playing fields on a site to the rear of Adrian Croft, Wake Green Windmill was recorded in 1664 as belonging to Richard Grevis of Moseley Hall. It is known to have been leased in 1766 by John Allen from John Taylor of Moseley Hall. It had been demolished by 1834. This windmill is one of the few Birmingham windmills whose appearance is known: a sketch exists drawn by Birmingham water-colourist, David Cox in 1819.
That is great story about King Arthur! I really enjoy that history, too bad it was ploughed out.Some history about Richard Grevis' windmill that Morturn mentioned in the above post earlier on this thread. It was linked to Moseley Hall. And there was possibly an Iron Age enclosure somewhere on the site (later ploughed out) From the Bill Dargues site.
There seems to have been visible evidence of an earthwork on what is now Wake Green playing field between Yardley Wood Road and Windermere Road. Possibly an Iron Age enclosure, it survived until the 1820s when it was ploughed out. There was a local legend that King Alfred made his headquarters here before locally defeating the Vikings. While this is possible, it is more likely an imaginative antiquarian invention.
This may be David Cox's Wake Green windmill
Also on the playing fields on a site to the rear of Adrian Croft, Wake Green Windmill was recorded in 1664 as belonging to Richard Grevis of Moseley Hall. It is known to have been leased in 1766 by John Allen from John Taylor of Moseley Hall. It had been demolished by 1834. This windmill is one of the few Birmingham windmills whose appearance is known: a sketch exists drawn by Birmingham water-colourist, David Cox in 1819.