Birmingham's streets, roads and lanes are an absorbing aspect of our
history. They call out to us about long dead landowners, notable figures
from the history of England, Brummies long forgotten, farms that have
been swept away by the outpouring of our city, remarkable physical
features, distant battles, intriguing foreign places and mysterious
happenings. Such names almost demand of us that we ask questions of
them. Why is Conybere Street so called? Where is the Fashoda that is
highlighted in a Stirchley road? How did AB Row gain its name? For what
reason are the Adderleys brought to mind in Saltley? Did people wash
themselves in Bath Row? Were cherries once picked in Cherry Street? And
where were Fisherman's Hut Lane, Noah's Ark Passage, Devil's Tooth
Hollow Yard and The Froggery. In this deeply researched book, Carl Chinn
looks at scores of street names, bringing to life their meaning and
those people who belonged to them. Carl Chinn MBE is Director of the
BirminghamLives multimedia project at South Birmingham College,
Professor of Community History at The University of Birmingham, a
broadcaster with BBC WM and a columnist with the Birmingham Evening
Mail.The Streets of Brum: Part One is his 21st book.
