Erdington

Erdington constituency shown within Birmingham

Erdington is an area in north Birmingham, England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The formal district comprises the wards of Erdington, Tyburn, Stockland Green and Kingstanding, although most of Kingstanding ward lies outside the historical boundaries of Erdington.

Erdington was mentioned in the Domesday Book under the name Hardintone and for much of its history was part of the parish of neighbouring Aston. After a brief period as an urban district at the end of the 19th Century, it was absorbed into the growing city of Birmingham in 1911.

It was formerly home to the famous rock music venue, Mothers. The Spaghetti Junction is situated on the southern edge of the district. Erdington Library, was opened in 1907, as a Carnegie library.

Notable land marks include Fort Dunlop (Home of Dunlop Tyres), The Abbey Church on Sutton Road and one of the oldest public houses in Birmingham the Old Green Man on Bromford Lane (now known as the Lad In The Lane).

Erdington itself borders the traditionally working class areas of Aston, Perry Barr and Hodge Hill, and the afluent and spacious districts of Sutton Coldfield, Minworth, Castle Bromwich and Water Orton (North Warwickshire).

At the time of the 2001 Census there were 89,095 Yentonians, as residents of Erdington are known.

Erdington's most famous resident was Josiah Mason, the philanthropist whose bust now stands at the centre of the roundabout at the junction of Chester Road & Orphanage Road, so named for the institution he founded in 1860.

Birmingham Erdington is a constituency, its member of Parliament is Siôn Simon.

Erdington railway station is on the Birmingham Cross-City Line.

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