Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group

George Sacheverell Esquire of New Hall Sutton Coldfield had no children, so the will of this wealthy man, made in 1715 at the age of 82, disposes of his wealth and property mainly among the rest of his family. He leaves New Hall to “his lovi...

George Sacheverell Esquire of New Hall Sutton Coldfield made his last will and testament on May 5th 1715 at the age of 82. It is an unusual will, reflecting the strong views of this eccentric man. New Hall had been bought by George’s grandf...

The firm of solicitors at “Sadler House”, no. 46 High Street, is over two hundred years old. It has moved along the road from the original premises at no. 36, where three generations of Sadlers had their offices in the nineteenth centu...

The prehistoric inhabitants of England needed various products for their survival, one of which was salt. Packhorses carried salt from the production areas to places all over the country, following tracks that are now referred to as salt ways. The...

In the sixteenth century, when Bishop Vesey spent some of his money on improving Sutton Park, the park was seen in a practical light, how it could improve the living standards of Sutton folk, rather than as an ornament to the town. But as early as...

Warwickshire County Council was the education authority for Sutton Coldfield in the 1890s. In 1891 the County encouraged Sutton town council (to which most of the local management of education was delegated) to set up a Technical Education committ...

The earliest surviving sculpture in Sutton, and probably the most spectacular, is the effigy of Bishop Vesey on his tomb monument in the Parish Church. It is the only monumental effigy of a bishop in Warwickshire, and was probably sculpted from li...

At their meeting of 29th September 1943 the Corporation of Sutton decided on a rate for the next six months, and so that everyone would know that the notice was official it was resolved “that the Common Seal of the Council be affixed thereto...

Four Oaks Hall was the only house in Victorian Sutton Coldfield to have a full complement of servants - butler, housekeeper, cook, valet, footman, postillion, groom, ladies maids, laundry maids, housemaids, stillroom maid, dairymaid, scullery maid...