IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Beech Farm Croft, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2LG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Beech Farm Croft, B31 2LG by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (33 Images Found)
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The Great Stone in the Village Pound, Northfield
Two plaques in the Pound read as follows:
The Village Pound. Probably 17th Century.
The glacial erratic boulder was formed in a volcanic eruption during the Ordovician period, 450-460 million years ago. During the ice age possibly up to 400,000 years ago, it was carried by an ice sheet from the Snowdon area of North Wales and deposited with many others around Northfield when the area was a frozen wasteland. For generations it lay at the corner of Church Road and Church Hill where it protected the Inn wall. This boulder was moved by Birmingham City Council to this site in 1954 for road safety reasons.
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 29 Apr 2018
0.04 miles
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The old Village Pound in Northfield
Thought to be 17th century in origin, and Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101343382-village-pound-northfield-ward#.XyLaqChKjcs & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1343382 in 1952. Traditionally pounds like this were used for coralling stray animals at a time when the area was much more rural, until such time as their owners could reclaim them; nowadays it's mainly preventing a large rock Image from wandering too far afield.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Jan 2020
0.04 miles
3
The Great Stone boulder
Located for safekeeping inside Image in the 1950s, this glacial erratic is described on the blue notice as "formed in an explosive volcanic eruption during the Ordovician period, 450-460 million years ago. During the last Ice Age possibly up to 400,000 years ago, it was carried by an ice sheet from the Snowdon area... and deposited with others around Northfield... For generations it lay at the corner of Church Road and Church Hill where it protected the Inn Wall"
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Jan 2020
0.04 miles
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The Great Stone pub
Situated on the corner of Church Road and Church Hill, The Great Stone is named after the glacial erratic Image in the nearby Image, and the main part of the building dates primarily from the 18th century. It was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101075657-the-great-stone-public-house-northfield-ward#.XyLXdyhKjcs & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1075657 in 1952.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Jan 2020
0.05 miles
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6 Church Hill, Northfield
A Grade II listed building. Reference: 1220726.
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 29 Apr 2018
0.05 miles
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Kingshurst Rd Northfield
View south along this road of 1930's semi detached houses from its junction with Great Stone Rd.
Image: © Nigel Mykura
Taken: 8 Jan 2011
0.05 miles
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St Laurence Churchyard and Great Stone Inn, Northfield
Modern Northfield is a fairly anonymous Birmingham suburb, but its core around the Norman St Laurence Church retains a rural feel and is designated as a conservation area. The Great Stone Inn takes its name from a nearby ice age boulder.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 3 Oct 2015
0.06 miles
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Church Hill, Northfield
Looking down from outside the Great Stone Inn in this conservation area. Northfield is a busy Birmingham suburb but retains its old village core.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 3 Oct 2015
0.06 miles