Minworth

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Minworth is a village on the outskirts of Birmingham in the West Midlands area of England. It is located near Walmley, Thimble End and Signal Hayes and is directly connected to the Tyburn area.

A large ASDA Wal-Mart Supercentre is situated on the Minworth border with Walmley, and is soon to undergo major redevelopment. The latest update was in November 2007, with talks in the planning permission stage with the local council.^[1]

[edit] History

Minworth's name probably came from Mynna's Estate. Minworth and Curdworth both originated in the 6th or 7th centuries, being established by Angle settlers, and are historically associated with the Arden family (William Shakespeare's maternal relations). Peddimore Hall is a double-moated farmstead and can be associated with the Ardens from 1298 until 1659. The present farmhouse can be dated to the 16th century.

Minworth was originally a hamlet in the parish of Curdworth in the hundred of Hemlingford.^[2] Minworth then became a civil parish in the Castle Bromwich Rural District of Warwickshire from 1894 to 1912, then becoming part of the Meriden Rural District. In 1931 the parish was abolished, with the populated parts being split between Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham, and an area of unpopulated land going to Castle Bromwich parish.^[3]

Plans to revitalise Minworth in the past have met with a cool reception. A council plan aimed to construct new housing, shops and encourage new industry into the area. However, residents did not back the plan as they wanted Minworth to remain the same. Another plan to develop an 11-acre patch of land into a canal-side marina also met with disapproval from residents, who did not want the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal to become a busy area.^[4]