Solihull

Solihull is a city in the the Midlands of the West in England with a population of 94 753 inhabitants (2001).

She belongs to the Conurbation of the Midlands of the West with the towns of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the cities of the Black Country (a score of cities of the sector).

Solihull is located at the south-east of Birmingham. It is more the big city and the place chief of a sector named Metropolitan Borough off Solihull.

The inhabitants of Solihull are called: Sihillians.

Currency of Solihull

The currency of Solihull is " Urbs in Rure" (Urbs for Urbain and Rure for Rural) that is to say the city in the countryside. Others speak rather about “rural city” it “in the” countryside would be of too.

Equipment and trade

Solihull has a strong commercial attractivity. Initially centered around a shopping mall with architecture concrete of the Sixties, it grows unceasingly and, in 2001, a very new shopping mall was ignauguré by the Queen Elizabeth II in person.

Solihull is also the fatherland of the car manufacturer Land Rover.

The National park of the Exposures, which one would generally locate at Birmingham is in fact in the periphery of Solihull, like are the installations of the International airport of Birmingham.

History

Solihull undoubtedly holds its name of muddy, soiled (soily), and of hill (hill).

A church of parish was built on a hard red marl hill, which turns out of mud sticking in wet weather.

Solihull goes back to times Médiéval|medieval when it was founded as a place on the market and became, later, an important relay of diligences.

The city is recognized for its historical architecture which counts many examples of houses and trade with half-timberings. The old school “Solihull School” goes back to 1560.

The Church St Alphege out of red sandstone which goes back to the same period is an good example of the British religious classical architecture, with its traditional arrow which makes the Church visible since very far. It is located at the entry of High Street. It was founded by Hugh de Oddingsell in 1220.

A vault of hymn (if you have a more faithful translation for chantry chapel, you are welcome) was also there founded by William de Oddingsell in 1277 and the high vault in St Alphege was designed for the song too. The priest there lived and had, in lower part, his sacristy in a crypt. Its chimney is always visible there.

Contrary to Birmingham, its neighbor, the Industrial revolution forgot Solihull, and, until the XXe century, Solihull remained a small town of markets. In 1901, it counted only 7 500 inhabitants whereas in the Sixties, it crossed the course of the 100 000 inhabitants. This growth had entirely with the surplus of population of Birmingham.

Until the beginning of the year sixty, the main street had kept the aspect of what it could have been at the end of the XIXe century with some streets of house with terrace of Victorien style connecting High Street with Warwick Road. The construction of the zone of marketing activity generated the demolition of all this whole of streets and the large Church Congregationnelle Victorienne which was held with the corner of Street Union and Warwick Road.

On the right-sided of High Street while coming from the porch of the Church St Alphege, one of oldest terminals of the city is the, The George, which dates from XVIe century. Ca is called now Jarvis International Hotel.

Other side of High Street, there is Manor House going back to worms 1495.

A store of do-it-yourself with a complex of leisures was established rather recently of center town.

Solihull became a Ville-dortoir for Birmingham with which it is joint.

Leisures

Solihull has many parks of which the Malvern Park, the Brueton Park, the Park Tudor Grange and the Shirley Park. Closest to the center town are the Parks Malvern and Brueton. They are connected and cover a little more than 50 hectares. The Brueton Park is regarded as belonging to the grounds of Malvern Hall, going back to approximately 1690. This building habrite maintaining the School St Martin.

Solihull has many equipment of leisures of which public swimming pool close to the Park Tudor Grange. This one replaced a swimming pool discovered in this same park demolished in the Sixties. Itself is about to be demolished.

The Park Tudor Grange has also two sporting centers: most modern, Tudor Grange sports centers and, oldest, Norman Green sports centers known in the past like Norman Green Athletics Center.

There are also a track wood of skateboard in outside and an installation for the speed skating in the Park Tudor Grange. The sail is held on Olton Reservoir.

There is a skating rink on Hobs Moat Road which is used for the teams of hockey Solihull Barons, Solihull Vikings and Solihull Vixens, with a team of Junior hockey, the club of race on ice of Mohawks, like with the clubs of dance on ice and figure skating.

The Blythe river, tributary of the Trent river, crosses part of Solihull of which the Parks Malvern and Brueton.

Transport

Many roads cross Solihull:

Birmingham - Warwick
Birmingham - Stratford
Highways M42 and M40, thus connecting it to Oxford and London the
and all highway network serving the Midlands of the West.

Conurbation is very well served in the trains as well in local lines as national.

The Large Channel Union crosses Solihull and connects it to Thames in London.

Services of local buses are provided in quantity by the company Travel West the Midlands starting from their deposit of Acocks Green to the south-east of Birmingham.

Administration

Because of its growth, Solihull passed from the statute of urban district to that of municipality , honor granted by the princess Margaret.

In 1964, Solihull became municipality of county , honor granted by the Queen Elizabeth II. In 1974, the municipality of Solihull county amalgamated with the rural district of Meriden to its periphery to form off the Metropolitan Borough Solihull. That also included districts of Shirley, Castle Bromwich and Chelmsley Wood (in the north of Solihull). With this occasion, it was reallocated county of Warwickshire to the county of the Midlands of the West to become thus a single authority.

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