Tithe Maps

Following the Act for Commutation of tithes to an annual rent-charge, finely- drawn large-scale maps were made of every parish, showing all hedges, lanes, and buildings. Those for St. Bart's Edgbaston and St. Martin's Birmingham may be fitted together fairly well to show, at 12 inches to a mile, the still wholly rural character of the western end of both parishes. The field-pattern had chan-ged very little since Snape, there were no new farms, and only on the turnpikes was there any new building. The ancient Park was divided into about 150 closes, none of more than 10 acres and many much less. There were small dwelling clusters at Good Knaves' End and about The Oaks.

46.1. Map 11