In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Balsall Heath like this:
BALSALL HEATH, a chapelry in King's Norton parish, Worcester; on the Birmingham and Gloucester railway, 2½ miles S of Birmingham. It was constituted in 1853; and it has a post office under Birmingham. Pop., 7,651. Houses, 1,616. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of King's Norton. The church is ancient.
Balsall Heath through time
Balsall Heath is now part of Birmingham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Birmingham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Balsall Heath itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Balsall Heath, in Birmingham and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8559
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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