Edgbaston is known as being one of Birmingham’s more affluent areas with its range of high end restaurants and pricey homes.
The suburb is also home to some of the city’s most esteemed restaurants - including one with a Michelin star.
The Edgbaston Villlage has developed into one the city’s more expensive areas over the years, but it’s also home to Edgbaston Cricket Ground, the University of Birmingham, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and the Edgbaston Archery and Lawn Tennis Society, the oldest lawn tennis club in the world.
We’ve taken a look back over the neighbourhood’s history with some brilliant old photos from the 1900s.
Take a look here:
![King Edward's School, Birmingham is is an independent day school for boys in Edgbaston, founded by King Edward VI in 1552, From "Sunripe Cigarettes - A Series of 75 Public Schools and Colleges". [R. & J. Hill Ltd, London, 1923]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/07/12/42/GettyImages-1151166931.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
1. King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1923
King Edward's School, Birmingham is is an independent day school for boys in Edgbaston, founded by King Edward VI in 1552, From "Sunripe Cigarettes - A Series of 75 Public Schools and Colleges". [R. & J. Hill Ltd, London, 1923]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images | The Print Collector/Heritage Ima

2. Birmingham University
British mining engineer, Sir John Cadman (1877 - 1941) at the new Department of Petroleum Technology, which he has just opened at Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK, 19th June 1926. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images | Getty Images

3. Birmingham University
Guests at the opening ceremony for the new Department of Petroleum Technology at Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK, 19th June 1926. The ceremony was performed by British mining engineer, Sir John Cadman (1877 - 1941, front, fifth from left). Grant Robertson (1869 - 1948), Vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, is third from left in the front row. | Getty Images

4. Vice-chancellor of Birmingham University
Vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, Grant Robertson and British mining engineer, Sir John Cadman (foreground, second and third from left, respectively) with an instructional model of an oil installation, at the new Department of Petroleum Technology, which Cadman has just opened, Birmingham, UK, 19th June 1926. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Image | Getty Images