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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:
5. 1930, Edgbaston
CIRCA 1930: Springtraining young ladies at the Lady Wrigt Riderschool in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Photograph. 1930. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images | Getty Images
6. British politician Nancy Astor
British politician Nancy Astor with Sir Oliver Lodge (physicist) and the Chancellor of the University Viscount Cecil and Sir Austen Chamberlain in a ceremony at the University of Birmingham. 14th October 1930. Photograph. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) Die britische Politikerin Nancy Astor mit Sir Oliver Lodge (Physiker) und dem Kanzler der University Viscount Cecil und Sir Austen Chamberlain bei einer Feier der University of Birmingham. 14. Oktober 1930. Photograph | Getty Images
7. University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, September 1938.
Surrounded by open countryside, the semi-circular radial plan of Chancellor's Court with the 1908 campanile tower at its focus forms the centrepiece of the university. Artist: Aerofilms. (Photo English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images | Getty Images
8. Edgbaston, 1940
Portrait of nuclear physicist Rudolf E Peierls working at his desk at Birmingham University, England, circa 1940. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Image | Getty Images