We’ve taken a look back at the city’s ancient history to discover Birmingham’s oldest streets.
When we think of Birmingham’s history, we often think of the city’s contribution art, culture and music - it’s the home of Black Sabbath and the Peaky Blinders. The city also led the Industrial Revolution from 1760 to 1840 and was hailed as the ‘City of a Thousand Trades’.
But we can’t forget the older history of Brum. The development of Birmingham as a city is said to date back to 1166 when Lord of the Manor Peter de Bermingham obtained a charter to hold a market on his land around the site where the Bullring is today.
And with transformation of Birmingham city centre reaching new heights with all the skyscrapers popping up you may not realise that some of the city’s most ancient streets which you walk on today date back centuries.
Here we take a look at some of the oldest streets in Birmingham which still remain in the city today. Let’s take a look:
5. Edgbaston Street, city centre
According to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, some of Birmingham’s best-known streets today were already in existence by 1296. This included Egebastonstret - today known as Edgbaston Street | google
6. High Street, Birmingham city centre
Birmingham’s High Street has also been named as one of the city’s oldest, with the street in existence in 1296 according to the museum and art gallery | google
7. Moor Street, city centre
Accordig to historian Charles Anthony Vince, there is a deed from 1437 that concerns a property on Moor Street | google
8. Digbeth High Street
Vince also wrote that Digbeth High Street was the city’s most ancient street. Although its first recorded appearance was in 1553. We do know that The iconic pub , the Old Crown on the High Street is Birmingham’s oldest pub, dating back to 1368 | google