Ward End

No entry found in the Domesday survey for Ward End; it was at the time part of Aston, in the hundred of Coleshill. William Dargue's A hisory of Birmingham places and placenames... from A to Y [http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-w/ward-end/] [accessed 19 February 2015] notes: "The name Ward End was used from at least 1460 and was synonymous with Little Bromwich and later for that part of Little Bromwich adjacent to Washwood Heath. As part of Little Bromwich it was a manor of Aston parish until its amalgamation with Birmingham in 1891. [...] A number of old buildings survive on St Margarets Road including St Margaret's Church [...] Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary & St Margaret, the church was built in 1517 at the expence of John Bond. It had fallen into ruin by 1730 [...] the church was completely rebuilt in simple gothic style by Thomas Rickman. It was rededicated in 1834 [...] building was closed as a church due to falling numbers in 2004 and the unoccupied building is again in a poor state of repair. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original early-16th century church here].