William Dargue  A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames from A to Y

Over End means the Upper End, here of the parish of Handsworth. An 'end' was a medieval administrative district of which Handsworth had eight. Over End lay south of the Holyhead Road and south-west of the parish church of St Mary, which was the original settlement of Handsworth.

William Dargue 06.04.2009

For 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps of Birmingham go to British History Online.

See http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55192&sheetid=10080&ox=3314&oy=1024&zm=2&czm=2&x=390&y=285.