William Dargue A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames from A to Y
Red Hill, West Heath
B38 - Grid reference SP045766
Red Hill/ Redhill is a topographical name based on the colour of the red clay soil. In the Birmingham area there must have been many red fields, but this name in the countryside south of the Hawkesley estate probably denotes the track up the red hill, Redhill Road. There were a number of claypits in the area.
Left: Red Hill viewed from Longdales Road.
William Dargue 14.03.2009
For 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps of Birmingham go to British History Online.
Map below reproduced from Andrew Rowbottom’s website of Old Ordnance Survey maps Popular Edition, Birmingham 1921. Click the map to link to that website.
