Wiki143:WikiProject West Midlands/Article requests

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject West Midlands/navtemplate}} This is where participants and non-participants of the West Midlands WikiProject can add their requests for articles which would fall under the scope of the project (The West Midlands county in England).

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Geography

Suburbs

• Cockshut Hill, area to the northeast of Yardley home to Cockshut Hill Technology College
• Lyndon Green, suburb of Birmingham
• Little Sutton, Birmingham, suburb of Birmingham
• Reddicap Heath, suburb of Birmingham in Sutton Coldfield
• Attwood Green, group of five former council estates, now owned by Optima

Parks, reserves and SSSIs

• Calthorpe Park, Birmingham ([1])
• Sheldon Country Park, a country park in Sheldon, Birmingham[2]
• Victoria Park, Birmingham, a large Victorian park near the St Andrews football ground
• Metchley Park, a large park with remains of Roman buildings
• Warley Woods, a park area in Warley.
• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands

Buildings and structures

Existing buildings

• Edgbaston Shopping Centre, a major shopping centre in Edgbaston
• Sparkhill Library, a large elaborate Victorian library in Sparkhill[3]
• New Street Signal Box, a listed 1960s Brutalist structure on Navigation Street, Birmingham[4]
• Holliday Wharf, a complex of buildings off Broad Street and Gas Street in Birmingham[5]
• Birmingham High Performance Centre, a major sports training facility in Birmingham[6]; could be added to Alexander Stadium
• Handsworth Library, a very large elaborate building in Handsworth[7]
• Acocks Green Library, a locally listed elaborate building in Acocks Green[8]
• Ghamkol Sharif Mosque, a very large mosque in Small Heath[9]
• Gracechurch Shopping Centre, the main shopping centre, currently being extended, for Sutton Coldfield
• Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield, an ancient church in Sutton Coldfield. The burial place of John Vesey.[10]
• Birmingham Wholesale Markets, a large marketplace in Birmingham city centre near the Bullring.[11]
• Woodbrooke College (also complete the list of Selly Oak Colleges
• City of Birmingham Fire Brigade headquarters (at Lancaster Circus)
• Hall Green Stadium (Greyhounds)

Future buildings

• Arena Central, a mixed-use development in Birmingham

• 1 Arena Central
• 2 Arena Central
• 3 Arena Central

• One Chamberlain Square
• Two Chamberlain Square

Demolished or no longer functioning buildings

• Birmingham Four District Libraries - Possibly separate articles, four libraries in Birmingham which were free to use by the public - they were the first to allow this.
  • Gosta Green Library, one of the Four District libraries[12]
  • Adderley Park Library, same as above[13]
  • Constitution Hill Library, same as above[14]
  • Deritend Library (exists but not as a library), same as above[15]
• Blue Coat School, Birmingham, an old school on Colmore Row in Birmingham, no longer exists
• Handsworth railway station, a train station serving Handsworth, no longer exists[16]
• Heathfield Hall, the home of James Watt
• Sandwell Hall

Unknown status

• Hazelwell Hall, a hall in Kings Heath built on an estate dating to the 1300s.

Water features

• Canals of the BCN (list of...)
• Bracebridge Pool, a reservoir in Sutton Park
• Icknield Port Loop, an area of land adjacent Edgbaston Reservoir where the canal splits and rejoins.[17]

Disused railway stations

See Template talk:West Midlands railway stations for the list of stations needed.

Groups, organisations and companies

• Advantage West Midlands
• Chance and Hunt of Oldbury (see also Edgar Chance)
• City of Birmingham Fire Brigade
• Hamstead Colliery
• Harborne Railway Company, company that constructed railways in Harborne
• Velocette Motorcycles, major motorbike manufacturer
• Walsall Borough Police, police service for Walsall
• Birmingham Development Company, a large development company in Birmingham that has built the Mailbox
• Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, the chamber of commerce for Birmingham[18]
• Free Libraries Committee, former council department responsible for the construction and maintenance of libraries in Birmingham
• Optima Community Housing Association, major housing operator which owns five large inner city housing estates in Birmingham.
• Richardson Developments - built Merry Hill Shopping Centre, et al.
• Tangye - engine manufacturers, of Tyseley, Birmingham - some info, in Richard Tangye, Tangye is an article about the surname, listing people with it.
• Penso - engineering and product development service provider,Coventry. Information about projects eVito Taxi, zero emission sport car, and low cost carbon composite chassis.

Lists and subarticles

• List of breweries in Birmingham, a list and expansion of major breweries that once existed and still exist in Birmingham
• History of Birmingham canals, a history of the canals in Birmingham such as construction dates and major events
• Timeline of Birmingham history
• Multiculturalism in Birmingham, as Birmingham is a diverse city, there is a lot of information around on the net about ethnicities in Birmingham
• Crime and policing in the West Midlands, an article about police forces in the West Midlands and major crimes.
• List of conservation areas in the West Midlands

Biographies

• William Fitz-Ansculf, a landowner in Kings Norton in its early days
• Edgar Chance, ornithologist [19], also of Chance and Hunt of Oldbury.
• Norman Hickin, naturalist from Birmingham
• Kenrick family - Byng Kenrick; the firm 'Kenricks' et al see [20]
• Martineau family, political dynasty - requires expansion
• Dhani Prem - first balck councillor [21]
• Don and Roy Richardson - property developers
• William Congreve Russell, (fl. 1832-) English MP and High Sheriff of Worcestershire; lived at what is now Kings Heath Park.
• Peter Stanford (Minister), Birmingham's first black minister

Festivals and events

• Birmingham International Jazz Festival, an important jazz festival held in Birmingham. Largest of its kind in the UK.
• Birmingham Film Festival, a major film festival held in the city.

Media

• Great Barr Observer, local newspaper for Great Barr.
• Walsall Observer, local newspaper for Walsall.
• Walsall Advertiser, local newspaper for Walsall.
• Solihull News, local newspaper for Solihull.
• Woverhampton Ad News, local newspaper for Wolverhampton.

Other

• Sutton Coldfield Coat of Arms, an article describing the history and the eventual loss of the Sutton Coldfield Coat of Arms
• Kents Moat, a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Sheldon
• Gannow Green Moat, a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Frankley
• Kingstanding Mound, a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Kingstanding
• Hawkesley Farm Moat, a Scheduled Ancient Monument in Longbridge
• Cheapside, Birmingham, a once major market street west of Deritend in south Birmingham. Still remains today.
• Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway
• Birmingham Running Athletics and Triathlon Club, an athletics club in Birmingham