Harborne is an area 3 miles southwest from Birmingham city centre, England. It is a Birmingham City Council ward in the formal district and in the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Edgbaston.
Geography
Harborne is located at Latitude 52.45 (52° 27′ N) Longitude -1.95 (1° 57′ W).
As a parish, it covered an area of 3,300 acres, 100 acres of which was of woodland and plantations.
History
The earliest mention of Harborne is an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086, however the settlement pre-dates this.
The spelling of Harborne has appeared with several variations through the centuries, and the derivation of the place name has often been disputed. One of the more probable suggestions is 'boundary brook', although 'high brow' and 'dirty brook' are also possibilities.
Harborne became part of the county borough of Birmingham and thus transferred from Staffordshire to Warwickshire in 1891 by the Local Govt. Bd.'s Prov. Orders Conf. (No. 13) Act, 54 & 55 Vic. c. 161 (local act). Then became part of the West Midlands in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972.
Harborne railway station, at the end of the short Harborne Branch Line off the LMS Birmingham-Wolverhampton line at Ladywood, closed in 1963.
Many residents of the area are academics from the nearby University of Birmingham, as well as medical staff from nearby hospitals.
Housing
Tower blocks
Harborne has a number of tower blocks. One of the estates with tower blocks is off Selcroft Avenenue, towards Quinton. There are 4 blocks of a cream-coloured appearance. These are:
- Tintern House
- Netley House
- St. Albans House
- Stoneleigh House
Also, closer to Birmingham University are: