Dickens Heath (Dickens Heath)
Dickens Heath is a large modern village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the English county of West Midlands incorporating the much older hamlet of Whitlocks End. It was previously part of the civil parish of Hockley Heath, and borders Cheswick Green and Tidbury Green in Solihull, as well as Hollywood in Worcestershire.
Situated 3.5 miles southwest of Solihull town centre, Dickens Heath new village had a population of 4,793 people as taken at the 2021 census.
The hamlet of Whitlocks End pre-dates the village of Dickens Heath, with its name believed to date back to at least the 13th century. The origins of the name are believed to be from "Wihtlac's open land". The hamlet would originally have been part of the Forest of Arden, and this name would likely refer to a clearing, or 'open land' in the forest owned by a 'Wihtlac' (pronounced Whitelock).
The farm at Whitlocks End is Grade II listed. Whitlocks End Farm is itself of modern red brickwork, but south of it is a 17th-century barn. In the field to the south are the remains of a moat.
The engineer and aluminium pioneer James Fern Webster, lived in Whitlocks End in the 1870s.
In 1936, the hamlet of Whitlocks End got a railway station.
Situated 3.5 miles southwest of Solihull town centre, Dickens Heath new village had a population of 4,793 people as taken at the 2021 census.
The hamlet of Whitlocks End pre-dates the village of Dickens Heath, with its name believed to date back to at least the 13th century. The origins of the name are believed to be from "Wihtlac's open land". The hamlet would originally have been part of the Forest of Arden, and this name would likely refer to a clearing, or 'open land' in the forest owned by a 'Wihtlac' (pronounced Whitelock).
The farm at Whitlocks End is Grade II listed. Whitlocks End Farm is itself of modern red brickwork, but south of it is a 17th-century barn. In the field to the south are the remains of a moat.
The engineer and aluminium pioneer James Fern Webster, lived in Whitlocks End in the 1870s.
In 1936, the hamlet of Whitlocks End got a railway station.
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Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| GBP | Pound sterling | £ | 2 |
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| EN | English language |
| GD | Gaelic language |
| CY | Welsh language |