Perry Barr (Birmingham)

 draw only border, parliamantary constituency (UK)

Perry Barr is an inner-city area in north Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency district, managed by its own district committee and a UK Parliamentary Constituency. The constituency includes the smaller Perry Barr ward and the wards of Handsworth Wood, Lozells and East Handsworth, and Oscott, which elect three councillors to Birmingham City Council (see outline map above). Following boundary changes in 2004, the eastern edge of the ward follows the M6 motorway from Spaghetti Junction near to junction 7 at Great Barr, including parts of the communities of Witton, Aston, Perry Barr and Great Barr.

Perry Barr was originally two separate entities, both mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Pirio' and 'Barre'. Pirio is recorded as having an estimated population of 35 and Barre with an estimated population of 25. William FitzAnsculf is recorded as being the tenant in chief of both manors, and Drogo as the tenant. It is thought that the two manors may have been combined in the Early Middle Ages.Perry Barr was an urban district in Staffordshire from 1894 until 1928 when it was incorporated into Birmingham, and thus also Warwickshire (this included an area which is now considered part of Great Barr). It then became part of the West Midlands in 1974 when Birmingham became a metropolitan borough in the county.

The district includes all (or at least part) of the following neighbouroods and communities : Queslett, Kingstanding, Perry, Witton, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood, Brown's Green, & Hampstead.

for more on the history of Perry Bar see @:
www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

for more details on Perry Bar Constituency district see @:
www.birmingham.gov.uk/perrybarr