Yardley (Birmingham)

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Birmingham, Yardley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created in 1983, partially replacing the earlier Birmingham Stechford constituency, the town of Strechford itself being located in the northern part of the constituency. It is now also a constituency district within the administrative structure of Birmingham City Council, with its own district committee. It comprises the four electoral wards of Stechford & Yardley North, South Yardley, Sheldon and Acocks Green (see outline map above). Councillors from these wards sit on the district committee.

Yardley is not a town. Yardley is named in the Domesday Book and was referred to as early as 972 in King Edgar's Charter where it is named Gyrdleah. It was mentioned as being under the possession of Pershore Abbey. The parish of Yardley, historically considered part of Worcestershire, became the only parish in the Yardley Rural District under the Local Government Act 1894, and was added to Birmingham and Warwickshire in 1911. The ancient parish of Yardley included the areas known as Stechford and Hall Green. The area of Gilbertstone straddles the border of Yardley and South Yardley.

Communities and neighbourhoods (in whole or in part) within the district include: Stechford, Lea Hall, Garret's Green, Lyndon Green, Sheldon, Gilbertstone, South Yardle, Acocks Green, Tyseley, Hay Mills, and Small Heath.

for more on the History of the Yardley district see @:
www.birmingham.gov.uk/historyofyardley

for large-scale online detailed downloadable map from Birmingham C.C. used in drawing attached polygon @:
localview.birmingham.gov.uk/My_Local_Information/Sites/...