Sutton Coldfield Local History Research Group

Sarah Holbeche (1803-1882) was a Victorian lady who lived in High Street, Sutton Coldfield. This is the record of a talk given in 2001 in Sutton Coldfield Library about her life, the facts of which were gathered together from the many interesting recollections contained in her diary, which itself was only discovered in 1999 at the home of one of her descendants. A copy of the diary can be found in the Library under Reference: BCOLQ942.496081HOL

A reason for why Tudor Road is so called has yet to be established. However, for many years, Richard Morris has been researching its early history, including the houses, tennis courts and bowling green. One of his earlier accounts is to be found in the Group’s publication of ‘Proceedings, Volume 6’. This updated article goes into greater detail, using the 1901 and 1911 Census to ascertain far more about the residents of the houses.