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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Small Heath and Sparkbrook Station: gwrsh3994
This postcard shows Golden Hillock Road crossing the station
bridge at Small Heath with the Station Booking Office on the left. In the
background located in the fork between Golden Hillock Road and Anderson Road
was a Hotel called The Sydenham. This hotel had several function
rooms and an extensive garden behind with; a bowling green, dancing platform
and fish pond. The land on which the hotel was built is recorded as being sold
back to the original owners, Sir TE Winnington (MP for Bewdley) and others on
9th October 1862 (see Land Survey plan 'gwrsh3995'.
Robert Ferris
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