34-497: The Aston Arena (formerly Aston Villa Leisure Centre and Aston Events Centre ) was an indoor sports, music and community event venue located in Aston , Birmingham , West Midlands , England . The venue was situated near to Villa Park , the home of Aston Villa F.C. . The venue played host to many sporting events, and was the home of the basketball teams Birmingham Bullets , Birmingham Athletics and Birmingham Panthers . In
68-611: A distribution warehouse for East End Foods. Aston Manor Brewery (Now Aston Manor Cider ) was started in Thimble Mill Lane in 1982 by former employees of Ansell's after Ansells' Aston Brewery closed. From 1956 to 1969, Aston Cross was the Midlands base of Associated Television (ATV) which had its Alpha Studios on Aston Road North. The ATV office building later became the studios of radio stations BRMB and Xtra-AM . Although both stations moved to Birmingham's Broad Street in
102-439: A mill, a priest and therefore probably a church, woodland and ploughland. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul was built in medieval times to replace an earlier church. The body of the church was rebuilt by J. A. Chatwin during the period 1879 to 1890; the 15th century tower and spire, which was partly rebuilt in 1776, being the only survivors of the medieval building. The ancient parish of Aston (known as Aston juxta Birmingham)
136-538: A recommended minimum of 27 years for the same crimes. A fifth defendant, Jermaine Carty, had walked free from court after being cleared of possessing a firearm. The four men convicted were members of a notorious local gang known as the Burger Bar Boys, who had been trying to exact revenge on members of their rival gang the Johnson Crew: a notorious local gang originating in the mid-1980s. The Aston ward
170-547: A £54 million Birmingham regeneration project named "Aston Pride", as part of the New Deal for Communities scheme in 2001. Many improvements were made, including reducing burglary, robbery and vehicle crime; spending £4 million on a health centre; and helping more than 1300 people find work (more than the target of 400). Crime levels in Aston have remained stagnant in recent years. In December 2010, there were 369 reported crimes,
204-779: Is 35% less than the average income (£18,788) in England as a whole. There are three secondary schools in Aston: Broadway Academy , refurbished and opened by the Duke of Kent in 2011, King Edward VI Aston , the only grammar school in the constituency, and Aston Manor School . There are seven primary schools: Aston Tower Community Primary School, Birchfield Community School, Manor Park Primary Academy, Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Prince Albert Primary School, and Yew Tree Community School. Aston Library and Birchfield Library are within
238-564: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aston Aston is an area of inner Birmingham , in the county of the West Midlands , England. Located immediately to the north-west of Central Birmingham , Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority. It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Birmingham City Centre . Aston was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as "Estone", having
272-512: Is not in Aston but about 1.3 miles to the south in Birmingham city centre). Aston University is one of four universities in Birmingham. Aston Villa have played at Villa Park since 1897, and it has traditionally been one of the largest football grounds in England that has staged many notable matches at club and international level. The park has also hosted other sports and events including international level rugby league and rugby union . This
306-563: Is one of the main attractions in this town. Much of Aston consists of terraced houses that were built around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Some of these houses were demolished in the late 1960s to make way for the Aston Expressway , which links Birmingham city centre to the M6 motorway . In the late 1950s, Aston was the location of the famous 'Venus Baby' case of Cynthia Appleton (87 Fentham Road). By
340-506: Is represented by two Liberal Democrat councillors: Mumtaz Hussain and Ayoub Khan. In 2004, the ward saw a voter fraud scandal in which Labour councillors were accused of a systematic attempt to rig elections. They had set up a "vote-rigging factory" in a disused warehouse, stealing and intercepting hundreds and possibly thousands of ballot papers to achieve this. Three councillors, Mohammed Islam, Muhammad Afzal (later cleared of wrongdoing) and Mohammed Kazi were accused of voter fraud, with
374-577: The Second World War . South Aston was designated a renewal area involving comprehensive redevelopment of the traditional area known as "Aston New Town". The area, was more commonly called simply " Newtown " and is a large estate consisting of sixteen tower blocks, five of which have since been demolished. The project was approved in 1968. Three 20-storey tower blocks on the complex contained 354 flats alone. Today, Aston gives its name to Aston Villa F.C. and Aston University (the campus of which
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#1732798465936408-552: The civil parish had a population of 219,082. On 1 April 1912 the parish was abolished and merged with Birmingham. Old buildings which became popular within Aston included the Aston Hippodrome and the Bartons Arms public house . Gospel Hall on Park Lane was opened in 1892 and demolished in the 1970s to be rebuilt at the top of Park Lane in 1979. The original hall had a seating capacity of 73. Another meeting place
442-480: The 1990s various global music acts from the charts performed there. Artists who performed at the venue include Bob Dylan , Black Sabbath , Paul Weller , Nirvana , Manic Street Preachers , The B52's , Crowded House , The Waterboys , Skunk Anansie , Deacon Blue , Pulp , Blur , and Morrissey , among others. 52°30′27″N 1°52′38″W / 52.5075°N 1.8773°W / 52.5075; -1.8773 This article about an English sports venue
476-585: The Birmingham and Staffordshire Tramways Company Ltd and the Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd. It built a standard gauge tramway line in 1872 from Hockley Brook to Dudley Port operated by horse trams. In 1873 the service was extended to the centre of Birmingham over the Birmingham Corporation tracks which were leased for £910 over seven years. The Birmingham Corporation tracks had cost £15,000 to build. In 1874
510-588: The Nechells route, 14 Kitson steam tram locos and 13 Falcon trailer cars. In 1886 they purchased the track of the BTOC, which lay outside the city boundary, and 18 horse cars. At the same time Birmingham Corporation leased the lines within the city to the Company. Taken over by companies controlled by Scottish-Canadian businessman James Ross , on 24 March 1888, the horse tram route from Colmore Row to Hockley Brook
544-688: The New Year in the Birchfield area near Aston. Two of the girls were killed and another was seriously injured. More than 18 bullets were fired from at least two weapons. Four men were later tried and found guilty of murder in March 2005. Marcus Ellis (the half-brother of one of the two dead girls), Nathan Martin and Michael Gregory were sentenced to life imprisonment with recommended minimum terms of 35 years on two charges of murder and three of attempted murder. A fourth man, Rodrigo Simms, received life with
578-561: The assets of the BCTC were acquired by the CBTC. On 1 January 1907, some of CBTC’s Birmingham routes were taken over by BCT. On 1 January 1912 BCT took over the remainder of the company's routes, ownership of which had just passed from neighbouring local councils to Birmingham Corporation. BDTC was the tramway company operating in Birmingham from 1872 until 1876. The company was formed by William Busby and Daniel Busby in 1871 as an amalgamation of
612-527: The assets of the BCTC were acquired by the City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd. The CBTC operated trams in Birmingham from 1896 until 1911. The company was formed on 29 September 1896 by James Ross and William Mackenzie to take over the business of the BCTC. From 14 May 1901 the route from the city to Bournbrook via Bristol Road (later extended to Selly Oak ) was operated by electric cars using overhead current supply. Other routes were soon electrified and
646-490: The early 1980s, Aston was suffering from severe deprivation with many of the terraced houses being outdated for the requirements of the time. Many of them lacked bathrooms and indoor toilets, whilst the vast majority were suffering from decay as a result of a lack of maintenance. There was speculation that the homes would be demolished, but Birmingham City Council made money available to the homeowners for them to be brought up to modern standards. From 2001 to 2011, Aston underwent
680-569: The early 1990s, the building is still called Radio House. Launching in February 1974, BRMB was the UK's fourth Independent Local Radio station and, while in Aston, was the most listened to radio station in the West Midlands. City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd The City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd operated trams in Birmingham, England, from 1896 until 1911. The company
714-573: The early 20th century. The works were situated at the junction of Aston Road and Dartmouth Street. On Miller Street was a tramcar depot which had a storage capacity of 104 tramcars. It opened in 1904 latterly being operated by the City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd on behalf of the Urban District Council before formally passing to Birmingham Corporation Tramways on 1 January 1912. Aston underwent large scale redevelopment following
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#1732798465936748-485: The elections having to be rerun. All three were barred from standing in the following election. Aston is part of the Birmingham Ladywood constituency, held by Labour since 1940 and represented by Labour MP Shabana Mahmood since 2010. The 2011 census found that 22,636 people were living in Aston. It is the sixth most populous ward in the city. It is a very ethnically diverse community, with 44% of
782-556: The immigrants were from the Indian subcontinent most notably from Pakistan , though a significant number were also from the Caribbean . Aston is a young ward, with 33.5% of the population under 18, compared to the Birmingham average of 25.5%. 31.7% of residents in Aston have no qualifications, higher than the Birmingham average of 20.8%. Moreover, 15.6% do not speak English as their main language and cannot speak it well, well above
816-504: The majority being for antisocial behaviour , while in December 2019, there were 328, mostly for violent offences. The crime rate in the ward is 10.35, which is higher than in other areas like Handsworth Wood (6.59) but lower than Nechells (16.6). The majority of the crime is of the nature of violence, antisocial behaviour, vehicle crime, and robbery. On 2 January 2003, gunmen shot at three innocent teenage girls who were celebrating
850-419: The national average of 1.9%. Aston has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the city, with 57.8% of residents classed as economically active compared to the city average of 69.3% and national average of 77%. It is the 11th most deprived ward in the city. The majority of employed residents (56%) work in lower skilled occupations, such as caring, leisure and sales. The average income in Aston (£12,033)
884-603: The population born outside the United Kingdom. The largest ethnic group was Asian at 69.1%. More specifically, the Pakistani ethnic group was the largest at 30.9% of all Asians. Black British was the second largest ethnic group at 16.4%. White British was the third largest ethnic group at 7.8%. The ethnic makeup of the area drastically changed in the 1950s and 1960s with immigration from the Commonwealth . Most of
918-590: The service through West Bromwich. It was taken over by the BCTC in 1886. The BCTC operated trams in Birmingham from 1884 to 1896. The company was formed in 1882, initially as the Birmingham Suburban Tramways Company but by the time of the opening of its first line, had been renamed the Birmingham Central Tramways Company Ltd. The initial rolling stock consisted of 10 Falcon horse cars for
952-497: The tramway between West Bromwich and Dudley Port was abandoned as the company was in financial difficulty. The company was taken over by the Birmingham Tramways and Omnibus Company Ltd in 1876. BTOC operated trams in Birmingham from 1876 until 1886. It took over the business of the Birmingham and District Tramways Company Ltd and restricted the trams to a service between Birmingham and Handsworth, thus discontinuing
986-441: The ward. Birmingham City Council planned to permanently close Aston Library in 2017 to save money; however, the decision was reversed after public consultation, and it is now run by community organisations. Aston Cross was once the home of Ansells Brewery and HP Sauce . The six-acre Aston site was purchased by developer Chancerygate in 2007 at £800,000 per acre, but they subsequently sold it for half that price and it now houses
1020-552: Was converted to cable traction by the Patent Cable Tramway Company , and on 20 April 1889, the line was extended to Handsworth (New Inns). The service was operated with open-top double-decker cars. In October 1889 the portion of the acquired tramway along Bristol Road to Bournbrook was closed for reconstruction. It re-opened on 24 July 1890 and was worked by Nos. 101-112, Falcon battery-electric (accumulator) open-top double-deck cars. On 29 September 1896
1054-472: Was formed on 29 September 1896 by James Ross (President and Vice-President of the Toronto and Montreal Street Railway Co. of Canada) and Sir William Mackenzie to take over the business of the Birmingham Central Tramways Company Ltd. The last routes in Birmingham closed on 31 December 1911. Most of its services were taken over by Birmingham Corporation Tramways . City of Birmingham Tramways Company Ltd
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1088-530: Was large. It was separated from the parish of Birmingham by AB Row, which currently exists in the Eastside of the city at just 50 yards in length. Aston, as Aston Manor , was governed by a Local Board from 1869 and was created as an Urban District Council in 1903 before being absorbed in the expansion of the County Borough of Birmingham in 1911, and a further part, Saltley was added in 1911. In 1911
1122-710: Was the Ellen Knox Memorial Hall which was next door to the Midland Vinegar Brewery. The brewery was owned by the Midland Brewery Company was built around 1877. It was located on Upper Thomas Street. The brewery was a three-storey brick building with rounded corners, semi-circular windows and a slated roof. Other industry that was located in Aston include the Premier Motor Works which produced cars during
1156-440: Was the result of a number of changes in ownership of the tramway franchises within the city of Birmingham since its creation in 1872 until 1911. The Birmingham and District Tramways Company Ltd (BDTC) operated trams in Birmingham from 1872 until 1876. BDTC was acquired by the Birmingham Tramways and Omnibus Company Ltd (BTOC) in 1876. BTOC in turn was taken over by the Birmingham Central Tramways Company Ltd (BCTC) in 1886. In 1896
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