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The High Street, Harborne, Staffordshire

Harborne

Harborne is a suburban village lying to the three miles south-west of Birmingham city centre, though it retains a distinct village centre and local identity. Harborne lies in Staffordshire.

The old parish was swallowed up by the Industrial Revolution, and this little Staffordshire parish, which meets the main body of the county only at its narrow, northern neck, was swept up by the growth of Birmingham. Harborne today is a thriving and prosperous Victorian suburb centred around the High Street, though the parish church is of Anglo-Saxon foundation. (Read more)