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Castle Vale history
Origins
The site has historically been a wooded area with a post-Domesday manor, although its construction date is not known . In 1160, the Manor of Berwood was given to the Abbey of St. Mary de Pratis at Leicester by the Arden family . A moated house, St Mary’s Chapel, a hermitage, a bake house and farm buildings were built for them .
Castle Bromwich Aerodrome
In 1909, local mechanic Louis Maxfield assembled a flying machine in Berwood Playing Fields . The plane took off and is said to have reached a height of 50 ft (15 m), making it the first flight in Birmingham . The site’s suitability was investigated and it soon became the Castle Bromwich private aerodrome .
Castle Vale estate
At the end of World War II, one third of housing within Birmingham was declared unfit for habitation and a major construction programme was needed to deal with problem . By 1950, Birmingham City Council had been constructing municipal housing to accommodate the rising population of Birmingham and to accommodate those who had been displaced by the slum clearances in the inner-city areas .
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