Rob is quite right, Prince Rupert camped here with the Royallist forces in 1642. Previously it was Kemps Hill. Please do not confuse it with Camp Hill Grammar School which is now in Kings Heath. Jon -----Original Message----- From: eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Rob Williams Sent: 11 January 2007 22:06 To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B'ham] Camp Hill I may be well off beam but I always believed it was to do with where the royalist forces pitched camp prior to the minor action with parliamentary forces in the Civil War. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "j.dodd" <jl.dodd@ntlworld.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Camp Hill > Camp Hill used to be the site of a large brewery (Ansell's). My family > lived there in the early 1900s. If I find out why it was called that, > I'll > let you know > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:53 PM > Subject: [B'ham] Camp Hill > > >> Hello, >> Can anyone tell me why the are known as Camp Hill was so called? >> >> Jan >> _____________________________________________ >> Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >> http://www.bham.de/ >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 15:33

Don't forget that the current Camp Hill School was originally located at Camp Hill and moved 50 years ago to Kings Heath, retaining its name. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Newman" <jon.newman@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Camp Hill > Rob is quite right, Prince Rupert camped here with the Royallist forces in > 1642. > Previously it was Kemps Hill. > Please do not confuse it with Camp Hill Grammar School which is now in > Kings > Heath. > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-warks-birmingham-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Rob > Williams > Sent: 11 January 2007 22:06 > To: eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Camp Hill > > > I may be well off beam but I always believed it was to do with where the > royalist forces pitched camp prior to the minor action with parliamentary > forces in the Civil War. > > > Rob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "j.dodd" <jl.dodd@ntlworld.com> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Camp Hill > > >> Camp Hill used to be the site of a large brewery (Ansell's). My family >> lived there in the early 1900s. If I find out why it was called that, >> I'll >> let you know >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Neil Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> >> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:53 PM >> Subject: [B'ham] Camp Hill >> >> >>> Hello, >>> Can anyone tell me why the are known as Camp Hill was so called? >>> >>> Jan >>> _____________________________________________ >>> Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >>> http://www.bham.de/ >>> >>> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >>> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: >> http://www.bham.de/ >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: 11/01/2007 > 15:33 > > > > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >