Hockley is a central inner-city district in the city of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

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. It lies about one mile north-west of the city centre, and is served by the

Jewellery Quarter station Jewellery Quarter station is a combined railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains (who operate the station), Chiltern Railways, and Midland Metro. ...

. Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter continues to thrive in Hockley, and much of the original architecture and small

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workshops have survived intact. Hockley is the location of the

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter is a museum at 75-79 Vyse Street in Hockley, Birmingham, England. It is one of the nine museums run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom. In 2008, ...

and Birmingham Mint. Vittoria Street in Hockley is home to

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's Jewellery School, and The Big Peg arts & crafts workshop cluster is nearby. Housing in the area is generally characterised by well-built Victorian villas and terraces. The Hockley Flyover murals at the "Hockley flyover" road interchange are an exemplary example of

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late-

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concrete

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and are grade II

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Politics

Hockley lies within the Ladywood formal district and the

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History

Hockley has been the centre of the city's

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industry since the mid-1830s, evolving out of the city's earlier button, pin, buckle and toy trades. The Quarter's strong growth quickly eclipsed the jewellery trade in nearby

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, which faded away, and the Quarter made a large proportion of the

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's fine jewellery. Hockley is the location of two important 19th-century cemeteries:

Key Hill Cemetery Key Hill Cemetery, ( OS grid reference SP059882), originally called Birmingham General Cemetery, is a cemetery in Hockley (the Jewellery Quarter), Birmingham, England. It opened in 1836 as a nondenominational cemetery (in practice nonconfor ...

, opened in 1836 as a nondenominational cemetery (in practice, largely nonconformist); and Warstone Lane Cemetery, opened in 1847, which was originally reserved for members of the established

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. Hockley was the first place in Birmingham to be connected to the city centre by a tram line, opened in 1873.

Kathleen Dayus Kate Dayus (née Greenhill) (a.k.a. Kathleen Dayus; 1 February 1903 – 14 January 2003) was an English writer from the West Midlands. Kate Greenhill was born in Hockley, Birmingham, 1–2 miles NW of the city centre, fifth of seven survivin ...

, born in 1903 in Hockley, wrote about the area between 1982 and 2000 in a series of books now brought together under the title ''The Girl from Hockley''.

Notable people from Hockley

* Jessie Eden - Communist and trade union leader, known for appearance in ''

Peaky Blinders The Peaky Blinders were a street gang based in Birmingham, England, which operated from the 1880s until the 1910s. The group consisted largely of young criminals from lower- to middle-class backgrounds. They engaged in robbery, violence, racke ...

.'' *

Billy Walton William Howard T. Walton (6 August 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English footballer who played for Small Heath (now Birmingham City) for fourteen years. He made 232 appearances and scored 70 goals in all competitions. Biography Walton was ...

Fred Allen (footballer) Frederick Allen (July 1860 – c. 1926) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football Alliance for Small Heath. Allen was born in the Hockley district of Birmingham and played football for Springhill Methodists before joi ...

Harry Howell (cricketer) Henry Howell (29 November 1890 – 9 July 1932) was an English footballer and cricketer who played five cricket Test matches from 1920 to 1924. He also played professional football for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke, Port Vale, Southampton ...

* Jamelia *

* Daniel Sturridge *

Joan Armatrading Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, (, born 9 December 1950) is a Kittitian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She received ...

- lived in the mostly demolished area of Brookfield from age of seven.

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Photos of Hockley

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