Old Oscott (originally Oscott) is an area of
Great Barr,
Birmingham,
England (previously in the parish of
Handsworth,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
). The
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
forms a triangle bounded to the north by
Pheasey, to the west by
Perry Beeches, and to the east by
Kingstanding. The Birmingham City Council ward that covers the area is called simply
Oscott.
The area has been known locally as "Old" Oscott since
St. Mary's College Saint Mary's College (in French, ''Collège Sainte-Marie''), is the name of several colleges and schools:
Australia
*St Mary's College, Ipswich, an all-girls Catholic school in Queensland
*St Mary's College, Maryborough, a co-educational school i ...
, the
Roman Catholic seminary, moved to a new site in an area that became known as
New Oscott.
The area was mostly developed between 1920 and 1960, with a mix of both private and
council housing
Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council estates, council housing, or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011 when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in so ...
.
Old Oscott F.C. takes its name from the area.
External links
Areas of Birmingham, West Midlands
History of Staffordshire
Kingstanding
Great Barr
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