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Weddings & Civil Ceremonies
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to do & see
An introduction
A tour of Selly Manor
Minworth Greaves
The Garden
History
The Tudors
Local History
Selly Manor History
About Bournville
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resources
Teacher Information
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Play a Tudor Game
Selly Manor Sayings
Bournville
Take a look at our fantastic Bournville Village Trail.
Click here: 
After the successful move of the Cadbury Brothers
factory to Bournville, George Cadbury decided to build a garden village
next to it. He was spurred on by the dreadful conditions he saw in the
slums of Birmingham, and started to develop a small community with well
planned houses and big gardens. The first 140 acres were purchased in
1895 and 143 cottages were built.
Typical House Plan
Houses
of different sizes were built together to create a mixture of small and
large families. By the turn of the 20th century there were 313 houses
on 330 acres. Gradually the heart of the village grew around the village
green with the shops, school and other community buildings. On 14th December
1900 George Cadbury set up the Bournville Village Trust to maintain and
develop the estate which it still does today.
