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Chelmsley Wood is a neighborhood in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, with a population of 12,453. It is located near Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre. It lies about eight miles east of Birmingham City Centre. There are several bus routes linking the town to Birmingham and to Solihull town centre 5 miles to the south. The area has for decades had a negative reputation due to being associated with anti-social behavior and crime, although the estate has been relatively successful compared to other similar estates across England. == History == Chelmsley Wood is a relatively new area, which was built by Birmingham City Council in the late 1960s and early 70s on ancient woodland (part of the Forest of Arden) as an overspill town for Birmingham. Permission for the construction of the overspill estate on green belt land was granted by Richard Crossman as Minister of Housing and Local Government. A shopping centre (which opened on 7 April 1970), a library (completed in 1970 at £240,000), hall and a few public houses. With the adjoining neighbourhoods of Fordbridge and Smith's Wood it became part of Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in 1974. By the end of the Second World War three thousand homes had been destroyed by German bombers in Birmingham and there was to be no house building in the city for six years so the programme of slum clearance had been halted. By the 1950s there were terrific demand for homes. Large estates were built within the city boundaries such as Castle Vale and at Bromford on the site of the city’s former racecourse, but by 1963 there was no land available within the city boundaries, the population was increasing and it was estimated that there would be a deficiency of 43,000 dwellings by 1971, which would have been worse than it had been in 1959. At a meeting of the Houses Building Committee in February 1965, it was decided to build a large new development to the east of the city. Construction started in 1965 and the first rates were levied on houses in Oak croft on 6 March 1967. Such was the scale of the operation that a development company was to design finance and build a complete town centre which was officially opened by H.M. The Queen on 7 April 1972. Objections were raised about the scheme, particularly from Meriden Rural District Council and the local Parish Councils, on grounds of amenity and the threat to the green belt separating Birmingham and Coventry. A similar application for the use of nearly 300 acres at Wythall to the south of Birmingham was considered, but this was turned down. The Name "Chelmsley" is of considerable antiquity. It indicates a settlement of Saxon origin - the enclosure of Ceolmund. Ceolmund Crescent is the name of the road that passes by the police station, and the Post Office Tower in the town centre. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Book Details )〕 〔http://www.solihull.gov.uk/localhistory/16364.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chelmsley Wood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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