Adderley Park

{{Short description|Park in Birmingham, England}}

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Adderley Park is an area in the east of Birmingham, England. Charles Adderley MP donated {{convert|10|acre|ha}} of land to create the park,{{cite web|url=http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/history/jm_jones/aston_manors/saltley/page16.htm|title=Adderley Estate|publisher=bgfl.org|accessdate=2010-05-06|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927104648/http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/history/jm_jones/aston_manors/saltley/page16.htm|url-status=dead}} which he managed privately from 1855 to 1864. The park was opened to the public on 30 August 1856.{{cite book |title=Post Office Directory of Birmingham |publisher=Kelly & Co |page=11 |edition=1879 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dO8NAAAAQAAJ |access-date=19 April 2022}} At the park's entrance were buildings housing a library, reading room and museum.{{cite journal |title=Opening of a Public Park in Birmingham |journal=The Gentleman's Magazine |date=October 1856 |volume=XLVI |page=501}} The buildings have since been demolished.

The area is served by Adderley Park railway station.

Adderley Park is notable for being the home of Wolseley Motors from 1901 until the late 1920s when following William Morris’s purchase of Wolseley the plant was given over to commercial vehicle production, mainly light vans. With the formation of BLMC in 1968, the Adderley Park plant’s days were numbered. At that time it employed almost 3000 people but was one of the first to be earmarked for closure. The last vans to be produced there left the factory in early 1972.{{cite web | last=Berridge | first=Declan | title=In production : Adderley Park Wolseley Works | website=AROnline | date=2017-02-01 | url=https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/wolseley/in-production-adderley-park-wolseley-works/ | access-date=2024-11-03}}