{"id":532,"date":"2026-08-13T12:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:14:00","slug":"532-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/532-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazelwell Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_pattern_style=”on” background_pattern_style=”honeycomb” background_pattern_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.03)” width=”100%” custom_padding=”15px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”30px||2px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/stirchley-banner.gif.jpg” alt=”stirchley.co.uk” title_text=”stirchley banner.gif” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” min_height_tablet=”” min_height_phone=”100px” min_height_last_edited=”on|phone” height_tablet=”” height_phone=”100px” height_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||4px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||46px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||29px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_menu menu_style=”centered” show_cart_icon=”off” show_search_icon=”off” _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_menu][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Local History<\/h2>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Hazelwell Mill<\/strong><\/h4>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hazelwell-mill.jpg” alt=”Hazelwell mill” title_text=”hazelwell mill” _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” width=”82%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” min_height=”324.3px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” border_color_all=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||-156px|||” custom_padding=”101px||140px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Hazelwell Mill<\/strong>, which stood on the River Rea near Hazelwell Road, was a corn mill first recorded in 1704. By 1783, in common with many Birmingham mills, it manufactured gun barrels until 1886. The buildings, now demolished, were in use as a rubber factory by 1900. Stirchley Industrial Estate was built\u00a0on the\u00a0site in 1978.
Hazelwell Mill was established in the late 17th century to grind corn for the sub-manor of Hazelwell in Kings Norton<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”6px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

In about the mid 18th century it was converted to the boring of gun barrels. The boring and grinding of gun barrels continued into the latter half of the 19th century.<\/p>\n

Company established 1835<\/p>\n

1892 Partnership dissolved, Capon, Heaton and Co, india rubber goods manufacturer<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

1892 Harry Heaton junior gained a patent for pneumatic or hollow elastic tyres for cycles, etc<\/sup><\/p>\n

Presumably around this time formed a joint venture Tubeless Pneumatic Tyre and Capon Heaton Ltd<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1895 Capon Heaton<\/b> moved from the second mill at Lifford and extended the buildings considerably.<\/p>\n

By 1904 the earlier watermill had been demolished.<\/p>\n

1937 British Industries Fair Advert as Manufacturers of Moulded, Mechanical and other Rubber Goods. Special technical advice available for any unusual applications of rubber required by customer. (Engineering\/Metals\/Quarry, Roads and Mining\/Transport Section – Stand No. D.629)<\/p>\n

1964 Company acquired by Avon India Rubber Co<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1978-9 The Stirchley Industrial Estate was built over the original mill and mill pool site.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local HistoryHazelwell MillHazelwell Mill, which stood on the River Rea near Hazelwell Road, was a corn mill first recorded in 1704. By 1783, in common with many Birmingham mills, it manufactured gun barrels until 1886. The buildings, now demolished, were in use as a rubber factory by 1900. Stirchley Industrial Estate was built\u00a0on the\u00a0site in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676,"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stirchley.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}