King Edward’s Place.—­Laid out in 1782 on a 99 years’ lease, from Grammar School, at a ground rent of L28, there being built 31 houses, and two in Broad Street.

King’s Heath.—­A little over three miles on the Alcester Road, in the Parish of King’s Norton, an outskirt of Moseley, and a suburb of Birmingham; has added a thousand to its population in the ten years from census 1871 to 1881, and promises to more than double it in the next decennial period.  The King’s Heath and Moseley Institute, built in 1878, at the cost of Mr. J.H.  Nettlefold, provides the residents with a commodious hall, library, and news-room.  There is a station here on the Midland line, and the alterations now in the course of being made on that railway must result in a considerable, addition to the traffic and the usefulness of the station, as a local depot for coal, &c.

King’s Norton.—­Mentioned in Domesday, and in the olden times was evidently thought of equal standing (to say the least) with its five-miles-neighbour, Birmingham, as in James the First’s reign there was a weekly market (Saturdays) and ten fairs in the twelve months.  The market the inhabitants now attend is to be found in this town, and the half-score of fairs has degenerated to what is known as “King’s Norton Mop” or October statute fair, for the hiring of servants and labourers, when the Lord of Misrule holds sway, the more’s the pity.  The King’s Norton Union comprises part of the borough of Birmingham (Edgbaston), as well as Balsall Heath, Harborne, Moseley, Northfield, Selly Oak, &c., and part of it bids fair to become a manufacturing district of some extent, as there are already paper mills, rolling mills, screw works, &c., and the Smethwick men are rapidly advancing in its direction—­the Midland Junction with the West Suburban line being also in the parish.  The fortified mansion, known as Hawkesley House, in this parish, was the scene of a contest in May, 1645, between King Charles’ forces and the Parliamentarians, who held it, the result being its capture, pillage, and destruction by fire.

Kirby’s Pools.—­A well-known and favourite resort on the outskirt of the borough, on the Bristol Road, and formerly one of the celebrated taverns and tea gardens of past days.  The publichouse (the “Malt Shovel”) having been extended and partially rebuilt, and the grounds better laid out, the establishment was re-christened, and opened as the Bournbrook Hotel, at Whitsuntide, 1877.

Kossuth.—­Louis Kossuth, the ex-dictator of Hungary, was honoured with a public welcome and procession of trades, &c., Nov. 10, 1851, and entertained at a banquet in Town Hall on the 12th.  He afterwards appeared here May 7 and 8, 1856, in the role of a public lecturer.

Kyott’s Lake.—­A pool once existing where now is Grafton Road, Camp Hill.  There was another pool near it, known as Foul Lake.

Kyrle Society.—­So named after the character alluded to by Pope in his “Moral Essays”: