is an area in east Birmingham , England . It is also a Council Constituency , managed by its own District Committee .
Birmingham Yardley is a Constituency and its Member Of Parliament is John Hemming .
Yardley's main shopping area is known as Yew Tree, named after the Yew that stood on the Roundabout at the junction in the centre of Yardley. It was damaged during work to the roundabout, and as a result was removed. It was later replaced by another tree located in the centre of the island.
Yardley once had a local Pub owned by the brewery company Bass , called The Yew Tree. It was shut down in June 2000 after being stripped of its liquor license and told by Police that it was a magnet for crime.''Brewery shuts pub after police protest; Magistrates to hear of violent incidents'' - Birmingham Evening Mail, July 28, 2000 (Retrieved June 19, 2007) It was subsequently subject to two arson attacks.''Guards patrol disused pub; Building is target for vandals'', Birmingham Evening Mail, May 3, 2001 (Retrieved June 19, 2007) One of the fires caused an adjacent road, Stoney Lane, to be closed to traffic for one day. The pub was later demolished and replaced by a Co-op Supermarket and new Restaurant s.['' Yew Tree pub for the chop'' - The Birmingham Post, March 2, 2001 (Retrieved June 19, 2007)''TIME'S UP FOR PUB; New shops tidy up area'', Birmingham Evening Mail, September 20, 2002 (Retrieved June 19, 2007) A new Yew Tree pub has now opened within the premises.]
Yardley is not a new town. Yardley is named in the Domesday Book and was referred to as early as 972 in King Edgar 's Charter where it is named . It was mentioned as being under the possession of Pershore Abbey .
The parish of Yardley, historically considered part of and Hall Green . The area of Gilbertstone straddles the border of Yardley and South Yardley .
Yardley has a Rose s and a Pomegranate , commemorating the marriage of Prince Arthur, Prince Of Wales , to Catherine Of Aragon .
Yardley had a manor that was owned by various lords. It remained unoccupied from 1700 onwards. It was owned by the Royal Family until 1626 , when it was bought by Richard Grevis of Moseley Hall. His descendants sold it in 1759 to pay off debts. John Taylor , one of the founders of Lloyds Bank , bought the lordship in 1766 . Most of the land, had by then, been purchased by other people so Taylor owned only a small portion of the original grounds.
A sizeable amount of Yardley, called Old Yardley, was granted conservation area status in 1969 , becoming Birmingham's first conservation area Yardley on BirminghamUK.com .
Yardley has three main Primary School s. These are Yardley, Hobmoor and Lyndon Green. It also has two main Secondary School s, which are Cockshut Hill and Sheldon Heath.
Hobmoor Primary School is set to move to new premises in Summer 2007. The new building is nearing completion as of May 2007. The present building will be demolished and the site redeveloped.
Yardley's nearest Train Station is Stechford Railway Station . It is served by many West Midlands buses, most connecting to Birmingham city centre, Chelmsley Wood and Solihull .
The area used to be well-served by horse-buses and then by steam-buses. Electric trams were then introduced and they travelled across a new bridge at the River Cole to the Swan .
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