About Sutton-Coldfield : Sutton Coldfield is a town within the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton (as it is often called) is located about 8 miles from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, and has a population of about 105,452. It forms part of the West Midlands conurbation. Until the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974, Sutton Coldfield was a municipal borough in its own right and part of Warwickshire, enjoying the title of "Royal Town". Many signs still record this fact. The earliest known human developments in Sutton Coldfield are found in Sutton Park. Several earth mounds have been discovered in the park dating to pre-Roman times. Amongst these mounds are cooking sites, identifiable from the charred and cracked stones within them. The Sutton Park fire of 1921 uncovered more mounds and broken stones, leading to excavations by the Birmingham Archaeological Society in 1926 and then publishing their report on their findings in 1927. Flint arrowheads have also been discovered within Sutton Park by German prisoners-of-war during World War II, who were allegedly allowed to take them back to Germany. Another set of flint weapons was uncovered by a gardener in Thornhill Road. The first signs of a developing settlement are also located in Sutton Park, near Blackroot Pool. Noted first in 1904 by Midgley, they were described as earthworks "untouched by the plough".

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