John Sutton Nettlefold (social reformer)

In 1878, he came to Birmingham and after leaving school entered the Broad Street offices of Messrs. Nettlefold and Co. (later GKN).

He was also chairman of Thomas Smith's Stampings Ltd, and a director of Henry Hope and Sons Ltd for a considerable period.

In addition to his work for social reform Nettlefold was interested in charitable and philanthropic movements.

[2] Whilst living in Birmingham, Nettlefold commissioned a home for his family from the architect Joseph Lancaster Ball.

[5] In 1907 when the majority of inner city housing was of a crowded back-to-back design, Nettlefold established the garden suburb Moor Pool in Harborne to provide low density affordable housing with many interspersed green spaces, centred around a community hall.