In the 1840s, when called The Quinton, mention was made of two small coal mines in the area and that the inhabitants were employed in nail manufacturing.

[7] Prior to the construction of the M5 motorway, Quinton's north western boundary extended over 250 metres (820 ft) to the west.

Where is now the Chantry Drive housing development there formerly stood the Primitive Methodist, Bourne College in its 19 acres (7.7 ha) of grounds.

The college, a boarding school for boys, was built in 1882 and named after one of the joint founders of Primitive Methodism, Hugh Bourne.

[2] Quinton with its population of 1,100 and area of 838 acres (339 ha) was incorporated into the county borough of Birmingham, in Warwickshire, on 9 November 1909.

The main benefit for Quinton Parish Council was connection to an extended Birmingham drainage and sewerage network.

Quinton became, with the rest of Birmingham, part of the metropolitan county of the West Midlands on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972.

Factory developments were not planned for the area because of objections by residents of Edgbaston to the possibility of fumes being blown over by the wind and so Quinton was not a prime bombing target for the German Luftwaffe.

On 17 July 1941, all six crew of a Royal Air Force, World War Two, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley (Z6476) bomber died when their plane crashed in Quinton after striking a barrage balloon cable on a training flight from RAF Abingdon.

[11][10]: 29  The only fatalities from German bombs that fell on Quinton were a mother and son who perished on 18 October 1940 when a newsagents on Court Oak Road was hit.

The M5 forms the western boundary down to junction 3, and separates Quinton from the town of Halesowen in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.

Elevation Quinton's highest point is 226 metres (741 ft) above sea level at the original village centre on High Street.

The land drops away to the south and east to a low of 154 metres (505 ft) at the Bourn Brook by West Boulevard.

The original Quinton village in the area around Christ Church on Hagley Road West is of largely Victorian terraced houses.

Further council housing was built south of Quinton Road West along Simmons Drive in the 1970s, encroaching into the Woodgate Valley.

Highfield Farm Recreation Ground has a children's play area, multi-sports pitch and exercise equipment.

Quinton ward is currently represented on Birmingham City Council by Labour Co-op Councillors Sam Forsyth & Lauren Rainbow.

[18] Pitts Wood, a small ancient woodland designated as a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation adjoins Woodhouse Primary Academy and is used by the school for environmental education.

[27] Quinton Cemetery covering 51 acres (21 ha) opened in 1923 and although in Halesowen is owned and maintained by Birmingham City Council.

[29] Quinton Art Festival was established in 2001 and takes place annually at the Methodist Church hall over three days in May.

[33] Quinton Methodist Church on Ridgeway Avenue just over the border in Halesowen was built by William Jackson of Langley Green to a design by Selby Clewer and opened on 3 February 1968.

The Parish Hall was built in Higgins Lane in 1952 and served as a dual purpose building for both church and social activities.

The present church was built next to the hall, and was consecrated on 7 October 1978 by His Grace, George Patrick Dwyer, Archbishop of Birmingham.

[35] Quinton Evangelical Free Church on World's End Lane and Ridgacre Road has served the local community since 1944.

[citation needed] Quinton was fictionalised as "Tilton" by Francis Brett Young in his 1931 novel Mr & Mrs Pennington.