As water became a key resource, the family moved their residence to Hams Hall for better access to the River Tame.

When the English Civil War occurred, the Adderleys like most gentry chose to support the Royalist cause, and paid heavy fines afterwards for being on the losing side.

As Birmingham developed as an industrial location, Saltley became an overspill area for workers, although still owned by the Adderley family.

Lord Norton oversaw the then-modern late–19th century layout of square-set streets and well-spaced houses, which after the Second World War was viewed as a slum.

The future of Wheel's Adventure Park is under threat as a result of a proposed major redevelopment to construct a sports village and City of Birmingham Stadium.

Adderley Street was the site of the 1890 discovery of the Saltley Handaxe,[2] the first paleolithic human artefact to be found in the English Midlands.

Militant picketing involving tens of thousands of miners had shut down power stations, docks and coke and coal depots.