Birmingham Racecourse

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  • Recreation activities Horse & dog racing management

Notes:

Successor to Four Oaks Park Racecouse opened in 1881 and closed in c1889; it had been operated by a joint stock company. Racecourse established at Bromford in 1885 by John & Stanley Ford who already had racecourses at Lincoln and Nottingham. 1949 acquired by Birmingham Racecourse Ltd. Course closed 1965 following acquisition of land by Birmingham Corporation for housing development

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