The Eddowes originated in Loughborough. Storer Eddowes of Loughborough Parks was a gentleman of property.

The son of John Henry Eddowes a surgeon of Loughborough was Thomas Storer Eddowes b. 1826 in Loughborough.. He qualified as a solicitor and in 1855 he accepted a position as assistant solicitor with Richard Sadler a lawyer practicing in

High Street in Sutton Coldfield. Within months he was a partner in Sadler and Eddowes and when Richard Sadler died in 1856 he became sole proprietor.

In 1857 he married Margaret Macauley and in due course their son Herbert Macauley Eddowes b.1862 also qualified as a solicitor and in 1894 joined his father in the practice which then became Eddowes and Son

The firm, now Eddowes Perry and Osborne still practices from High Street, Sutton Coldfield.

Thomas Storer Eddowes was a prominent citizen of Sutton. He was Warden 1871 to 1873. Latterley he lived on Tudor Hill with his wife and domestic servants. He was a leading light in the establishment of Sutton Coldfield Golf Club. He died aged 76 in 1903.

IN the 18th century a movement began for the conversion of the extensive Common land to farming, in the belief that greater productivity was required to feed the burgeoning population.The method generally chosen to achieve this was controversial as it extinquished the traditional rights of the populace and transferred ownership of previously commonly held land to the existing landowners, to be exploited by them as they wished, for the supposed long term good of all.

The first proposal for the enclosure of the Sutton commons in 1778 was opposed by the Rector John Riland and met with popular disapproval. Argument continued for many years, but following the death of Riland, and most local parishes already having achieved enclosure, the Corporation obtained in 1824 parliamentary approval for an enclosure scheme.

John Harris a surveyor was appointed to plan and give effect to Enclosure and he began by identifying from the Corn Rents all land in the parish and its ownership. The schedules he produced in 1824/5 listed details of every inch of Sutton Coldfield, 7081 acres in all, owned by 255 people.

The remaining land amounting to 3331 acres was deemed to be Common land. Of the total 42 acres were allocated to the Rector in compensation for loss of Tithe, some 900 acres were sold to defray the costs of the Enclosure scheme and the remainder was divided between the landowners in proportion to their existing holdings.

Enclosure was mostly complete by 1830 but exchanges, adjustments and disputes continued for some time. Harris died and the final report was not signed off by his successor Thomas Wedge until 1851. In all 2431 acres of Commons including all the village greens but excluding Sutton Park, were allocated to 221 people, many of whom were not even resident in the town