Secret Birmingham
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Secret Birmingham

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Secret Birmingham

About this book

England's second biggest city stands at the very heart of the country, geographically and historically. Birmingham grew from a modest market town in medieval times to being hailed as 'the first manufacturing town in the world' in 1791. The city was at the very heart of the Industrial Revolution, responsible for many scientific and technological advances that would lay the foundations of the modern industrial society. Indeed, the most important invention in British history, the industrial steam engine, happened in Birmingham. Secret Birmingham offers a unique insight into this Midlands metropolis, highlighting the lesser-known aspects of its history and revealing intriguing facts that even most Brummies don't know.

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Information

Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Year
2017
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9781445662770
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Introduction
  3. Roman Metchley: A Fort on Rykneild Street by Bournebrook
  4. Weoley Castle – Birmingham’s Only Castle
  5. River Rea – Waseley Hills and Longbridge
  6. Underneath the Bordesley Viaduct
  7. Deritend and Digbeth
  8. Canal City
  9. Curzon Triangle
  10. Proof House
  11. Millennium Point
  12. Think Tank Millennium Point
  13. Bull Ring Market and the Aqueduct
  14. Nelson’s Monument
  15. St Martins in the Bull Ring
  16. Top of the Hill!
  17. The Chamberlains
  18. Jewellery Quarter
  19. Birmingham & Fazeley Canal
  20. Quayside
  21. Old Turn Junction/Deep Cutting Junction – the Epitome of Birmingham’s Venetian Image
  22. Roundhouses
  23. Tyseley
  24. Civic Centre
  25. Down to the River: Victoria Square to Sherlock Street
  26. Cultural Quarter
  27. Back to Backs
  28. Hurst Street
  29. Southern Suburbs
  30. Rhubarb and Custard
  31. Middle Earth – Tolkien Country
  32. Twin Towers
  33. Sarehole Mill
  34. Triffid Gate
  35. Land of Rhododendrons
  36. Oldest Church in the City
  37. The Oldest Surviving King Edward VI School: Kings Norton
  38. Aston Park, Aston on Tame
  39. Aston Manor
  40. Aston on Tame
  41. Aston University
  42. James Watt Engine, Aston Expressway/Middleway
  43. St Michael’s, Soho Hill
  44. Handsworth Under the Sun/Soho Hill, Villa Road, St Michael’s Road
  45. Soho House, Soho Hill, Handsworth
  46. Old Mint/Birmingham Mint, Icknield Street
  47. St Mary’s Parish Church, Handsworth
  48. Lovely Lozells
  49. River Tame, Perry Bridges
  50. Kingstanding
  51. Newman University College, Bartley Green
  52. St Peter’s Parish Church, Harborne
  53. Queens Park, Court Oak Road, Harborne
  54. Five Ways, Islington
  55. Digbeth High Street
  56. River Bourne, Selly Oak
  57. Cadbury Schools and Memorial Carillon, Bournville
  58. Rest House and Ruskin Hall, Bournville Green
  59. Dale End Square/Clock Court, formerly Dalton Street
  60. Fire Headquarters/Central Fire Station, Lancaster Circus
  61. Central Methodist Hall, Steelhouse
  62. Wesleyan General Building, Snow Hill/Colmore Circus
  63. Jewellery Quarter
  64. Duchy of Cornwall Estate Gate
  65. Old St Bartholomew’s, Edgbaston
  66. St Mary’s, Moseley
  67. Moseley Hall
  68. Symphony Hall
  69. Library of Birmingham
  70. Boulton, Murdoch and Watt, Broad Street
  71. Brindley Place
  72. Warstone Necropolis, Hockley
  73. Calthorpe Park and Balsall Heath

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