Birmingham – Britain's second largest city – lies in the heart of the country. Nicknamed the 'city of a thousand trades', it became the workshop of England in the Industrial Revolution and, as the centre of the Enlightenment in the Midlands, was a hotbed of scientific thinking and technological innovation. The Lunar Society, including luminaries such as Erasmus Darwin and James Watt, met regularly at industrialist Matthew Boulton's Soho House. The Cadbury family's Arts and Crafts model village of Bournville, built for their workers, is sought after today, and although many famous industries associated with Birmingham – from Bird's custard to BSA armaments and motorcycles – have gone, the eclectic Jewellery Quarter remains and a resurgent Birmingham is typified by its 1960s Rotunda, rebuilt Bullring and renovated old canal area around Gas Street Basin. In A–Z of Birmingham Andrew Homer delves into the history of the city. He picks out well-known landmarks and famous residents such as Oscar Deutsch, founder of the Odeon cinema chain, Joseph Hansom, inventor of the safety cab, and a youthful J. R. R. Tolkien and digs beneath the surface to uncover some of the lesser-known facts about Birmingham and its hidden places of interest. This fascinating A–Z tour of Birmingham's history is fully illustrated and will appeal to all those with an interest in this West Midlands city.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Introduction
- Argent Centre and Pen Museum
- Assay Office
- Aston Hall
- Back-to-Backs and Southside
- Big Brum, Council House, Museum and Art Gallery
- Birmingham and Midland Institute
- Birmingham School of Art
- Birmingham School of Jewellery
- Botanical Gardens
- Boulton, Watt and Murdoch
- Bournville
- Bullring and St Martin’s Church
- Castle Bromwich Aerodrome and Aircraft Factory
- Cathedral Church of St Chad
- Cathedral Church of St Philip
- Central Library
- Coffin Works
- Curzon Street Station
- Custard Factory
- (Fort) Dunlop
- Deutsch, Oscar
- Edgbaston Hall
- Edgbaston Stadium
- Edward Burne-Jones
- Elan Valley Water Scheme
- (J. W.) Evans Silver Factory
- First Birmingham Canal
- Floozie in the Jacuzzi
- Gas Street Basin
- Golden Lion Inn
- Grazebrook Engine
- Gun Quarter and the Gun Barrel Proof House
- Hall of Memory
- Hamstead Colliery
- Ikon Gallery and Brindleyplace
- Iron: Man
- Jewellery Quarter and Museum
- Joseph Chamberlain, Mayor of Birmingham
- Joseph Sturge
- Josiah Mason
- Kings Norton
- Longbridge and Austin
- Lunar Society and Soho House
- Magnetron
- Memorial to the Birmingham Blitz
- Metchley Roman Fort
- Nelson’s First Statue
- New Street Station
- Old Crown
- Old Mint, Icknield Street
- Peaky Blinders
- Post Office Tower
- Priestley Riots
- Prince Rupert and the Battle of Birmingham
- Queen Victoria Statue
- Rotunda
- Roundhouse
- Rowland Emett
- St Mary’s Church, Handsworth
- St Paul’s Church, Jewellery Quarter
- Sarehole Mill
- Selly Manor
- Smethwick Engine
- Snow Hill Station
- Soho Manufactory
- Tolkien and the Two Towers
- Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
- Town Hall
- Trams
- Tyseley Locomotive Works
- University of Birmingham
- Victoria Law Courts
- Victoria Square House
- Warstone Lane Cemetery
- Weoley Castle
- X-ray
- Yardley
- Birmingham Zoo
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
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