Facsimile of the edition first published in 1783.
A 266 page book, supplied as a PDF document on CD-ROM.
CONTENTS:
Some Account of the Derivation of the Name of Birmingham
Situation
Soil
Water
Baths
Air
Longevity
Ancient State of Birmingham
Battle of Camp-hill
Modern State of Birmingham
Streets, and their Names
Trade
.....Button
.....Buckle
.....Guns
.....Leather
.....Steel
.....Nails
.....Bellows
.....Thread
.....Printing, by John Baskerville
.....Brass foundry
.....Hackney Coaches
Bank
Government
.....Constables
.....Bailiffs
Court of Requests
Lamp Act
Religion and Politics
Places of Worship
.....St. John's Chapel, Deritend
.....St. Bartholomew's
.....St. Mary's
.....St. Paul's
.....Old Meeting
.....New Meeting
.....Carr's-lane Meeting
.....Baptist Meeting
.....Quaker's Meeting
.....Methodist Meeting
.....Romish Chapel
.....Jewish Synagogue
Theatres
Amusements
Hotel
Wakes
Clubs
Ikenield street
Lords of the Manor
.....Uluuine, 1050
.....Richard, 1066
.....William, 1130
.....Peter de Birmingham, 1154
.....William de Birmingham, 1216
.....William de Birmingham, 1246
.....William de Birmingham, 1265
.....William de Birmingham, 1306
.....William de Birmingham, 1316
.....Sir Fouk de Birmingham, 1340
.....Sir John de Birmingham, 1376
.....Lord Clinton
.....Edmund, Lord Ferrers
.....William de Birmingham, 1430
.....Sir William Birmingham, 1479
.....Edward Birmingham, 1500
.....John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, 1537
.....Thomas Marrow, 1555
.....Thomas Archer, 1746
.....Andrew, Lord Archer
.....Sarah, Lady Archer, 1781
Manor house
Pudding-brook
Priory
John à Dean's Hole
Lench's Trust
Fentbam's Trust
Crowley's Trust
Scott's Trust
Free School
Charity School
Dissenting Charity School
Workhouse
Old Cross
Welch Cross
St. Martin's
St. Philip's
Births and Burials
General Hospital
Public Roads
Canal
Deritend Bridge
Soho
Danes Camp, Danes Bank, or Bury Fields
Gentlemen's Seats
.....The Moats
.....Black Greves
.....Ulverley, or Culverley
.....Hogg's Moat
.....Yardley
.....Kent's Moat
.....Sheldon
.....King's hurst
.....Coleshill
.....Duddeston
.....Saltley
.....Ward-end
.....Castle Bromwich
.....Park hall
.....Berwood
.....Erdington
.....Pipe
.....Aston
.....Witton
.....Blakeley
.....Weoley
Sutton Coldfield
Petition for a Corporation
Brass Works
Prison
Clodshale's Chantry
Occurrences
.....Earthquake
.....Pitmore and Hammond
.....Riots
.....The Conjurers
Military Association
Bilston Canal Act
Workhouse Bill
The Camp
Mortimer's Bank |