BIRMINGHAM
, a See also:city and a municipal, See also:county, and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, the See also:metropolis of one of the greatest See also:industrial districts in See also:England
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Pop
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(Igor) 522,204
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It lies in the See also:north-See also:west of See also:Warwickshire, but its suburbs extend into See also:Staffordshire on the north and west, and into See also:Worcestershire on the See also:south
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It is 113 m. north-west from See also:London by the London & North-Western railway, lying on the See also:loop See also:line between See also:Rugby and See also:Stafford; it is also served by the See also:northern line of the See also:Great Western, and by the north and west (See also:Derby-See also:Bristol) line of the Midland railway
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Site.—Birmingham, built upon the New Red See also:Sandstone, is situated in the valleys of the Rea and other small feeders of the See also:river Tame, near their See also:sources, and upon the rising ground between these valleys
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The site is, therefore, boldly undulating, varying from 200 to 600 ft. above See also:sea-level, steadily rising towards the north and west, while the well-marked line of the Lickey hills skirts the site on the south-west, extending thence south-eastward
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From the high ground to the south-See also:east Birmingham thus presents the See also:appearance of a vast semicircular See also:amphitheatre, the masses of houses broken by innumerable factory-chimneys; the whole See also:scene conveying a remarkable impression of a community of untiring industrial activity
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The See also:area of the See also:town is nearly 20 sq. m., the greatest length from north to south 7 m., and the greatest breadth about 4 m
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Yet Birmingham is a fraction only of an industrial See also:district, of which it forms the south-eastern extremity, which itself resembles one vast city, and embraces such famous manufacturing towns as See also:Dudley, See also:Wolverhampton, See also:Walsall, See also:Wednesbury and many others
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This is the district commonly known as the " See also:Black See also:Country," which forms See also:part of the South Staffordshire industrial district
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Birmingham, however, does not See also:lie actually within the "Black Country" properly so-called
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Streets and Buildings.—The See also:plan of the town, as dictated by the site, is irregular; the streets are mostly winding, and often somewhat narrow
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In the centre are several See also:fine thoroughfares, containing nearly all the most important buildings
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New See also:Street, See also:Corporation Street and Colmore See also:Row are the See also:chief of these
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At the western end of New Street is a fine See also:group of buildings, including the See also:council See also:house and See also:art See also:gallery, the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall and See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office
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The council house and art gallery, begun in 1874 and completed in 1881, is in See also:Renaissance See also:style, and the material is See also:Darley See also:Dale, Spinkwell and See also:Wrexham See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone
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The entrance is surmounted with a See also:pediment filled with See also:groups of excellent See also:sculpture
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The erection of that part which forms the art gallery was the See also:work of the See also:gas See also:committee, to whom the council granted the site on See also:condition that they would build such a gallery over their own office, the council having no See also:powers at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to raise the required funds
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The art gallery contains a fine collection of See also:modern paintings, including masterpieces of See also:David See also:Cox, See also:Millais, See also:Hunt, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Moore, See also:Albert Moore, Briton-See also:Riviere and Burne-See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones
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In the industrial hall are See also:rich stores of See also:Oriental See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal work, See also:Limoges See also:enamel, See also:English and See also:foreign See also:glass and See also:Japanese See also:ceramics
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In. the See also:side galleries are various textiles, and See also:Persian, Rhodian, Gres de Flandres and other pottery
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There is a remarkable collection of See also:Wedgwood
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Notable also is the collection of arms, which is probably the most See also:complete in existence
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The See also:purchase of pictures has been made from time to time by means of an art gallery purchase fund of £12,000, privately contributed and placed under the See also:control of the corporation
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Many valuable See also:works of art are the See also:gift of individuals
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In 1906 plans were obtained for additional municipal offices and another art gallery on a site on the opposite side of See also:Edmund Street from the council house
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The town hall, completed in 1850, is severely classic, modelled upon a See also:Greek See also:temple
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The See also:lower See also:stage consists of a See also:plinth or See also:basement, 23 ft. high, upon which is reared a See also:facade of See also:peripteral See also:character, with eight Corinthian columns (36 ft. high) at the two See also:principal fronts, and thirteen columns on each side
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These columns (imitated from those of the temple of See also:Jupiter Stator at See also:Rome) support a bold and enriched See also:cornice, finished at each end with a lofty pediment and See also:entablature
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The exterior of the hall is built of Anglesea See also:marble
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The interior consists chiefly of a regularly-built See also:room,
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designed specially for meetings and concerts, with an See also:orchestra containing a fine See also:organ
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The hall seats upwards of 2000 persons, but when cleared of benches, as is the See also:case at great See also:political meetings, over 5000 may find See also:standing room
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The Midland See also:Institute, adjacent to the town hall on the west, has a fine lecture See also:theatre
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To the south lie the post office, the inland See also:revenue office and See also:Queen's See also:College
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To the north is the See also:Gothic See also:building of See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason College, an institution merged in the university
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The Central See also:free library, adjoining the Midland Institute, was rebuilt in 1879, after a See also:fire which destroyed the fine See also:Shakespeare library, the Cervantes collection, and a large See also:series of books on, and antiquities of, Warwickshire, known as the See also:Staunton collection
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The Shakespeare series was as far as possible replaced, and the whole forms one of the largest reference and lending See also:libraries in England
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Edmund Street and Colmore Row are fine thoroughfares See also:running parallel in a north-easterly direction from either side of the council house; in the first the principal building is the school of art, in the second are several noteworthy private buildings
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Both terminate at See also:Snow See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill station, that of the Great Western railway
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New Street station, that of the London & North Western and See also:Mid-See also:land See also:railways, lies See also:close to the street of that name, fronted by the Queen's hotel
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The station is nearly a See also:quarter of a mile in length
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The roof of the older portion consists of a vast See also:arch of glass and See also:iron, carried on pillars on each side, and measuring 1100 ft. in length, 8o ft. in height, and 212 ft. in width in a single span
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The building of the Royal Society of Artists fronts New Street itself with a fine classic See also:portico; here are also the See also:exchange (Gothic) and the See also:grammar school of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VI., a Perpendicular building dating from 1840, designed by See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Barry
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Corporation Street was the outcome of a great " Improvement See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme" initiated in 1875, with the See also:object of clearing away a See also:mass of insanitary See also:property from the centre of the town and of constructing a See also:main thoroughfare from the centre to the north-eastern outlet, starting from New Street, near the railway station to See also:Bull Street, and thence continuing to the See also:Aston Road
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The scheme received parliamentary See also:sanction in 1876, and was finished in 1882 at a cost of £1,520,657
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This led to an almost See also:total extinction of the residential quarter in the centre of the town
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The finest building in this handsome street is the See also:Victoria See also:assize courts
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The See also:foundation stone was laid by Queen Victoria in 1887, after Birmingham had been created an assize district; the building was completed in 1891
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There is a See also:hand-some entrance, and within is a great hall, 8o ft. by 40, with a series of stained-glass windows
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The exterior is red, and highly ornamented in the style of the Renaissance
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Among other noteworthy buildings are the county See also:court, See also:education offices and military See also:drill hall
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Among a fine series of statues and monuments may be mentioned the statue of See also:Nelson by See also:Richard See also:Westmacott, in the Bull See also:Ring; those of See also:Joseph See also:Sturge, at the Five Ways, and of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Attwood, the founder of the Political See also:Union, in See also:Stephenson See also:Place, both by J
.
E
.
Thomas; See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Watt, a singularly beautiful work, in Ratcliff Place, by See also:Alexander See also:Munro; Sir See also:Robert See also:Peel, in New Street, by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Hollins; Albert, See also:prince See also:consort, in the council house, by J
.
H
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See also:Foley; and Queen Victoria, by Thomas See also:Woolner; Sir See also:Rowland Hill, in the hall of the post office, by See also:Matthew See also:Noble; and Dr See also:Priestley, in New Street, by F
.
J
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See also:Williamson
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There is also a See also:fountain behind the town hall, commemorative of the mayoralty of Mr Joseph See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
Chamberlain, and flanked by statues of Sir See also:Josiah Mason, and See also:George See also:Dawson, who took active part in the municipal reform See also:movement previous to Mr Chamberlain's years of office
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Sir See also:Francis See also:Chantrey's famous statue of James Watt is in a See also:special See also:chapel at See also:Handsworth See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church
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Suburbs.—The principal streets radiating from central Birmingham to the suburbs are served by electric tramways worked by the corporation, and also by motor omnibuses
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The principal suburbs are as follows
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Edgbaston and Harborne lie south-west of the centre of the city, being approached by Broad Street
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These See also:form a residential district principally inhabited by the richer classes, and owing to the enforcementof strict rules by the ground landlord, retain a remarkable semi-rural character, almost every house having a See also:garden
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Here, moreover, are Calthorpe See also:Park, the botanical gardens, and the large private grounds attached to Edgbaston Hall, also the Warwickshire county See also:cricket ground
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To the south of Edgbaston, however, are the growing manufacturing districts of Selly See also:Oak and Bourneville, and south of these, See also:Northfield and King's See also:Norton, in Worcestershire
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The districts to the east of central Birmingham are Balsall See also:Heath, Sparkbrook, Small Heath and Saltley
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On the south-east is the residential suburb of Moseley, and on the east that of Yardley
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Between Moseley and King's Heath to the south, is Highbury, the seat of Mr Joseph Chamber-lain, whose active See also:interest in the affairs of the town, both during his mayoralty (1873–1876) and at other times, was a principal See also:factor in such works as the municipalization of the gas and See also:water See also:supply, the Corporation Street improvement, and the foundation of Birmingham University
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On the east side the transition from town to country is clearly marked
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This, however, is not the case on the west side, where the borough of See also:Smethwick adjoins Birmingham, and the roads through West Bromwich and towards See also:Oldbury and Dudley have the character of continuous streets
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On this side are Soho and Handsworth, which gives name to a parliamentary See also:division of Staffordshire
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To the north lies Aston See also:Manor, a municipal borough of itself, with See also:Perry See also:Bar beyond
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To the north-east a populous district extends towards the town of See also:Sutton Coldfield
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Aston Hall is a fine Jacobean See also:mansion standing in an extensive park
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Aston Lower Grounds is an adjacent See also:pleasure-ground
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Besides these and the Edgbaston grounds the chief parks are Summersfield Park, towards Smethwick; Soho Park; Victoria Park, Handsworth; Adderley Park, towards Saltley; and Victoria Park, Small Heath
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There is a See also:race-course at See also:Castle Bromwich, 3 M. east of the town
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Churches and See also:Religion.—Birmingham is not rich in ecclesiastical See also:architecture
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It became a bishopric under the Bishoprics of See also:Southwark and Birmingham See also:Act 1904, including the arch-deaconry of Birmingham and the rural deanery of Handsworth, previously in the See also:diocese of See also:Worcester
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Before 1821 it was in the diocese of See also:Lichfield
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There were formerly a religious house, the priory of St Thomas the Apostle, and a Gild of the See also:Holy See also:Cross, an association partly religious and partly charitable, having a See also:chantry in the See also:parish church
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The possessions of the priory went to the See also:crown at the See also:dissolution, and the building was destroyed before the close of the 16th See also:century
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The lands of the Gild of the Holy Cross were granted by Edward VI. to trustees for the support of the free grammar school
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Until 1715 there was but one parish church, St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin's, a rectory, having the See also:tithes of the entire parish of Birmingham
.
St Martin's was erected about the See also:middle of the 13th century, but in the course of ages was so disfigured, internally and externally, as to See also:present no traces, except in the See also:tower and See also:spire, of its former character
.
In 1853 the tower was found to be in a dangerous condition, and together with the spire was rebuilt
.
In 1873 the remaining part of the old church was removed without disturbing the monuments, and a larger edifice was erected in its place
.
St
.
See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip's, a stately See also:Italian structure, designed by See also:Archer, a See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil of See also:Wren, was the next church erected
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It was consecrated in 1715, enlarged in 1884, and became the See also:pro-See also:cathedral on the foundation of the diocese
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It contains a rich series of stained-glass windows by Burne-Jones
.
Then followed St See also:Bartholomew's in 1749, St See also:Mary's in 1774, St See also:Paul's in 1779, St James's, Ashted, in 1791, and others
.
St See also:Alban's is a See also:good example of J
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L
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See also:Pearson's work, and Edgbaston church is a picturesque Perpendicular structure
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Under the See also:Commonwealth Birmingham was a stronghold of See also:Puritanism
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See also:Clarendon speaks of it and the neighbourhood as " the most eminently corrupted of any in England." See also:Baxter, on the other hand, commending the See also:garrison of See also:Coventry, says it contained " the most religious men of the parts See also:round about, especially from Birmingham." The traditional reputation for See also:Nonconformity is maintained by the town, all varieties of dissenters being numerous and influential
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The Unitarians, the
See also:oldest See also:body established here, have among their chapels a hand-some structure in Bristol Road, the Old See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
Meeting, which in 1885 replaced the building in which the See also:congregation was formed on the Presbyterian See also:model by a number of ministers ejected under the Act of Uniformity
.
Another chapel, the New Meeting, in See also:Moor Street, is memorable as having been the place of Dr Joseph Priestley's ministerial labours from 1780 onwards
.
In 1862 the Unitarians removed from this place to a new Gothic edifice, called the church of the See also:Messiah, in Broad Street, where they preserve a See also:monument of Priestley, with a medallion portrait in See also:profile, and an inscription written by Priestley's friend, Dr See also:Parr
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The first meeting-house of the Society of See also:Friends See also:dates from about 1690
.
Among See also:Independent chapels, that of Carr's See also:Lane had See also:John See also:Angell James and Robert See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Dale as ministers
.
The See also:Baptists first erected a chapel in See also:Cannon Street in 1738
.
The Wesleyan Methodists were established in Birmingham by John See also:Wesley himself in 1745, when he was roughly handled while See also:preaching on Gosta See also: