_Some Account of the Derivation of the Name of
Birmingham_, ..................................... page 1
_Situation_, ..................................... 3
_Soil_, .......................................... 6
_Water_, ......................................... 7
_Baths_, ......................................... 8
_Air_, ........................................... *8
_Longevity_, ..................................... 9
_Ancient State of Birmingham_, ................... 13
_Battle of Camp-hill_, ........................... *41
_Modern State of Birmingham_, .................... 40
_Streets, and their Names_, ...................... 53
_Trade_, ......................................... 57
_Button_, ...................................... 75
_Buckle_, ...................................... 76
_Guns_, ........................................ 78
_Leather_, ..................................... 79
_Steel_, ....................................... 80
_Nails_, ....................................... *83
_Bellows_, ..................................... *85
_Thread_, ...................................... *89
_Printing, by John Baskerville_, ............... *90
_Brass foundry_, ............................... *94
_Hackney Coaches_, ............................. 81
_Bank_, .......................................... 83
_Government_, .................................... ibid
_Constables_, .................................. 92
_Bailiffs_, .................................... 94
_Court of Requests_, ............................. *99
_Lamp Act_, ...................................... 99
_Religion and Politics_, ......................... 105
_Places of Worship_, ............................. 111
_St. John's Chapel, Deritend_, ................. 112
_St. Bartholomew's_, ........................... 113
_St. Mary's_, .................................. 115
_St. Paul's_, .................................. ibid
_Old Meeting_, ................................. 116
_New Meeting_, ................................. 117
_Carr's-lane Meeting_, ......................... 118
_Baptist Meeting_, ............................. ibid
_Quaker's Meeting_, ............................ 120
_Methodist Meeting_, ........................... 121
_Romish Chapel_, ............................... *125
_Jewish Synagogue_, ............................ *128
_Theatres_, ...................................... 123
_Amusements_, .................................... 127
_Hotel_, ......................................... *132
_Wakes_, ......................................... 132
_Clubs_, ......................................... 135
_Ikenield street_, ............................... 140
_Lords of the Manor_, ............................ 153
_Uluuine_, 1050, ............................... 156
_Richard_, 1066, ............................... ibid
_William_, 1130, ............................... 161
_Peter de Birmingham_, 1154, ................... 161
_William de Birmingham_, 1216, ................. 163
_William de Birmingham_, 1246, ................. 164
_William de Birmingham_, 1265, ................. 165
_William de Birmingham_, 1306, ................. 166
_Sir Fouk de Birmingham_, 1340, ................ 168
_Sir John de Birmingham_, 1376, ................ 169
_Lord Clinton_, ................................ ibid
_Edmund, Lord Ferrers_, ........................ 170
_William de Birmingham_, 1430, ................. ibid
_Sir William Birmingham_, 1479, ................ 171
_Edward Birmingham_, 1500, ..................... 172
_John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland_, 1537, ... 177
_Thomas Marrow_, 1555, ......................... 180
_Thomas Archer_, 1746, ......................... 181
_Andrew, Lord Archer_, ......................... 181
_Sarah, Lady Archer_, 1781, .................... ibid
_Manor house_, ................................... 182
_Pudding-brook_, ................................. 186
_Priory_, ........................................ 187
_John à Dean's Hole_, ............................ 195
_Lench's Trust_, ................................. 196
_Fentbam's Trust_, ............................... 200
_Crowley's Trust_, ............................... 201
_Scott's Trust_, ................................. 202
_Free School_, ................................... 203
_Charity School_, ................................ 209
_Dissenting Charity School_, ..................... 214
_Workhouse_, ..................................... 215
_Old Cross_, ..................................... 227
_Welch Cross_, ................................... 229
_St. Martin's_, .................................. 232
_St. Philip's_, .................................. 246
_Births and Burials_, ............................ 253
_General Hospital_, .............................. 256
_Public Roads_, .................................. 259
_Canal_, ......................................... 266
_Deritend Bridge_, ............................... 269
_Soho_, .......................................... 271
_Danes Camp, Danes Bank, or Bury Fields_, ........ 272
_Gentlemen's Seats_, ............................. 273
_The Moats_, ................................... 276
_Black Greves_, ................................ ibid
_Ulverley, or Culverley_, ...................... 277
_Hogg's Moat_, ................................. 278
_Yardley_, ..................................... 281
_Kent's Moat_, ................................. 282
_Sheldon_, ..................................... 283
_King's hurst_, ................................ ibid
_Coleshill_, ................................... 287
_Duddeston_, ................................... 289
_Saltley_, ..................................... 292
_Ward-end_ ..................................... 293
_Castle Bromwich_, ............................. 295
_Park hall_, ................................... 299
_Berwood_, ..................................... 300
_Erdington_, ................................... 301
_Pipe_, ........................................ 303
_Aston_, ....................................... 306
_Witton_, ...................................... 309
_Blakeley_, .................................... 312
_Weoley_, ...................................... 313
_Sutton Coldfield_, .............................. 320
_Petition for a Corporation_, .................... 324
_Brass Works_, ................................... 329
_Prison_, ........................................ 332
_Clodshale's Chantry_, ........................... 336
_Occurrences_, ................................... 340
_Earthquake_, .................................. ibid
_Pitmore and Hammond_, ......................... 343
_Riots_, ....................................... 345
_The Conjurers_, ............................... 350
_Military Association_, .......................... 353
_Bilston Canal Act_, ............................. 357
_Workhouse Bill_, ................................ 361
_The Camp_, ...................................... 370
_Mortimer's Bank_, ............................... 372