Showell's Dictio
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共 52 段- ~Anti-Corn-Law Meetings~ were also numerous. The one to reco
- ~Aston Cross Tavern~ was opened as a licensed house and tea
- ~Beer.~--Brewers of beer were first called upon to pay a lic
- ~Building Societies~ took early root here, as we find there
- ~Centenary Celebrations~, more or less worthy of note, are c
- ~Clubs.~--No place in the kingdom can record the establishme
- ~Coroners.~--The first borough coroner, the late Dr. Birt Da
- ~Dining Halls.~--Our grandfathers were content to take their
- ~Duddeston Hall,~ and the Holte Family.--The first record of
- ~Excise.~--It is but rarely the Inland Revenue authorities g
- ~Explosions.~--That many deplorable accidents should occur d
- ~Fogs.~--Bad as it may be now and then in the neighbourhood
- ~Furniture.~--Judging from some old records appertaining to
- ~Guns.~--Handguns, as they were once termed, were first intr
- ~Hockley Abbey.~--Near to, and overlooking Boulton's Pool, i
- _Hospital for Women_.--This establishment in the Upper Prior
- ~Income Tax.~--This impost was first levied in 1798, when th
- ~Jubilees.~--Strange as it may appear to the men of the pres
- ~Lease Lane.~--Apparently a corruption of Lea or Leay Lane,
- This fund has received many noble additions since the above,
- ~Local Acts.~--There have been a sufficient number of specia
- ~Maps of Birmingham.~--Westley's "Plan of Birmingham, survey
- To turn grammes into grains, multiply by 10,000, dividing th
- Alfred Wagstaffe, of Nechell's Green, kicked his wile for pa
- 1882, Aug. 29 to Sep. 1. President, Lord Windsor. On this oc
- _Burglary_.--On Christmas eve, 1800, five men broke into the
- _Attwood_.--The foremost name of the days of Reform, when th
- _Guest_, James.--Originally a brass-founder, but imbued with
- _Sherlock_.--Though not to be counted exactly as one of our
- ~Old Cock Pump.~--This was the old pump formerly under St. M
- That the inhabitants of Birmingham, so rapidly increasing in
- _W. L. Giles_.--The Rev. W. Leese Giles, who filled the pulp
- _Boatmen's Friend Society_.--A branch of the British Seamen'
- _Servants' Home and Training Institution_, established in 18
- _Aston Church_.--It is impossible to fix the date of erectio
- _St. Martins_.--There is no authentic date by which we can a
- _Baptists_.--Prior to 1737, the "Particular Baptists" do not
- Coercive measures were passed at that period even quicker th
- ~Prices of Provisions, &c.~--In 1174, wheat and barley sold
- _Municipal Buildings_.--The advancement of the town in trade
- _Midland_.--The Derby and Birmingham Junction line was opene
- ~Riots.~--In times past the Brums had a bad name for rioting
- ~Schools and Colleges.~--What with thirty board schools, abo
- ~Sewerage and Sanitary Works.~--The disposal of the sewage o
- _Swimming_.--The Birmingham Leander Club commenced their aqu
- ~Taxes.~--Would life be worth living if we had to pay such t
- Though an Improvement Act for Duddeston and Nechells was obt
- _Boots and Shoes_ are manufactured by about 40 wholesale hou
- _Glass_--The art of painting, &c. on glass was brought to gr
- _Screws_.--In olden days the threads of a screw had to be fi
- ~Tramways.~--These take their name from Mr. Outram, who, in
- ~Weather Cocks.~--Mention is made of Weather Cocks as early