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SHOWELL'S

A HISTORY AND GUIDE,

Arranged Alphabetically,

Containing Thousands of Dates and References to Matters of Interest connected with the Past and Present History of the Town--its Public Buildings, Chapels, Churches and Clubs--its Friendly Societies and Benevolent Associations, Philanthropic and Philosophical Institutions--its Colleges and Schools, Parks, Gardens, Theatres, and Places of Amusement--its Men of Worth and Noteworthy Men, Manufactures and Trades, Population, Rates, Statistics of progress, &c., &c.

Head Offices: 157, ST. CHARLES STREET, BIRMINGHAM.

BIRMINGHAM:

Printed by J.G. Hammond & Co., 136-38 Edmund Street; and Published by CORNISH BROTHERS, NEW STREET.

SHOWELL'S

NOTES OF BIRMINGHAM IN THE PAST.

Birmingham to the Seventh Century.~--We have no record or traces whatever of there being inhabitants in this neighbourhood, though there can be little doubt that in the time of the invasion of the Romans some British strongholds were within a few miles of the place, sundry remains having been found to show that many battles had been fought near here. If residents there were prior to King Edward the Confessor's reign, they would probably be of Gurth's tribe, and their huts even Hutton, antiquarian and historian as he was, failed to find traces of. How the name of this our dwelling-place came about, nobody knows. Not less than twelve dozen ways have been found to spell it; a score of different derivations "discovered" for it; and guesses innumerable given as to its origin, but we still wait for the information required.

~Birmingham in the Time of the Edwards and Harrys.~--The Manor passed from the Bermingham family in 1537, through the knavish trickery of Lord L'Isle, to whom it was granted in 1545. The fraud, however, was not of much service to the noble rascal, as he was beheaded for treason in 1553. In 1555 the Manor was given by Queen Mary to Thomas Marrow, of Berkswell.

~Birmingham in 1538.~--Leland, who visited here about this date, says in his "Itinerary"--"There be many smithies in the towne that use to make knives and all manner of cutlery tooles, and many lorimers that make bittes, and a great many naylors, so that a great part of the towne is maintained by smithes, who have their iron and seacole out of Staffordshire." He describes the town as consisting of one street, about a quarter of a mile long, "a pretty street or ever I enterd," and "this street, as I remember, is called Dirtey."

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