Talk:History of Birmingham

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The name 'Birmingham' came from Anglo-Saxon Beornmundinga hām = "the home of the sons or people of Beornmund"; he was probably a local Saxon tribal leader.

Where did that information come from exactly. G-Man 21:27, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] From Birmingham military history

Here is the raw material from Birmingham military history, which now redirects to this article. Andy Mabbett 23:03, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

If editors wish to incorporate the military history of Birmingham, please use the up-to-date material from the article. The aforementioned subpage is now deleted as redundant content. --Iamunknown 22:38, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name roots

I found this info about where Birmingham's name came from:

"In the Saxon 6th Century Birmingham was just one small settlement in thick forest - the home (ham) of the tribe (ing) of a leader called Birm or Beorma." this is from [1]

[edit] Badly merged bit

Somebody dumped the following here, apparently it was from Birmingham transport history. It had been dumped on this page without any attempt to merge it properly, so I am dumping it here for now until I can work out what to do with it. G-Man * 18:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of transport

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Birmingham's earliest roots of transport manufacture lie in the Industrial Revolution with Lunar Society members like Matthew Boulton who was proprietor of the Soho engineering works and James Watt who made the steam engine into the power plant of the Industrial Revolution, the term "horsepower" was first coined by Watt in the city. In 1770 the screw propellor was first connected to an engine by Watt in Brum. 1785 saw the invention of the oscillating cylinder by William Murdoch. Watt and Boulton, furnished engines (in 1807) for the first regular steam packet in America with James Watt, jun., making the first steam voyage on the sea (October 14, 1817), crossing the English Channel in the Caledonia ship, and taking that vessel up the Rhine.

Frederick William Lanchester joined the Forward Gas Engine Company of Birmingham in 1889, he patented disc brakes in 1902 (even though his innovation was only widely adopted over half a century later). In 1893 he set up his own workshop. In 1895 he and his brother built the first petrol driven four-wheeled car in Britain although the engine was underpowered compared to the weight of the six seater body. Lanchester also experimented with the wick carburetor, fuel injection, turbochargers and invented the accelerator pedal as well as the Pendulum Governor which was used to control the speed of an engine. In 1893 Lanchester designed and built his first engine (a vertical single cylinder) which was fitted to a flat bottomed boat designed by his brothers. The boat was launched at Salter's slipway in Oxford in 1894 and was the first all British powerboat.

Herbert Austin worked for the Wolseley Motor Company in Birmingham and in 1905 he resigned, taking a bicycle ride around the city he ended up at an old print works in Longbridge where he decided to start the Austin car company.

In 1921, the first British patent for windscreen wipers was registered by Mills Munitions of Birmingham.

Prominent Birmingham motor manufacturers of days gone include:

Present day motor manufacturers include: LDV vans, Lucas Industries plc, Jaguar, and a UK branch of Alstom trains. The National Exhibition Centre hosts two innovative UK specialist small car manufacturer exhibitions annually.

In the First and Second World Wars, the Longbridge car plant built ammunition, tank suspensions, steel helmets, Jerricans, Hawker Hurricanes, Fairey Battle fighters, Horsa gliders, mines and depth charges, with the mammoth Avro Lancaster bomber coming into production towards the end of WWII. The Spitfire fighter aircraft was mass produced for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain, at Castle Bromwich.

Longbridge once played a major role in Birmingham and the wider conurbation's employment.

[edit] Historic population

I have put a detailed table on the main Birmingham article. Should this be merged with this article with amendments to it from the already existing one or should I put the table from this article on to the Birmingham article. Plus, should I create a graph showing the change in population over the years? - Erebus555 11:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birmingham expansion

This is basically a datadump from Youngs. it needs turning into prose - and the existing section replacing as it it is somewhat wrong

borough incorporated 1838. covered

in 1891, we see added

  • area of Harborne urban sanitary district, within Harborne parish (Staff)
  • area of Balsall Heath USD added, within Kings Norton parish (Worcs)
  • further part of Aston ancient parish, the Saltley USD added

in 1894

  • Aston parish split up such that bits Aston Manor parish, and parish of Aston itself entirely Birmingham
  • Balsall Heath parish created from part of Kings Norton within Birmingham
  • part of Harborne parish not in Birminghan becomes part of Smethwick parish

in 1909:

in 1911:

in 1912:

  • all the Birmingham parishes unite to form the single Birmingham parish coterminus with the county borough. this also includes all of the King's Norton and Northfield parishes

in 1928:

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