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Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's core cities, and is the second most populated British city after London, with an urban area population of 970,892 (2001 census). Often considered to be the second city of the United Kingdom, the City of Birmingham forms part of the larger West Midlands conurbation, which has a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census) and includes several neighbouring towns and cities, such as Solihull, Wolverhampton and the towns of the Black Country.
The city's reputation was forged as a powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in England, a fact which led to Birmingham being known as "the workshop of the world" or the "city of a thousand trades". Although Birmingham's industrial importance h has declined, it has developed into a national commercial centre, being named as the third best place in the United Kingdom to locate a business, and the 21st best in Europe by Cushman & Wakefield in 2007. It is also the fourth most visited citity by foreign visitors in the UK. In 1998, Birmingham hosted the G8 summit at the International Convention Centre, on the site of Bingley Hall, the world's first purpose-built exhibition hall, and remains a popular location for conventions today along with the National Exhibition Centre in nearby Solihull. In 2007, Birmingham was ranked as the 55th most livable city in the world, according to the Mercer Index of worldwide standards of living.
People from Birmingham are known as 'Brummies', a term derived from the city's nickname of Brum. This comes in turn from the city's dialect name, Brummagem, which is derived from one of the city's earlier names, 'Bromwicham'. There is a distinctive Brummie dialect and accent, both of which differ from the adjacent Black Country.
History
In the 6th century, Birmingham was an Anglo-Saxon farming hamlet on the banks of the River Rea. The name 'Birmingham' comes from "Breme inga ham", meaning home of the sons (or descendants)of Breme. Birmingham was first recorded in written documents by the Domesday Book of 1086 as a small village, worth only 20 shillings. There were many variations on this name. Bermingeham is another version.
In 1166 the holder of the manor of Birmingham, Peter de Birmingham, was granted a royal charter to hold a market in his castle, which in time became known as the Bull Ring, transforming Birmingham from a village to a market town. The de Birmingham family continued to be Lords of Birmingham until the 1530's when Edward de Birmingham was cheated out of its lordship by the traitor John Dudley.
As early as the 16th century, Birmingham's access to supplies of iron ore and coal meant that metalworking industries became established.
By the time of the English Civil War in the 17th century, Birmingham had become an important manufacturing town with a reputation for producing small arms. Arms manufacture in Birmingham became a staple trade and was concentrated in the area known as the Gun Quarter. During the Industrial Revolution (from the mid-18th century onwards), Birmingham grew rapidly into a major industrial centre and the town prospered. During the 18th century, Birmingham was home to the Lunar Society, an important gathering of local thinkers and industrialists.
By the 1820s, an extensive canal system had been constructed, giving greater access to natural resources to fuel to industries. Railways arrived in Birmingham in 1837 with the arrival of the Grand Junction Railway, and a year later, the London and Birmingham Railway. During the Victorian era, the population of Birmingham grew rapidly to well over half a million and Birmingham became the second largest population centre in England. Birmingham was granted city status in 1889 by Queen Victoria. The city established its own university in 1900.
Birmingham was originally part of Warwickshire, but expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, absorbing parts of Worcestershire to the south and Staffordshire to the north and west. The city absorbed Sutton Coldfield in 1974, however many of the people of Sutton Coldfield still consider themselves separate from Birmingham. At the same time Birmingham became a metropolitan borough in the new West Midlands county. Up until 1986, the West Midlands County Council was based in Birmingham City Centre.
Birmingham suffered heavy bomb damage during World War II's "Birmingham Blitz", and the city was extensively redeveloped during the 1950s and 1960s. This included the construction of large tower block estates, such as Castle Vale in Erdington. The Bull Ring reconstructed and New Street station was redeveloped. In recent years, Birmingham has been transformed, with the construction of new squares like Centenary Square and Millennium Place. Old streets, buildings and canals have been restored, the pedestrian subways have been removed, and the Bull Ring shopping centre has been completely redeveloped.
In the decades following The Second World War, the population of Birmingham changed dramatically, with immigration from the Commonwealth of Nations and beyond. The population peaked in 1951 at 1,113,000 residents.
City/Town : Latitude: 52.48258159294164, Longitude: -1.8932533264160156Matches 1 to 5 of 5
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | Tree | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Balcon, Sir Michael Elias | Tuesday 19 May 1896 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | I673582 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
| 2 | Cadbury, George | Thursday 19 September 1839 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | I271014 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
| 3 | Cadbury, John | Wednesday 12 August 1801 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | I271001 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
| 4 | Cadbury, Richard | 1835 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | I271000 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
| 5 | Thomkins, Derk Joseph | Sunday 02 February 1777 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | I645731 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
Matches 1 to 2 of 2
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | Tree | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cadbury, Richard Tapper | Tuesday 13 March 1860 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | I271011 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
| 2 | Taylor, Dame Elizabeth Mary | Tuesday 04 December 1951 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | I271015 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
Matches 1 to 3 of 3
| Family |
Marriage |
Family ID | Tree | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cadbury / Barrow | 1832 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | F107223 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
| 2 | Cece / Riozzi | Sunday 27 November 1881 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | F256975 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
| 3 | Riozzi / Frangiona | 1882 | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | F256965 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
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