About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Kenilworth Castle, Dictum of Kenilworth, Hwicce, History of Birmingham, High Sheriff of Warwickshire, Warwickshire County Cricket Club, List of windmills in Warwickshire, Siward Barn, Smalbroke family, History of Rugby, Warwickshire, Feckenham Forest, Cyneweard of Laughern, St Nicholas' Church, Kenilworth, M40 minibus crash, Rollright Stones, Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, Central Hospital, Hatton, Water Orton, Great Fire of Warwick, Nuneaton rail crash, Midland Revolt, Pooley Hall, Langley Hall, West Midlands, Stratford and Moreton Tramway, Tripontium, Pype Hayes Hall, Wroxall Abbey, Atherstone rail accident, Lunt Roman Fort, County of the City of Coventry, Rugby Rural District, High Steward of Sutton Coldfield, Meriden Rural District, St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth, Atherstone Rural District, Stoppingas, Kingsbury Colliery, Southam Rural District, Studley College, Moxhull Hall, Bilton Hall, 2007 Atherstone on Stour fire, Parliament of Devils, Monks Kirby Rural District, Manduessedum, Farnborough Rural District, Shipston-on-Stour Rural District, Edge Hill Light Railway, Warwick Rural District, Castle Bromwich Rural District. Excerpt: The history of Birmingham in England spans 1400 years of growth, during which time it has evolved from a small 7th century Anglo Saxon hamlet on the edge of the Forest of Arden at the fringe of early Mercia to become a major city through a combination of immigration, innovation and civic pride that helped to bring about major social and economic reforms and to create the Industrial Revolution, inspiring the growth of similar cities across the world. The last 200 years have seen Birmingham rise from market town into the fastest-growing city of the 19th century, spurred on by a combination of civic investment, scientific achievement, commercial innovation and by a...
