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	Historic Birmingham
		Birmingham continued to expand and by mid 1300's the town was listed as third town in size in the county of Warwickshire.
		The castle of Birmingham, a focal point and power base for the town was influential in providing assistance for new chapel's, the Guild of the Holy Cross in 1392 and a chapel of St. John the Baptist at Deritend for the parishioners of Deritend and Bordesley.
		In the early 1500's the population of the town of Birmingham was reaching a 1000 inhabitants.
	www.birminghamuk.com /historicbirmingham.htm (1021 words)

	Birmingham: History - Steel-Making Potential Spurs Growth
		Birmingham was growing, and it was beginning to experience some big-city problems, such as crime and disease (particularly typhoid, dysentery, and tuberculosis).
		Birmingham was slow to recover from the Depression, although the federal government poured more than $350 million into the area in an attempt to stimulate the economy.
		Birmingham and the nation were shocked by the event, which convinced the city of the need for change and signaled the end of racial violence.
	www.city-data.com /us-cities/The-South/Birmingham-History.html (906 words)

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		Birmingham, Alabama was first settled in 1813 as the town of Elyton, and was just a small pioneer farm settlement.
		Birmingham was a major iron-and steel-producing center and at one time was known as the Pittsburgh of the South.
		The opening of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute did more to heal the city from within and in the eyes of the nation than any other single event in their history.
	www.uwec.edu /freitard/GroupAndMinority/Birmingham/History/Birm.history.htm (1443 words)

	Birmingham History - About Birmingham - Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau
		And Birmingham's medical community continues to be recognized worldwide for its contributions to health care and healing.
		Birmingham is a Southern city that is---all at once---young, traditional, vibrant, friendly, complex and, some even say, exotic.
		Birmingham is a distinctive and comfortable place to visit and to live.
	www.birminghamal.org /about-history.html (1036 words)

	The City of Birmingham \| British History Online
		Later Attwood and the Birmingham Chartists, Bright and the Birmingham Liberals, and Chamberlain and the Birmingham Unionists brought the city's name to the forefront of national politics, just as Cadbury and Bournville have made Birmingham important in the history of English social welfare.
		13) The boundaries of the parliamentary borough were therefore drawn to include, with the parish of Birmingham, the townships of Duddeston with Nechells, Deritend and Bordesley (all in the parish of Aston) and the whole of Edgbaston parish.
		It is with the history of all this area, now confined within the boundaries of the modern city of Birmingham, that this volume is concerned.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22958 (1057 words)

	Birmingham, IA History
		From all the various sources of its early history, one gains the impression that the boom years for Birmingham were very likely the1850’s for then its industries were being established and it was rapidly gaining population by the new settlers who were being attracted to it.
		No history of a town could be complete without a search through the available records for the first evidences of the religious faith that sustained the founding fathers as they carved their community out of the wilderness.
		North Birmingham was platted on 39 acres Sept. 12 and 13, 1849 by John Henderson, Titus Moss and William French.
	showcase.netins.net /web/djnsweb/bham/hist.htm (7042 words)

	A Brief History of Birmingham
		Birmingham had gained a reputation as a place where cutlers made knives, nailors made nails and many flsmiths worked at their forges.
		Birmingham Water Company was formed in 1826 to provide piped water to part of the town but citizens had to pay for this service and even where it was available many people could not afford it.
		In 1873-75 Joseph Chamberlain was mayor of Birmingham.
	www.localhistories.org /birmingham.html (1681 words)

	History of Birmingham Jewry \| www.somethingjewish.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Birmingham Jewish community is reputed to be one of the oldest in the provinces.
		In an attempt to realistically assess Birmingham's Jewish population, a census was organised.
		A Birmingham Jewish Education Board was formed with a view to the future education of the young.
	www.somethingjewish.co.uk /articles/498_history_of_birmingha.htm (1092 words)

	Airport Parking Birmingham - Secure Car Parks
		The airport was opened in 1939 by Birmingham Council to meet the needs of the 2nd largest city in the UK.
		Birmingham and the surrounding area was the heartland of engineering and heavy industry in this country and an airport was fundamental to its status and continued growth.
		Birmingham airport was extensively used for diversions from Gatwick and Heathrow airport when these became fog bound in the winter.
	www.birmingham-airport-car-parking.co.uk /history.html (308 words)

	BBC - Birmingham Sport - History of Birmingham City Ladies Football Club
		Birmingham City Ladies started in 1968 when a group of girl supporters set up a team.
		Birmingham City Ladies played friendly matches against other local sides for two years until the Heart Of England League was formed in 1970.
		Laura Bassett from Birmingham City Ladies FC In 1974 after some restructuring of the league system, this league became known as the West Midlands Regional League.
	www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/sport/clubs/womens/brum-ladies/history.shtml (258 words)

	FBI Birmingham Field Office - Division History
		FBI Birmingham was responsible for a territory that included the entire State of Alabama, the Northern Judicial Districts of Georgia and Mississippi, and the Middle and Western Judicial Districts of Tennessee.
		Agents of the FBI Birmingham obtained a warrant for the arrest of Mario Giovanni Centobie for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution.
		FBI Birmingham employees Special Agent William Fleming and Investigative Research Specialist Ben Herren were named Federal Employees of the Year for their work on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing investigation.
	birmingham.fbi.gov /history.htm (933 words)

	A History and Overview of Birmingham
		Early in its history, Birmingham was a major steel producer, and was known as the Pittsburgh of the south.
		Birmingham is home to a number of theatrical groups, from professional to semi-professional, to amateur.
		Birmingham is home to a minor league baseball team, the Barons, whose games are played at a beautiful facility--the Hoover Met.
	www.bhamonline.com /history.htm (1054 words)

	History of Birmingham neighborhood chronicled in new book
		This transfusion came at an important moment in the neighborhood’s history as its economic base was beginning to fail.
		Many of Birmingham’s residents were already at retirement age; others were laid off involuntarily as Unitcast, Craig Shipyard and other major employers closed their doors.
		Local Birmingham tradition says that the Bethlehem play has been presented yearly since the arrival of the Hungarians in the 1890s, and under informal parish sponsorship from the time St. Stephen’s Catholic Church was founded in 1898.
	uac.utoledo.edu /News/citypaper-5-8-03.htm (1418 words)

	Naval History USS Birmingham CL-62
		The second Birmingham (CI - 62) was launched 20 March 1942 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; spbnsored by Mrs.
		Birmingham retired to Mare Island Navy Yard for repaith which lasted from November 1914 to January 1945.
		Birmingham Joined the 5th Fleet at Okinawa 26 August 1945 and in November steamed to Brisbane, Anstralia.
	www.multied.com /navy/cruiser/Birmingham.html (390 words)

	History of Birmingham Township, Pa.
		Schools are located in Birmingham at different points, best to accommodate the rural character of the population.
		There are two historic buildings in Birmingham, Washington’s Headquarters, a building of stone, two stories, used by Washington as his headquarters during the battle of Brandywine, was built in 1731, by Thomas G. Clark, and was owned at the time of the battle by Benjamin Ring.
		There are several stories connected with the ancient building, one of which is that the first time an American flag ever floated from the house was during the battle of Brandywine, when the Stars and Stripes were flung from an open window and hung there all through the fight.
	history.rays-place.com /pa/birmingham-t-pa.htm (1178 words)

	Birmingham Zoo - About Us - History
		If you are from Birmingham, you may remember Monkey Island or fishing in the ponds or riding the train through the tunnel.
		The Birmingham Zoo operated as a quasi-private venture until the City Commission decided to assume responsibility in November 1955 with an initial annual budget of $663,000.
		Some years later the Birmingham Zoological Society was created to raise funds to supplement the escalating Zoo needs.
	www.birminghamzoo.com /about-history.asp (634 words)

	Birmingham Natural History Society
		Membership is open to all who are interested in natural history, whether amateur or professional, and beginners are as welcome as experienced naturalists.
		Members also receive the 'Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History Society', a journal of high repute containing scientific articles by members, and other naturalists reporting on their studies.
		Fungus Flora of Warwickshire' edited by M.C.Clark, 1980, published in conjunction with the University of Birmingham and the British Mycological Society.
	freespace.virgin.net /clare.h/bnhs.htm (607 words)

	History of Birmingham 1
		I lies near the centre of the kingdom in the north-west of the county of Warwick, bounded by Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, and the southern by King's Norton in the county of Worcestershire: it is also the diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, and in the deanery of Arden
		Birmingham Manor was a small one, for there were only nine households, probably about fifty people, besides the entourage of the Lord of the Manor.
		To the extreme left of the plan stretched Rotton Park (now a populous suburb of Birmingham), and to the north lay the boggy heathlands of short scrub which later became of the busiest factory centres in Birmingham, round Hockley and Winson Green.
	www.virtualbrum.co.uk /history/brum.htm (892 words)

	City of Birmingham, MI: City History
		Birmingham's name was chosen by those optimistic about the potential growth of the village, with its manufacturing capabilities after England's biggest industrial center.
		Most of the manufacturers of the 1830s were gone by the 1860s and so were the visions of Birmingham as a major industrial center.
		In 1933, the growth in population driven in part by the mobility of the automobiles led to the incorporation of Birmingham as a city.
	www.ci.birmingham.mi.us /home/index.asp?page=414 (319 words)

	AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - Conrad Gill und History Of Birmingham
		This is a short history of the city brought out as part of the commemoration of the centenary of its Charter of Incorporation.
		History of Birmingham Volume 1 Manor and Borough to 1865
		History of Birmingham, Volume I: Manor and Borough to 1865
	www.abebooks.de /search/sortby/3/an/Conrad+Gill+/tn/+History+Of+Birmingham (1481 words)

	AbeBooks: Search Results - Briggs and Birmingham
		History of Birmingham 2 Volumes Vol 1 Manor and Borough to 1865 Vol 2 Borough and City 1865-1938
		History of Birmingham: Volume I Manor and Borough to 1865; Volume II Borough and City 1865 - 1938; Volume III 1939-1970
		HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM.: Vol I:Manor and Borough to 1865.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/an/Briggs+/tn/+Birmingham (1176 words)

	Naval History/USS Birmingham CS-2
		Birmingham (CW2) was launched 29 May 1907 by tore Klver Shiphuilding Co., Quincy, ldass.; sponsored by lIrs.
		Recommissioned 1 October 1913 Birmingham earried the Panama-Pacific Exposition Commissioners on a South Ameriean tour (3 October-26 December 1913) and then was outfitted at Philadelphia Navy Yard as a tender to the Torpedo Flotilla.
		Following American entrance into World War I, Birmingham patrolled along the northeast eoast until 14 June 1917 when she sailed from New York as part of the escort for the first Ameriean troop convoy to France.
	www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Birmingahm.html (363 words)

	The History of Birmingham International Airport
		Owned and operated by Birmingham City Council as a municipal airport, it was designed to meet the needs of the residents and the industry of the city and its immediate surroundings.
		The County Council incorporated the seven Metropolitan areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
		In 1986 after the West Midlands County Council was abolished, ownership of the Airport transferred to a newly formed West Midlands District Joint Airport Committee, still comprising the seven district councils of the West Midlands administrative area.
	www.bhx.co.uk /page.aspx?type=T0NaZj9WNoU=&id=dV3VqlpH6fQ= (258 words)

	BPL Suggested Reading - Birmingham History
		Atkins, Leah Rawls, The Valley and the Hills: An Illustrated History of Birmingham and Jefferson County.
		Mitchell, Martha Carolyn, "Birmingham: Biography of a City of the New South." Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Chicago, 1946.
		Sterne, Ellin, "Prostitution in Birmingham, Alabama, 1890-1925." M.A. Thesis, Samford University, 1977.
	www.bham.lib.al.us /Archives/reading/birminghamhistory.asp (2788 words)

	Birmingham Icknield Male Voice Choir History
		The history of the oldest choir in Birmingham.
		Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in Margaret Street, J H Chamberlain, is buried at Key Hill Cemetery.
		Chamberlain was also responsible for scores of Birmingham buildings including Spring Hill Library, just up the road, and Joseph Chamberlain's home Highbury Hall, as well as the Chamberlain Memorial Fountain.
	members.tripod.com /icknieldchoirhistory (973 words)

	Alabama Vacations - State of Alabama - Birmingham Alabama
		For the outdoor minded there is the Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Birmingham.
		History buffs should visit the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery.
		For those who are traveling by RV there are a number of RV parks to choose from in Alabama in addition to many camp grounds.
	www.alabamahotelfinder.com (540 words)

	History of Birmingham Water Works (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The citizens of Birmingham established the current Water Board in 1951; however, the system dates back to 1873, just two years after the founding of Birmingham.
		In 1950, Birmingham decided to purchase the water system from a private operator and establish an independent, non-political Water Board.
		With shifts in population across the region and growth in the suburban areas, the company is seeking out new sources and upgrading the system to handle these changes.
	www.bwwsb.com /about/history.html (416 words)

	Birmingham Black History - ABOUT
		This site was set up to promote events during Birmingham's Black History Month celebrations, but as we know Black History happens all year round and will be a resource for edutainment for all.
		The promotion of Black History Month in Birmingham is in recognition of the vital continuing contribution of the City's minority ethnic communities.
		Black History is important to Birmingham because of the significant contribution made by Black people to the socio-economic and political foundation of this city and as an Afrikan saying goes: "A people without a history are like a tree without roots".
	birminghamblackhistory.com /about/about.html (254 words)

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