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CHAPTER.
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SUBJECT |
PAGE |
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i.
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The Manor and its Lords |
3 |
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ii.
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Deritend, its Chapel and its Martyr Worthy |
11 |
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iii.
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Birmingham in the Sixteenth Century |
17 |
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iv.
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Aston Hall and its Owners |
19 |
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v.
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The Battle of Birmingham |
32 |
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vi.
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Birmingham in Transition |
44 |
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vii.
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Appearance of the Town-1660-1700 |
54 |
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viii.
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:A peep into the Old Town Books |
57 |
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ix..
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The Church in Prosperity and the Church in Danger |
60 |
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i.
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A. Picture of Birmingham in 1730- 31 |
64 |
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xi.
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The Free Schools and Charities of Birmingham in the Seventeenth Century |
71 |
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xii.
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Samuel Johnson in Birmingham- |
79 |
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xiii.
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Aris's Birmingham Gazette and the appearance of the Town in 1741-1750 |
83 |
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xiv.
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The Story of a runaway Apprentice |
92 |
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xv.
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The Churches and Sects of Birmingham in 1720-1760 |
99 |
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xvi.
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How our Ancestors Travelled - |
103 |
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xvii.
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The Old Prison of Birmingham- |
109 |
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xviii.
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Local Manufactures in the Eighteenth Century |
111 |
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xix.
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John Baskerville |
114 |
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xx.
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Birmingham in 1760 |
119 |
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xxi.
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The General Hospital |
125 |
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xxii.
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William Hutton in Birmingham |
132 |
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xxiii.
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The Story of Soho |
138 |
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xxiv.
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Public Life and events of 1760-1775 |
141 |
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xxv.
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The Lamp Act |
156 |
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xxvi.
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Poet Freeth and the Birmingham Book Club |
163 |
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xxvii.
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The Churches and Sects of Birmingham in 1760-1780 |
169 |
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xxviii
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The Birmingham Triennial Musical Festivals, first period from 1768 to 1799 |
176 |
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xxix.
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The first History of Birmingham- |
181 |
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xxx.
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Public Life and Events in 1775-1790 |
185 |
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xxxi.
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The Birmingham Library |
197 |
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xxxii.
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Appearance of Birmingham in 1790 |
203 |
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xxxiii.
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A few old Birmingham Worthies |
210 |
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xxxiv.
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What led to tile Riots of 1791 |
220 |
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xxxv.
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The Fourteenth of July and its Events |
226 |
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xxxvi.
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The Second Day of the Riots |
232 |
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xxxvii.
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The Third Day of the Riots |
235 |
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xxxviii
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The End of the Riots |
244 |
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xxxix
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After the Riots |
247 |
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xl..
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The Theatre in Birmingham from 1775 to the burning of the New Street Theatre in 1792 |
257 |
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xli.
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The Story of Soho, Part II |
265 |
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xlii. .
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A Second Chapter of Local Worthies |
272 |
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xliii.
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Public Life and Events-1790-1800 |
293 |
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xliv.
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Churches and Sects in Birmingham1791-1812 |
306 |
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xlv .
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Appearance of the Town at the commencement of the Nineteenth Century |
308 |
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xlvi.
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Intellectual and Literary Activity of the Town at the close of the Eighteenth Century |
313 |
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xlvii.
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Amusements of the People, including the History of the Birmingham Theatre, 1795-1810 |
318 |
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xlviii.
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Public Life and Events-1801-1810 |
327 |
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xlix.
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Local Trade and Commerce-1765-1810 |
337 |
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1.
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More about Travelling |
344 |
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li.
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The First Campaign in tile Struggle for Freedom-1811-1820 |
349 |
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iii.
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The Churches and Sects in Birmingham -1811-1820 |
360 |
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liii.
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Local Charities, Chiefly Medical |
364 |
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liv.
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Public Life and Events-1811-1820 |
367 |
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1v.
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Amusements of the People, including the History of the Theatre Royal from 1811 to 1820 |
380 |
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lvi.
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The First Philosophical and Artistic Societies of Birmingham |
387 |
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Ivii.
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The Churches and Sects in Birmingham-1821-1830 |
391 |
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lviii.
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The Birmingham Political Union and the Struggle for Parliamentary Reform-1828-1842 |
396 |
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lix.
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Public Life and Events-1821-18:10 |
415 |
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lx.
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Birmingham in 1832_ |
425 |
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lxi.
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The Theatre in Birmingham-1821-1830 with Notices of other Amusements of the People |
431 |
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1xii.
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Birmingham Triennial Musical Festi vals, Second Period from 1802-1829 |
417 |
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lxiii.
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Education in Birmingham-1801-1840 |
442 |
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lxiv.
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The Birmingham Railways |
447 |
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1xv.
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Political History-1833-1840, including the History of the Bull-Ring Riots of 1839 |
450 |
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lxvi.
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The Churches and Sects in Birmingham 1831-1840 |
462 |
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lxvii.
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Public Life and Events-1831-1840 |
469 |
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lxviii.
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Amusements of the People, including the History of tile Theatre Royal from 1831 to l840 |
482 |
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PART II
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CHAPTER
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SUBJECT |
PAGE |
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i.
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Municipal History of the Borough |
491 |
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ii.
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Political History-1841-1879 |
529 |
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iii.
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Public Life and Events-1841-1879 |
550 |
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iv.
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The Churches and Sects of Birmingham -1841-1879 |
574 |
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v.
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Education, Literature, and Literary and Scientific Societies in Birmingham.-- 1841-1879 |
589 |
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vi.
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Charitable Institutions -1841-1879 - |
600 |
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vii.
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The Triennial Musical Festivals, Third Period, 1834-1879 |
605 |
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viii.
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Amusements of the people, including the History during that period |
608 |
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ix.
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Local Trade and Commerce-1811-1879 |
613 |
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x.
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Public Buildings and Appearance of the Town-1841-1879 |
616 |