List of contents of Dent's Old & New Birmingham, 1880

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Below is the list of Contents giving chapter headings for this edition of Dent's History of Birmingham. The reference provided is to a page number in the book. You may prefer to view the .pdf version of the contents, in which case please double-click on Contents pdf file.

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

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