Name: Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham. A History and Guide, Arranged Alphabetically, Etc
Author: Thomas T. Harman
ISBN: 978-1241508616

Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham. A History and Guide, Arranged Alphabetically, Etc

By Thomas T.Harman 16 Apr, 2019

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Birmingham to the Seventh Century.—We have no record or traces whatever of there being inhabitants in this neighbourhood, though there can be little doubt that in the time of the invasion of the Romans some British strongholds were within a few miles of the place, sundry remains having been found to show that many battles had been fought near here. If residents there were prior to King Edward the Confessor's reign, they would probably be of Gurth's tribe, and their huts even Hutton, antiquarian and historian as he was, failed to find traces of. How the name of this our dwelling-place came about, nobody knows. Not less than twelve dozen ways have been found to spell it; a score of different derivations "discovered" for it; and guesses innumerable given as to its origin, but we still wait for the information required. Less

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