A charter had been granted for a weekly market in the town centre in 1166 and then, in 1259, approval was given for another market to be held at Ascensiontide - the ten days from Ascension Day to the day before Whit Sunday. William Hutton, in his 1783 History of Birmingham, wrote of his first impression of the church when he arrived in Birmingham: Beyond Old Square, on the south-east side are the former (Birmingham) Gazette Buildings. Built as lawyers' chambers in Italianate style in 1886 and the adjacent Crown Inn in a French style On the north side after Corporation Street is the former Daily Post building designed in 1864 for John Feeney by the architect of the Council House, Yeoville Thomason. These were the offices and

Some of the earliest buildings here survive: Nos.1-5 are 2-bay early Victorian houses in a plain neo-classical style probably by Charles Edge and are Grade II Listed, No.6 is a symmetrical 5-bay passed down through the family, though not without complication or incident, until 1539. The last of the family to be lord of the manor was Sir Edward Birmingham. He was not only in debt to the This is done to preserve the anonymity of the people in that area, as some postcodes cover a very small area, sometimes a single building. Mr. Haines proposed to Messrs. Whateley, the solicitors for the school, that the old lease should be cancelled; that they should grant him a fresh one at a greatly increased rental; and that he Colmore Row was once a country lane. In the 18th century, the end nearest Snow Hill was called Bull Lane while the end nearest New Street was called New Hall Lane.Yet if anything – and if the maps are to be believed – Needless Alley got ever narrower in the 18th century, as the buildings either side of it squeezed it. Wells is clearly alluding to the “appreciation of white Juliets for colored Romeos.” [8] As a result, a mob destroyed the Free Speech and threatened to lynch Wells should she return. It was this event which served as an instrumental element in her speaking tour. By presenting accounts of lynchings, not merely through her experience and observances, but through the white Southern press, Wells legitimized these “Southern horrors” [9] as an objective truth and not merely sensationalistic narrative. [10] Birmingham DJ Duncan Finlayson, who played at the city's Powerhouse, Pagoda Park and Millionaire nightclubs, ran the Loading Bay Records shop at 586 Bristol Road, Selly Oak. the far end of the street was completed. Towards the end of the project, Birmingham historian, Robert K Dent wrote approvingly:

You’ll know when you’re in the right place along New Street when you spy the vintage looking sign proclaiming ‘Needless Alley’. And if you’re wondering just how the name came to be, then there are actually a few theories as to why that is! The most prominent is that the street was once called ‘Needlers Alley’ thanks to needle makers in the area and that the name was confused over time! Piccadilly Arcade The earlier building was replaced by a new church made of local red sandstone at the end of 13th century but by 1690 the soft stone had worn badly and, except for the spire, the whole building Fans of Pre-Raphaelite artwork will be delighted to discover that there are several examples of the Victorian Burne-Jones stained glass windows are to be found within Birmingham Cathedral.

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was not then finished. Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in D Minor was written for the 1837 festival, his Elijah was premiered here conducted by the composer in 1846, as was Elgar's The Dream of not present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 he was allowed by the victorious William the Conqueror to keep his lands. In 1068, however, Edwin took arms against William who consequently in it exhibit a pleasing variety of angle, height, and architectural style, in marked contrast to the dull uniformity which prevails in some of the great thoroughfares in other

A City Councillor, ‘A Wearied Councillor’s Protest: to the Editor of the Daily Post’ Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, 12 May 1894) Ida B. Wells, ‘Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases’ in Henry Louis Gates Jr. (ed), Selected Works of Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Oxford University Press 1991) 14.

which has been contracted to Brum since Victorian times. Why the name Birmingham finally took precedence over Brummagem remains a matter of debate.

charter in 1166 (See The Bull Ring.) The de Birmingham's were very likely the descendants of the Richard mentioned in the Domesday Book. The manor then Marlow’s very engaging protagonist may herald the birth of a new genre: Midlands Noir’ Financial Times The Victoria Law Courts were designed by the London architects, Aston Webb & E Ingress Bell in competition with 133 other designs. It was the first major public building in Britain to However, step inside the building during opening hours and you’ll soon discover that the architecture of the Museum itself is well worth a closer inspection. For example, on the floor directly below where the Staffordshire Hoard collections are displayed, there’s some stunning stained glass windows depicting the early 15th-century City of Birmingham Coat of Arms.

great hall with its timber-framed roof is of sandy terracotta and has stained glass by Walter Lonsdale showing scenes of Birmingham's history and industry. This is a Grade I Listed building The two markets continued side by side each year, with horses traded at Edgbaston Street and other animals bought and sold in High Street. The problem of the markets area was its own success. By the end of the 18th century, both wholesale and retail market traders vied with one another for space here and spilled out along the High The guild built a meeting hall on the south side of New Street which would have been a timber-framed building probably similar to the Old Crown in Deritend. When Henry VIII suppressed not only