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During this time, the venue was described by its owners as "Birmingham's longest running club". [8] The venue closed in May 2012 after shots had been fired outside the venue just before 6am on April 28. [9] CCTV footage also revealed a customer in possession of a handgun inside the club within sight of security staff. [10]
1154 – Lord of the manor Peter de Birmingham has the charter to hold a market in Birmingham on every Thursday, transforming the village into a town. 1160 – The first stone church building is erected on the site of St. Mary's Church, Handsworth.
The Architectural Achievement of Joseph Hamsom (1803–1882), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall and Churches of the Catholic Revival. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-7734-3851-4. Holyoak, Joe (1989). All About Victoria Square. Birmingham: The Victorian Society Birmingham Group. ISBN 0-901657-14-X. Foster, Andy ...
Birmingham Council House Extension (contains parts of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) II* 1913 Ashley & Newton Birmingham and Midland Institute: II* 1889 Jethro Cossins, F. B. Peacock & Ernest Bewley: Birmingham Town Hall: I 1832; 1837; 1849–1851 Joseph Hansom & Edward Welch. Charles Edge: Chamberlain Memorial: II 1880 John Henry Chamberlain
The 15th century Old Crown, originally the hall of the Guild of St John, Deritend, is the sole surviving secular building of the medieval town.. Although place-name evidence indicates that Birmingham was established by the early 7th century, [3] the exact location of the Anglo-Saxon settlement is uncertain and no known trace of it survives. [4]
The 855 women of the battalion were sent to Birmingham to sort and redirect a huge backlog of mail for US service personnel in Europe. The women of '6888' (Six Triple Eight) lived and worked at King Edward's for 3 months to sort and despatch over 17 million items of mail, processing approximately 65,000 pieces of mail per shift at a rate of 3 ...
The Grand Hotel is a Grade II* listed Victorian five star hotel in the city centre of Birmingham, England.The hotel occupies the greater part of a block bounded by Colmore Row, Church Street, Barwick Street and Livery Street and overlooks St Philip's Cathedral and churchyard.
Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States.It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. After closing, it became one of the first industrial sites (and the only blast furnace) in the U.S. to be preserved and restored for public use.