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The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 [1] in a 1.07-square-kilometre (264-acre) area. [ 2 ] The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the jewellery trade and produces 40% of all the jewellery made ...
Jewellery Quarter station is a combined railway station and tram stop, situated in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains (who operate the station), Chiltern Railways , and West Midlands Metro .
English: Jewellery Quarter railway station Birmingham In January 2018, most trains on this route are operated by West Midlands Railway which took over the franchise from London Midland on December 10th 2017. Next station ahead is Birmingham Snow Hill. Jewellery Quarter tram station operated by Midland Metro is behind the fence on the left.
It reopened in 1987 as part of a completely redeveloped site with new office buildings replacing the original hotel, and multi-storey car parking over the station concourses. In 2011 a new station entrance was opened linking Snow Hill station to the Jewellery Quarter, on the other side of the A41 Queensway inner distribution road.
Hockley is a central inner-city district in the city of Birmingham, England. It lies about one mile (1.5 kilometres) northwest of the city centre, and is served by the Jewellery Quarter station. Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter continues to thrive in Hockley, and much of the original architecture and small artisan workshops have survived intact.
Drawing from William Hutton's 1809 book An history of Birmingham, showing the church before the spire was added. The Grade I listed church [1] [2] was designed by Roger Eykyn of Wolverhampton. Building started in 1777, and the church was consecrated in 1779. It was built on land given by Charles Colmore from his Newhall estate.
Newman Brothers at The Coffin Works is a museum in the Newman Brothers Coffin Furniture Factory building in the Jewellery Quarter conservation area in Birmingham, England. The museum educates visitors about the social and industrial history of the site, which operated from 1894–1998 as a coffin furniture factory.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:23, 25 February 2011: 640 × 480 (78 KB): GeographBot == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1="Factory Houses", Albion Street, Jewellery Quarter Birmingham During the 19th century much manufacturing was carried out by artisans working in their own homes or in rooms hired out.