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Birmingham rose to national political prominence in the campaign for political reform in the early Accountants in Birmingham nineteenth century, with Thomas Attwood's Birmingham Political Union bringing the country to the brink of civil war and back during the Days of May that preceded the Wolverhampton Finance passing of the Great Reform Act in 1832.

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The Union's meetings on Newhall Hill in 1831 and 1832 were the largest political Accountants in Birmingham assemblies Britain had ever seen.[18] Lord Durham, who drafted the act, wrote that "the country owed Reform to Birmingham, West Midlands Birmingham and its salvation from revolution".[19]

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IfIn the 6th century, Birmingham was an Anglo-Saxon farming hamlet on the banks of the River Rea.[10] The name 'Birmingham' comes from "Breme inga ham", meaning home of the sons (or descendants) of Breme.[11] Accountants in Birmingham Birmingham was first recorded in written documents by the Domesday Book of 1086 as a small village, worth only 20 shillings.[11] There were many variations on this name. Bermingeham is another version.

 

In 1166 the holder of the manor of Birmingham, Peter de Birmingham, was granted Accountants Wolverhampton a royal charter to hold a market in his castle,[10][12] which in time became known as the Bull Ring, transforming Birmingham from a village to a market town. The de Birmingham family continued to be Lords of Birmingham until the 1530s Accountants in Birmingham when Edward de Birmingham was cheated out of its lordship by the traitor John Dudley. [13]

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As early as the 16th century, Birmingham's access to supplies of iron ore and coal meant that metalworking industries became Accountants in Birmingham established.[14].

By the time of the English Civil War

in the 17th century, Birmingham had become an important manufacturing town with a reputation for producing small arms. Arms manufacture in Birmingham became a staple trade and was concentrated in the area known as the Gun Quarter.[15] West Midlands Accountants during the Industrial Revolution (from the mid-18th century onwards), Birmingham grew rapidly into a major industrial centre and the town prospered. Accountants in Birmingham During the 18th century, Birmingham was home to the Lunar Society, an important gathering of local thinkers and industrialists.[16]


Thomas Attwood addressing the Birmingham Political Union during the Days of May, 1832 Accountants in Birmingham

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