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B.Col - The Birmingham Collection

F - Large volumes (folio)

01 - Physical Aspects

1; 243091 - Almanack, 1872, 1873. (J. Sumner, 98 High Street) 2 volumes. 1871-2.

1; 664196 - From A-Y : the dictionary of a great city : city of Birmingham project.

2; 62562 - A collection of broadsides relating to murders, executions etc. also calendars and sentences of prisoners at Stafford and Warwick Assizes. 1806-35. Crime.

2; 62562 - A collection of broadsides relating to murders, executions etc., also calendars and sentences of prisoners at Stafford and Warwick Assizes. 7 volumes. Vol. 1. Miscellaneous; Vol. 2. Religious; Vol. 3/4. Political; Vol. 5. Crimes; Vol. 6/7 Songs. 1806-35. Trials.

2; 62562 - A collection of broadsides relating to murders, executions, etc. also Calendars and sentences of prisoners at Stafford and Warwick assizes. 7 volumes 1806-35.

2; 62562 - Broadsides. A collection of broadsides relating to murders, executions etc. Also Calendars and sentences of prisoners at Stafford and Warwick Assizes. 1806 - 1835.

2; 62562 - Broadsides. A collection of broadsides relating to murders, executions etc., also Calendars and sentences of prisoners at Stafford and Warwick Assizes.

2; 119932 - Broadsides. A collection of ballads

2; 256712 - Broadsides. A collection of ballads

2; 413436 - Broadsides etc. Carols, political and satirical relating to Birmingham and district. Including election bills relating to R. Spooner, 1820. c.1800 - 1840. SPOONER (RICHARD) M.P. for Birmingham. Works relating to.

2; 491705 - A collection of miscellaneous broadsides chiefly relating to Birmingham. c.1800- 1900.

2; 531706 - A miscellaneous collection of broadsides, leaflets etc. relating to Birmingham. 1733-1915.

3 17657 - For vesting part of settled estates of Sir Robert Lawley, baronet, in [Birmingham, Handsworth, etc.], in trustees, in trust for the said Sir Robert Lawley : and for settling other lands etc. in the county of Salop in lieu thereof : [38 Geo. III, c. 64].

3 578342 - For vesting part of settled estates of Sir Robert Lawley, baronet, in [Birmingham, Handsworth, etc.], in trustees, in trust for the said Sir Robert Lawley : and for settling other lands etc. in the county of Salop in lieu thereof : [38 Geo. III, c. 64].

3; 61938 - Act for building a parish church and parsonage house, and making a new church yard and new parish in Birmingham, to be called the Parish of St. Philip. (7 Anne, c.13) 1708. St. Philip's (The Cathedral Church).

3; 61939 - Act for laying open and widening certain ways and passages within the town of Birmingham; and for cleaning and lighting the streets, lanes, ways and passages there; and for removing and preventing nuisances and obstructions therein. The "Lamp Act" (8 and 9 Geo III, Sess. 2, c.83) 1769. Street Commissioners (1769 - 1851).

3; 61941 - Act for building two new Chapels (St. Mary's and St. Paul's) and providing burial places thereto, within the town of Birmingham. (12 Geo. III., c.64) 1772. St. Paul's, St. Paul's Square.

3; 64600 - Act for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwise improving the town of Birmingham; and for regulating the police and markets of the said town. (9 Geo. IV. c.54) 1828. Street Commissioners (1769 - 1851).

3; 104907 - To enable the Local Board for the district of Tipton to purchase from the Corporation Corporation of Birmingham so much of the Gas undertaking acquired by them as is situate in is situate in the parish of Tipton etc. (39 & 40 Vict., c.148) 1876. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 104908 - To enable the Oldbury Local Board of Health to purchase from the Corporation of Birmingham so much of the Gas undertaking belonging to them as is situate in the district of Oldbury etc. (39 & 40 Vict., c.191) 1876. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 123785 - To authorize the raising of money to defray the expences of erecting a Prison and Public Offices in Birmingham. (49 Geo. III., c.81) 1809. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 123786 - Act for enlarging the churchyard belonging to the Parish of Saint Martin, in Birmingham, and for providing an additional cemetery or burial ground for the use of the said parish. (47 Geo. III., c.15) 1807. St. Martin's Church and Parish.

3; 123787 - Act to amend an Act (47 Geo. III., c.15) for enlarging the churchyard belonging to the Parish of Saint Martin in Birmingham, and for providing an additional cemetery or burial ground for the use of the said parish. (1 Will. IV., c.20) 1831. St. Martin's Church and Parish.

3; 265687 - To alter, amend and enlarge the powers of an Act (25 Geo. II., c.34) for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts within the Town of Birmingham, and Hamlet of Deritend. (47 Geo. III., c.14) 1807. Reprint 1817. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 282657 - Act for enlarging the churchyard belonging to the Parish of Saint Martin, in Birmingham, and for providing an additional cemetery or burial ground (Park Street Burial Ground?) for the use of the said Parish. (47 Geo. IV, c.15) 1807. Cemeteries.

3; 282662 - Act to enable the trustees of an estate at Rowley Regis, belonging to Deritend Chapel, near Birmingham to demise the mines under the same, and lay out the money to arise therefrom in lands etc. (1 & 2 Geo. IV., c.41) 1821. Deritend Chapel (St. John's Church).

3; 282663 - To establish an additional Company (The Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company) for more effectually lighting with Gas the Town of Birmingham, and certain other parishes and places. (6 Geo. IV., c.79) 1825. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 282664 - Act for the more easy recovery of small debts within the parishes of Kingsnorton and Northfield. Court of Requests. (3 Vict., c.69) Royal Assent copy. 1840. King's Norton.

3; 282665 - To empower the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gaslight Company to raise a further sum of money. (21 Vict., c.1) 1858. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 282666 - Act to authorise the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company to extend their works and limits of supply etc. (38 & 39 Vict., c.186) 1875. Water.

3; 313339 - Act for conferring further powers upon the Urban District Council of Handsworth with respect to tramways and electric lighting etc. (1 Edward VII. c.102) Another edition. 1901. Handsworth (Miscellaneous).

3; 325012 - To carry into effect a partition between John Michael Severne Esquire and Anna Maria his wife, and others, of estates in the counties of Worcester (at Yardley), Salop, Warwick etc. (8 & 9 Vict., c.194) Royal Assent copy. 94pp. 1845. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 334415 - Act to authorise the closing of the church of St. Mary, Birmingham and the sale of the site and churchyard thereof and the application of the proceeds of sale for church purposes, the extinction of the ecclesiastical parish of St. Mary, Birmingham and the merger thereof in another parish etc. Proposed extension of the General Hospital. (15 & 16 Geo. V., c.41) 1825. St. Mary's, Whittall Street.

3; 356306 - To enable the trustees of the estates (at Erdington etc.) of Walter Stanley Esquire, deceased, to grant building leases. (3 & 4 Vict., c.21) 1840. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 424075 - Act for providing a proper workhouse, within the parish of Birmingham, and for better regulating the poor within the said parish. (23 Geo. III., c.54) 1783. Workhouses.

3; 426226 - Bill to convey further powers upon the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and citizens of the city of Birmingham, to make further provision in regard to the health, local government and improvement of that city etc. Revised 3/11/1934. (25 & 26 Geo. V) 1934. Corporation.

3; 468769 - To annex the county of the City of Coventry to Warwickshire, and to define the boundary of the City of Coventry. With references to Birmingham. (5 & 6 Vict., c.110) 1842. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 504140 - Act to amend an Act (7 & 8 Geo. IV., c.24) to enable the Birmingham Coal Company to sue and be sued in the name of their secretary, or one of the members; and to authorize the said Company to borrow a further sum of money; etc. (6 Will. IV., c.56) 1836. Coal Company, Birmingham.

3; 514857 - Act for better regulating the poor within the parish of Birmingham; and for empowering the Guardians of the Poor to grant building leases of certain lands vested in them, or otherwise to sell and dispose of the same, and to apply the monies to arise therefrom in the enlargement or rebuilding of the present workhouse etc. (1 & 2 Will. IV., c.67) 1831. Reprint, with manuscript notes. 1844. Workhouses.

3; 519430 - Birmingham Improvement. A bill for paving, lighting, draining, cleansing and improving the town of Birmingham. (8 Vict.) 1845. Bills (Parliamentary).

3; 523378 - Act for supplying with water the town and neighbourhood of Birmingham. Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Waterworks. (7 Geo. IV., c.109) 1826. Water.

3; 523379 - Act for cleansing, lighting, and watching, and levelling the surfaces of the streets, and other publick places, within the hamlets of Deretend and Bordesley; and for removing and preventing nuisances, obstructions and incroachments, and regulating the driving of carts etc. (31 Geo. III., c.17) 1791. Street Commissioners (1769 - 1851).

3; 523380 - For erecting a new Church to be called Christ Church, in Birmingham, and for providing a maintenance and residence for the minister or perpetual curate thereof. (43 Geo. III., c.117) 1803. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 523381 - For the more easy raising money upon the Hundred of Hemlingford, for paying the damages and costs incurred on account of the late Riots within the said Hundred, than is authorized to be done by the laws now in being. (33 Geo. III., c.39) 1793. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 523382 - Act to alter and enlarge the powers of two Acts (8 and 9 Geo. III., Sess. 2, c.83, and 13 Geo. III., c.36) for laying open and widening certain ways etc., within the town of Birmingham etc.; and also for regulating hackney coaches and chairs, and the drivers of all carriages; for laying open and widening certain other streets and places; for further regulating the Police and the manner of laying out and paving new streets there et. (41 Geo. III., c.39) 1801. Street Commissioners (1769 - 1851).

3; 523383 - Act to enable the Birmingham Coal Company to sue and be sued in the name of their secretary or one of the members (7 & 8 Geo. IV., c.24) 1827. Coal Company, Birmingham.

3; 523384 - For erecting a new Church to be called Christ Church, in Birmingham, and for providing a maintenance and residence for the minister or perpetual curate thereof. (43 Geo. III., c.117) Royal Ascent Copy. 1803. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 523385 - To establish certain leases granted by Henrietta Inge widow, and William Inge Esquire, both deceased, of houses and lands in the Parish of Birmingham. (6 Geo. IV., c.34) 1825. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

3; 646436 - [Birmingham Corporation Bill, 1946 : petitions against the bill, and miscellaneous reports] : session 1945-46.

3; 646437 - [Birmingham Corporation Bill, 1946 : texts of bill : with royal assent copy of the act] : session 1945-46.

3; 646538 - Birmingham Corporation Bill, 1946 [to provide for the improvement of the central area of Birmingham, and to make further provision with respect to water, electricity and gas] : minutes of proceedings taken before select committees of the House of Commons

3; 660019 - A bill to confer further powers upon the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and citizens of the city of Birmingham in regard to their gas undertaking, to authorise the supply of heat by means of hot water and steam : to make further and better provision in reference to

3; 660826 - Birmingham Corporation Bill, 1953 : to construct a subway in the city, and for other purposes : [with notice of poll].

3; 660827 - Birmingham Corporation Bill, 1954 : to provide travelling facilities on public service vehicles : [with notice of poll].

3; 660882 - Birmingham Corporation Bill 1957 [to confer further powers and make further provision for the improvement, health, local government and finances of the city : 6 & 7 Eliz 2 : session 1957-8.

3; 661676 - To authorise the Lord Mayor and citizens of Birmingham to provide an exhibition hall, and for other purposes.

4; 426442 - Statutory Rules and Orders, 1934. No. 1177 : City of Birmingham (Traffic Regulation) Order, 1934, dated October 22nd 1934, made by the Minister of Transport. 12pp. 1934. Transport (Ministry of).

31 Local & Private Acts

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 21; 112242 - Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board relating to the City of Birmingham. (54 & 55 Vict., c.161) 1891. BOUNDARIES : Extension of 1891. (Annexation of Balsall Heath, Harborne, Saltley.

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 32; 222122 - Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to Birmingham and Wakefield. (9 Edw. VII., c122) 1909. BOUNDARIES : Extension of 1909. (Annexation of Quinton).

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 33; 231082 - Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board relating to Birmingham. (1 & 2 Geo. V., c. 36) 1911. BOUNDARIES : Extension of 1911. (Annexation of Aston, Handsworth, Erdington,.

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 34; 279735 - Act to confirm a provisional order of the Local Government Board (for altering the Birmingham (Extension) Order 1911 (Alteration of wards) (8 & 9 Geo. V., c. 46) 1918. BOUNDARIES : Extension of 1911. (Annexation of Aston, Handsworth, Erdington,.

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 36; 341951 - Act to extend the boundaries of the borough of Smethwick to confer further powers upon the Corporation of that borough, with respect to their gas undertaking, to make further provision for the finance of the borough, etc. (17 & 18 Geo. V. c.65) 1927.

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 36; 341952 - Act to alter the boundaries of the borough of West Bromwich to empower the mayo mayor, aldermen and burgesses of that borough to acquire lands and to purchase portions of certain tramways outside the borough, to provide and work trolley vehicles and omnibuses etc. (17 & 18 Geo. V., c.86) 1927.

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 36; 341956 - Act to extend the boundaries of the city of Birmingham, etc. (17 & 18 Geo. V., c. 102) 1927. BOUNDARIES : Extension of 1927 (Annexation of Perry Barr).

31 Miscellaneous Local Acts Vol. 37; 364504 - An Act to empower the lord mayor aldermen and citizens of the city of Birmingham to construct works for the improvement of the rivers Rea and Tame etc. (Birmingham Corporation Rivers Improvement Act) (19 & 20 Geo. V., c.70) 1929. Rea (River).

031; 17894 - Act to incorporate the Birmingham and Midland Institute, to define its constitution, and to enable the Council of the Borough of Birmingham to grant a site for the Institute Buildings. (17 & 18 Vict., c.91) 1854. Midland Institute (Birmingham and).

31; 50838 - Index to Miscellaneous Local and Personal Acts, relating mainly to the Counties of Stafford, Warwick and Worcester. With manuscript additions. 1873 etc.. Law Society (Birmingham).

31; 104907 - Act to enable the Local Board for the district of Tipton to purchase from the Corporation of Birmingham so much of the gas undertaking acquired by them as is situate in the parish of Tipton etc. (39 & 40 Vict., c.148) 1876. Gas.

31; 104908 - Act to enable the Oldbury Local Board of Health to purchase from the Corporation of Birmingham so much of the gas undertaking belonging to them as is situate in the district of Oldbury etc. (39 & 40 Vict., c.191) 1876. Gas.

31; 123785 - Act to authorize the raising of money to defray the expenses of erecting a Prison and Public Offices in Birmingham. (49 Geo. III., c.81) 1809. Public Offices and Prison, Moor Street.

31; 123788 - Act for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwise improving the town of Birmingham; and for regulating the police and markets of the said town. (9 Geo. IV. c.54) 1828. Street Commissioners (1769 - 1851).

31; 231083 - To confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board relating to Birmingham. (Annexation of Aston, Handsworth, Erdington, Kings Norton and Northfield (part) and Yardley) (1 & 2 Geo. V., c.36) 1911. Acts of Parliament (Miscellaneous).

31; 282663 - Act to establish an additional Company (The Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company) for more effectually lighting with gas the town of Birmingham, and certain other parishes and places. (6 Geo. IV., c. 79) 1825. Gas.

31; 282665 - Act to empower the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gaslight Company to raise a further sum of money. (21 Vict., c.1) 1858. Gas.

31; 523381 - Act for the more easy raising money upon the Hundred of Hemlingford, for paying the damages and cost incurred on account of the late riots within the said Hundred, than is authorized to be done by the laws now in being. (33 Geo. III, c.39) 1793. Hemlingford (Hundred of).

31; 663347 - An act to dissolve the College of Advanced Technology, Birmingham and to transfer all the rights, property and liabilities of that college to the University of Aston in Birmingham : to provide for the pooling of investments and moneys of certain endowment

32; 144587 - Bibliography of Worcestershire. By the Rev. J.R. Burton and F.S. Pearson, etc. (Worcestershire Historical Society. Volumes 10 – 12) (Oxford) 3 volumes. 1898 – 1907. *PEARSON (FRANK SHAKESPEARE).

11232 - The Birmingham Liberal Association. In The Saturday Review. Vol. 32. 1871. Liberal Association (Birmingham).

06 - Directories

07 - Book Trade in Birmingham

08 - Periodicals and Newspapers

09 - Bibilography on all aspects of the history of Birmingham

10 - Religion

11 - Ecclesiology, Church Buildings, Art, Furniture

12 - Monastic Birmingham

13 - Church of England General Histories

14 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Birmingham

15 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Aston

17 - Roman Catholic Church

18 - Nonconformists Dissenters

19 - Minor Denominations

20 - Social Life

21 - Social Life Special Classes

22 - Customs of Public and Private Life, Pageants, Festivals Ceremonies and Other Customs

23 - Inns, Taverns, Public Houses, Hotels, Hospitaity, customes connected with eating and drinking

24 - Clubs and Societies

25 - Amusements, Recreation, Sports and Pastimes

26 - Circuses, Fair and Similar Shows

27 - Parks, Open Spaces, Public Gardens and Pleasure Gardens

28 - Theatres, Music Halls

29 - Legends, Ghost Apparitions, Hauntings

30 - History of Birmingham Government from ealiest times

31 - City Corporation, The Mayor, Aldermen and Council Collectively

32 - Mayoralty

33 - Aldermen

34 - City Council

35 - Freedom Qualifications, Rights and Duties of Citizens

36 - City Officials and Departments

38 - Town Hall

39 - Regional Government

40 - Statistics, Yearbooks of General Statistics

41 - Poor, Life and Labour

42 - Crimes, Offences, Misdemeanours, Juvenile Crime, Special Crimes

43 - Laws, Admisitration of Justice

44 - Markets and Food Supply

45 - Public Health

46 - Medicine Hospitals

47 - Transport, Communication, Traffic Problems

48 - Education, Teaching and Teachers, History and Description of Schools,

49 - Other Services (Gas, Electricity)

50 - Culture in Birmingham

51 - Literary Associations

52 - Literary Associations (Birmingham and Midland Writers Only)

53 - Libraries

54 - Fine Arts, artists, Printing, Sculpture

55 - Music

56 - Architecture in Birmingham

57 - Public Buildings

58 - Domestic Architecture, Household Effecrs, Gardens

59 - Other Cutural Activities

60 - Economic History and Theory

61 - Industrial Organisation

62 - Commerce, Commercial Interests

63 - Finance, Banking, Public Finance

64 - Trades and Manufactures

65 - Engineering and Technology

66 - Chemical and Allied Industries

67 - Manufactures

68 - Specialised Trades and Craftys

69 - Other Industries

70 - History: Sources

71 - History: General

72 - History: Before the Conquest

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73 - Histories of Specific Periods

74 - Relations with Foreign Countires. Colonial Relations

75 - Military, Naval and Air History

76 - Political History

77 - Geneaology, Heraldry

78 - Biography

79 - Collections of Portraits, Catalogues of Portraits

80 - Topography and description

81 - Birmingham as described by foreign travellers

82 - Vestiges of Old Birmingham and Midlands

83 - Guides to Birmiongham and Surrounding Country

84 - Maps and Plans

85 - Views, Prospects, Panoramas

86 - Improvement Schemes to 1939

87 - Reconstruction and Redevelopment: 1940s onwards

88 - Conservation, Environment

89 - Particular streets and localites

90 - Parishes

91 - Suburbs and Districs in Warwickshire

92 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Worcestershie

93 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Stafforsdhire

99 - West Midlands, Black Country

FF - Extra large volumes

p - Pamphlets

pp - Large pamphlets

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