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In 2011 Birmingham had 78,259 full-time students from all over the world aged 18–74 resident in the city during term time, more than any other city in the United Kingdom outside London. [338] Birmingham has 32,690 research students, also the highest number of any major city outside London. [339]
Birmingham in 1732, on the verge of the Industrial Revolution. Birmingham has seen 1400 years of growth, during which time it has evolved from a small 7th century Anglo Saxon hamlet on the edge of the Forest of Arden at the fringe of the early Mercia into a major city.
This is a list of the constituent towns, villages and areas of Birmingham (both the city and the metropolitan borough) in England.. Between 1889 and 1995, the city boundaries were expanded to include many places which were once towns or villages in their own right, many of which still retain a distinctive character.
14 April: The streets of Birmingham lit by gas for the first time by the Birmingham Gas Light and Coke Company. [2] A large rally to promote electoral reform elects Charles Wolseley as Birmingham's "legislatorial representative" (the town has no MP at this time). William Westmacott is hired by Alfred Bunn to redesign the Theatre Royal's interior.
Map of the Birmingham Metropolitan Area showing its built-up areas, morphological boundaries and catchment zones. The Birmingham Metropolitan Area is an urban agglomeration located in the West Midlands region of England with a population of around 4.3 million people, making it the second largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom. [3]
Birmingham city centre, also known as Central Birmingham, is the central business district of Birmingham, England. The area was historically in Warwickshire . Following the removal of the Inner Ring Road , the city centre is now defined as being the area within the Middle Ring Road . [ 1 ]
The IANA time zone database contains one zone for the United Kingdom in the file zone.tab, named Europe/London. This refers to the area having the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code "GB". The zone names Europe/Guernsey, Europe/Isle_of_Man and Europe/Jersey exist because they have their own ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 but the zone.tab entries are links to ...
Most of Birmingham was historically a part of Warwickshire, though the modern city also includes villages and towns historically in Staffordshire or Worcestershire. Until the 1760s, Birmingham was administered by manorial and parish officials, most of whom served on a part-time and honorary basis. By the 1760s the population growth of ...