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This is a list of notable hotels and inns in the United Kingdom ... The Lord Crewe Arms Hotel; Lumley Castle; Seaham Hall; ... Jurys Inn Birmingham; Moor Hall Hotel;
The Hall of Memory is a war memorial in Centenary Square, Birmingham, England, designed by S. N. Cooke and W. N. Twist. Erected 1922–25 by John Barnsley and Son, it commemorates the 12,320 Birmingham citizens who died in World War I .
Hall of Memory, Birmingham. Cooke was born in Birmingham, England, in 1883. His early works include the original Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1913), for director Barry Jackson. [2] This was the first purpose-built repertory theatre in the UK. [2] Jackson and Cooke took inspiration from the democratic nature of theatres they had visited in Germany.
Built in 1881 as The Winchester Tavern, it later became The Winchester Hall Hotel. [64] [65] The name derives from a nearby 17th century mansion, Winchester Hall. The pub is listed on Camra's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [64] [65] Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street.
Arms of the de Bermingham family, medieval lords of the manor of Birmingham: Party per pale indented or and gules, as sculpted on the tunic of the alabaster effigy of Sir John de Bermingham (d. circa 1400) in St Martin's Church, Birmingham. The coat of arms of Birmingham – the heraldic emblem of the English city of Birmingham – was first ...
Edgbaston means "village of a man called Ecgbald", from the Old English personal name + tun "farm". The personal name Ecgbald means "bold sword" (literally "bold edge"). The name was recorded as a village known as Celboldistane in the Hundred of Coleshill in the 1086 Domesday Book [3] until at least 1139, wrongly suggesting that Old English stān "stone, rock" is the final element of the name.
The Hall is usually open to the public for hotel accommodation only. The surrounding Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens are one of the last examples of Formal English Gardens in the country and have been restored by Castle Bromwich Gardens Trust (established 1985), which holds a long lease from the City of Birmingham. These gardens are a popular ...
No. 8 Bennetts Hill/11–12 Waterloo Street: the former National Provincial Bank of England; now the "Lost & Found" bar and restaurant. A Grade II* listed building, [5] built in 1869–70 to designs by John Gibson (with porch dome and sculptures and a rooftop early coat of arms of Birmingham by S. F. Lynn). [3] [4] South-east corner