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The Saltley Handaxe illustrated by John Evans in 1897. The oldest human artefact found within Birmingham is the Saltley Handaxe: a 500,000-year-old brown quartzite hand axe about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) long, discovered in the gravels of the River Rea at Saltley in 1892.
Description: Map of the West Midlands, UK with Birmingham highlighted.. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 14 April 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData.
1730 – William Westley produces the first documentation of a newly constructed square named Old Square. It becomes one of the most prestigious addresses in Birmingham. 1731 – The first map of Birmingham is produced by William Westley. 1732 – c. 14 November: The Birmingham Journal, Birmingham's first local newspaper, is printed by Thomas ...
Birmingham was the first city to be named National City of Sport by the Sports Council. [386] Birmingham was selected ahead of London and Manchester to bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics, [387] but was unsuccessful in the final selection process, which was won by Barcelona. [388] Test cricket at Edgbaston Cricket Ground
The runway was broken up, the buildings were demolished, and construction of a Birmingham overspill estate (Castle Vale) started in 1964, and completed in 1969. [15] All that remains today are, a stained glass window in the estate's church, streets and housing blocks with aviation names, a row of ex-RAF houses along the Chester Road, and a ...
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The exact former location of the house is somewhat unclear; however, the first series Ordnance Survey map places the hall in the area of Albert and Bolton Roads, [21] [22] this location being supported by the image of the ruins drawn in 1791 by Philip Henry Witton Jr., the clerk and draughtsman, which places it on an elevated site.
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