Selected Bibliography

Aside from a great number of old maps, street plans, newspapers, journals, trade directories, reference and general works also used, the following are books in my possession that have been particularly useful in providing the information contained on this website.

  1. Body WS (Ed.), City of Birmingham Official Handbook 1936 (1936)
  2. British Association, Handbook of Birmingham (1886)
  3. Cattell J & Hawkins R, The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter. An Introduction and Guide (2000)
  4. Chinn C, Birmingham Irish. Making Our Mark (2003)
  5. Corbett J, The Birmingham Trades Council 1866–1966 (1966)
  6. Dargue W, History of Birmingham on your doorstep (2003)
  7. Dent RK, Old and New Birmingham (1880)
  8. Douglas A et al., Memories of Birmingham. 100 Years of Photographs (1986)
  9. Drake P, Handsworth, Hockley and Handsworth Wood (1998)
  10. Gledhill A, Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter (1988)
  11. Haddleton ME, The Jewellery Quarter History and Guide 2nd Edition (1987)
  12. Hopkins E, The Rise of the Manufacturing Town. Birmingham and the Industrial Revolution (1989)
  13. Hutton W, A History of Birmingham (1783)
  14. Jones S, Birmingham ... The Sinister Side (1998)
  15. Josephs Z, Birmingham Jewry 1749–1914 (1980)
  16. Mckenna J, Birmingham Street Names (1986)
  17. Mason S, Jewellery Making in Birmingham 1750–1995 (1999)
  18. Mee A, The King's England: Warwickshire (1936)
  19. Skipp V, A History of Greater Birmingham – Down to 1830 (1980)
  20. Skipp V, The Making of Victorian Birmingham (1983)

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