| Observatory |
(then) a place for observing a view |
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| folly |
buildings and other structures set up on large estates for
no purpose except to 'complete the view' or to add interest
- such things as mock temples, castle 'ruins', stone circles
- were called follies. The Observatory became know as 'Perrott's
Folly'. |
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| parish |
though Birmingham was still a manor, owned at that time by
the Archer family of Umberslade, it was more often called a
parish. |
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| Parish Overseers |
were the only 'government' Birmingham then had. |
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| packhorse trains |
long lines of horses, roped together |
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| Turnpike Trusts |
companies of men who took on the task of repairing a road
between two towns, and charged travellers for using it |
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| tollgate |
high fence across the road had a gate in it, the keeper who
lived in a cottage beside it, opened the gate when the toll
was paid. There were different charges for animals, horsemen,
wagons etc. |
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| navigable river |
river on which boats could sail or be towed. The Avon, Trent,
and Severn were the nearest rivers to Birmingham. Bewdley was
a very busy port. |
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| Masshouse |
Catholic church - where mass was said |
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| 'Tinker' Fox |
Colonel Fox was said by his enemies to have been a tinker
- a mender of pots and kettles - in Walsall before the Civil
War. |
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