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In which year did this meeting take place? |
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2.
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What used to stand where the bandstand now is located in Summerfield
Park? |
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3.
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Who lived there? |
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4.
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Why was John Perrott visiting him? |
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5.
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Where had he come from? |
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6.
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Where did he intend to live? |
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7.
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Who had bought Rotton Park from the lord of the manor in 1628? |
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8.
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What old names were still in use although the places had changed? |
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9.
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How did Perrott intend to improve his estate for his descendants? |
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10.
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How did he hope to improve his own view from the rebuilt Lodge? |
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11.
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Why could his estate at Belbroughton not be seen from the
top of the Observatory? |
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12.
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What would sometimes spoil his view to the east? |
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13.
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What made the highways so bad? (Two chief causes) |
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14.
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What needed to be done to them? |
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15.
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Which roads had been turnpiked when the two men met? |
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16.
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Why was there so much traffic on the Halesowen and Dudley
roads? |
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17.
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What was Birmingham's greatest problem at that time? |
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18.
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Which were the nearest inland ports to Birmingham? |
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19.
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Find them on a map of the Midlands. How far are they away? |
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20.
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Find Belbroughton. How far is it from Rotton Park? |
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21.
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Find the Clent Hills. How high are they? |
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22.
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Who owned Edgbaston at that time? |
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23.
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Whose estate had he bought? |
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24.
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What had happened to the old Middlemore home? |
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25.
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Why has St. Bartholomew's church to be rebuilt? |
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26.
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Why did Birmingham Catholics have to hold their services in
a farmhouse (in Pritchatts Road - it is still there)? |
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27.
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Can you find out why Catholics were so unpopular in 1688? |
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28.
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Who would inherit Rotton Park from John Perrott? |
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29.
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Which family were the lords of the manor of Birmingham then? |
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30.
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Why was Birmingham then usually called a parish? |
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31.
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Who were the people who governed Birmingham at that time? |
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32.
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What does 'navigable' mean? |
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33.
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What is the Halesowen road called now? |
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34.
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What was another name for the part of it that goes past Rotton
Park? |
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35.
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What is the Observatory used for now? |
1731 Westley's Plan for Birmingham published. First known (1553
plan deduced therefrom.)
1734 Workhouse built.
1740 John Baskerville's printing works opened.
1741 Wyatt and Paul's Spinning Mill. Aris's Birmingham Gazette.
1744 Heaton's button-making machine.
1745 Coventry Road turnpiked
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