Questions

1.
In which year was St. Augustine's Church opened?
2.
Of which parish was it then a chapelry?
3.
What were its surroundings when it was opened?
4.
What did Gillott intend to do with his estate?
5.
What other farmland was to be developed?
6.
What two things had George Dixon and Joseph Gillott in common?
7.
How has St. Augustine's been changed since it was opened?
8.
Why was land leased rather than sold?
9.
What restriction could be placed on people who leased plots?
10.
Why was the sort of building permitted at the north end of the estate to be different from that in the south?
11.
Which part of Birmingham was rapidly built up about this time?
12.
Why did George Dixon want to enter Parliament?
13.
What did he have to give up in order to do so?
14.
What were Dixon's objections to the school system that then existed?
15.
What was he hoping to persuade Parliament to do?
16.
What was George Dixon's address?
17.
Who lived near him?
18.
Why was Dixon called 'the most popular man in Birmingham'?
19.
In what ways was Hagley Road a disgrace to Birmingham?
20.
Which body was now responsible for roads and drains in Birmingham?
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