Principal Sources

Rentals of Birmingham, 1529, 1545, 1553
History of Birmingham - William Hutton 1781
Birmingham Inclosure Act 1798
Old & New Birmingham - R.K. Dent 1880
Place-Names of Warks. Gover, etc
Birmingham & Its Regional Setting - ed. Kinvig, Wise 1950
History of Birmingham - Gill, Briggs 1952
The Great Civil War - Guttery 1962
Victoria County History of Warks., Vol, VII 1964
Rotton Park Ward - While 1965
Canals of the West Midlands - Hadfield 1966
Window on Edgbaston 1965
Transactions of the Birmingham Archaeological Society
Map of Roman Britain - O.S. 1956
Map of Britain in the Dark Ages O.S. 1939
The Gough Map c.1360
Maps of Warks., Worcs., Staffs. - Saxton 1576, Speed 1610
Map of 'Edgberston' - Deeley 1701
Plan of Edgbaston - Sparry 1718
Map of Warks. - Beighton 1725
Plan of Intended Navigations Birmingham to Aldersley 1767
Plan of Turnpike Road Birmingham to Wednesbury 1771
Plan of Birmingham Canals - Wright 1775
Map of the Parish of Birmingham - Snape 1779
Birmingham Inclosure Map 1798
Map of Birmingham - Kempson 1810
Plan of Birmingham - Robins l820
Tithe Map of Edgbaston - 1825
Maps of Birmingham Heath Estate - 1801-35
O.S. One-Inch Map First Edition - c. 1858
Map of Bounds of Birmingham - Dawson 1852
Tithe Map of St. Martin's Parish - 1848
Site of Tollgates in Borough of Birmingham, Map - 1851
Plan of land between Dudley and Hagley Turnpikes - c. 1875
O.S. Six-Inch Map, First Edition - 1882-7
Street-Maps of Borough of Birmingham - Till 1873, 1885, 1892
Street-Map of City of Birmingham - Stilgoe 1912
O.S. Six-inch Map - 1966

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