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Extracts from the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham …, ed. C. Fowler, vol. 1, Surtees Society Publications 99 (1898). This is a Victorian transcript. (1324-5) : Pro vxx et viij ulnis panni de Berm' pro ix robis [etc.]. (1342-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc. 99171 : vxx uln. de albo Bermegeham pr...

The first surviving documentary record of Birmingham is in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is recorded as the small manor of Bermingeham, worth 20 shillings. (Wikipedia) Text is Medieval Latin with the place name presumably rendered phonetically.

If anyone has a public library card, then via digital resources you may be able to have free access to the Oxford English Dictionary and other resources from home. https://www.oed.com/information/get-help-with-access/access-while-away-from-institution?tl=true

The OED (Oxford English Dictionary) records written usage. Of course oral usage may be considerably earlier. I was delighted to discover that Worcestershire Libraries have digital access from anywhere! Brummagem 1679– Designating counterfeit coins manufactured in the English city of...

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The old GPO building is now known as Victoria Square House. But the Post Office has now closed and the building seems mainly occupied by law firms. The City Centre Post Office has opened in TG Jones (the new name for W.H. Smith) in Union Street.

Many Happy Returns! Derek

The exhibition outside the Town Hall is over now, I'm afraid. But Jo Gane's video #12 in this thread is well worth watching. She explains the connection between electroplating and daguerréotypes clearly. The daguerréotype is a one off image on a copper plate while the future of photography...

Thanks Janice! That looks probable.

Thanks Lauren! So we can eliminate Reservoir House and Reservoir Cottage. Do you know what your cottage is called and what state it is in?

Welcome to BHF, Lauren. I struggled to find the cottage on-line as it is inside the grounds and not at the Rotton Park Rd entrance. I found this photo on Flickr River. The place is fenced off - but is this the cottage you mean?

My photo June 2023

The Old Swan (Ma Pardoes) is beautiful inside and out. The 'To Let' sign has been there for a while. It is a famous Black Country pub and still brews its own Beer. Take a trip out Brummies and boost the takings. I hope this one will keep going it has a strong following...

Gladys Rd, Bearwood. Infant & Junior School at top of our road, Thimblemill baths at the bottom. Late Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses with entries. In the 1960s there were not too many families with young children. But girls turned skipping ropes across the street, lads played football...