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    Birmingham Street Commissioners

    Not strictly St Martin's related but I was wondering if anyone had details of the Street Commissioners circa 1801 - which was when the vote to demolish the 'shambles' around St. Martin's was taken and a levee to pay for the new graveyard imposed. I believe Sampson Lloyd and John Thompson were...
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    Church rate riots and the Wolfson Centre for Archival Research.

    Hi everyone, I’m a historian looking into the St. Martin’s church ‘riot’ of 1831, (it wasn’t really a riot at all) and in particular the actions of the reverend Thomas Moseley, and the political struggle between the Birmingham Political Union (who fought for franchise reform and sought to end...
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