The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire, Inclusive of Some Portions of the Ancient Histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale, with Curious Memoirs of the Lives of These Early English Writers A Description of the Present State of the Cou

Excerpt from The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire, Inclusive of Some Portions of the Ancient Histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale, With Curious Memoirs of the Lives of These Early English Writers: A Description of the Present State of the County With Its Modern Divisions and Subdivisions, and Their Population and Valuation; A Directory of Every Town and Considerable Village in the County; A Gazetteer of All the Towns, Villages, Parishes and Hamlets Birmingham, which in early times, comparatively formed but an inferior, now presents the most important, feature in the county. This town, from its central situation, its commercial consequence, and its unrivalled progress in the mechanic arts, has deservedly occupied much of the following pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.