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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Define "Birmingham" - it's a simple-sounding
question that would occupy many hours of research and many pages of script to
answer</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basically, as has now been stated on this list,
Selly Oak became part of Birmingham in 1911 when the Urban District of Kings
Norton and Northfield (all historically in Worcestershire) was taken into the
City. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not completely sure about the next bit, but I
think that Birmingham ceased to be part of Warwickshire when it became a
City. It certainly ceased to be part of the administrative county (i.e. served
from County Hall in Warwick - as has been stated) but the key point is that
being taken into the City wouldn't have dragged Selly Oak, Northfield, Kings
Norton and Yardley into Warwickshire at the date the transfer took place. As I
say, I'm not 100% sure about this, but my understanding is that these places
were never in Warwickshire - definitely not administratively,
anyway.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CJP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Selly
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<P><BR>I dont know if these are any help<BR>Philip's County Atlas, 1891 :
Worcestershire<BR>Bartholomew'<WBR>s Gazetter 1904 : Selly oak,, Eccl Dist and
Rly Sta, Northfield Par, Worcs, in SW auburbs of
Birmingham<BR>Bartholomew'<WBR>s Gazetter ?1924 : Selly oak,, Eccl Dist and
Rly Sta, Northfield Par, formerly a ward in SW auburbs of Birmingham.<BR>[The
map in the latter show it in Warwickshire, along with
Birmingham]<BR> <BR>John David<BR><BR>
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