[Bell Historians] Selly Oak

[Andrew Higson]

Didn't Harborne languish in Staffordshire? I've an idea the county
boundaries were a bit wiggly around the proto-Brum.

 

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From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
[mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Camp
Sent: 04 January 2008 14:49
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Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Selly Oak

 

At 14:26 on 04 January 2008, Mike Chester wrote:

> The tower captain at Selly Oak is insistent that the town was in 
> Warwickshire for a short period before being absorbed into Birmingham.


At what sort of time? Surely Birmingham was in Warwickshire at one stage
(just as large parts of London were in Middlesex).

John Camp

 

           
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