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Maps

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Map place names

Map geology

Map One: Place-names

Map Two: Geology and natural vegetation

Map relief and drainage

Map place names features and landscape

Map Three: Relief and drainage

Map Four: Place-names and features indicative of natural landscape

Map boundaries

Map families

Map Five: Boundaries

Map Six: Families

Map medieval topography

Map old roads

Map Seven: Medieval topography

Map Eight: Old roads

Map early 19th century

Map land ownership 1843

Map Nine: Early 19th century (this map has been traced from a poor print)

Map Ten: Land ownership 1843

Map public transport

Map urbanisation

Map Eleven: Public transport

Map Twelve: Urbanisation

   
Introduction
Geology, Natural vegetation, and relief and drainage
Early settlement, and Saxon beginnings
Boundaries, Domesday Yardley, and Moats and earthworks
Medieval times, and Ancient roads
Perambulations
Old houses, Local government, and Tudor to Georgian times
Families and houses
Georgian times
Bridges, Watermills, and the Stratford Canal
The Tithe Map
Churches, and Schools
Yardley Rural District, The City of Birmingham, and Urbanisation
Industry, Between the Wars, and Public transport
Swanshurst Quarter in 1979, and Short bibliography
Maps
 

           

   


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