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Birmingham before economic change - Coggle Diagram
Birmingham before economic change
Medieval Era
First heard in domsesday book
known as a poor rural manor
De Birmingham family set up a market at there manor house
was given a royal charter in 1166 by King Henry third
Early industry
16th centuary small scale industry grew
west of Birmingham was large coal seam close to the surface
provided raw materials
1500's population = 1000 people
1700's population = 15000 people
Industrial revolution
industrial factories established
Mathew Bolton set up first factory Soho Manufactory in 1761
Bought 700 workers under one roof and established the assembly line
Canals built to move raw materials
Birmingham major industrial place
Specialised in metal, jewellery and gun manufacture
Banks began to grow Birmingham to grow assets
Cadbury family built factory in bornville in 1870
Built model village
1901 population to half a million
city of a thousand trades
1900-1950's
New growth in car industry
Dunlop tyre factory 1917 employs 10,000 people
Austin car plant opened, Mini Cooper was made there and employed 22,000 people
Population grew
Rural urban migration from ireland
Public transport boomed
Industrial and city growth
Inner City slum areas
Industrial activity left polluted rivers
High levels of smog
Mostly white and lack of diversity