Vintage Map Of Birmingham Environs. Editorial Image

Harmworth`s Universal Encyclopedia 1940s. Birmingham - 1900s Metropolis of the Midlands and third largest city now second largest in the United Kingdom. Map of the environs and, plan of the city proper. Birmingham is a major city in England’s West Midlands region, with multiple Industrial Revolution-era landmarks that speak to its 18th-century history as a manufacturing powerhouse. It’s also home to a network of canals, many of which radiate from Sherborne Wharf. Birmingham is known as the `first manufacturing town in the world` and was hailed as the `City of a Thousand Trades`.