Gun Quarter
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The Gun Quarter is a district of the city of Birmingham, England, which was for many years a centre of the world's gun-manufacturing industry, specialising in the production of military firearms and s
The Bull pub still stands today; in the mid-19th century it was where gun workers were paid their wages
St Mary's Chapel in Whittall Street was a focal point of the area. It was demolished in 1920s to make room for the expansion of the General Hospital in Steelhouse Lane.
Photograph of the now demolished St Mary's Row, viewed from Loveday Street. W W Greener, Prize Gun Works is on the right.
An 1868 Webley & Scott Revolver. Webley's revolvers became the official sidearms of the British Army in 1887
Birmingham Proof House
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The Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House is a weapons proving establishment in Banbury Street, Birmingham, UK. The building was designed by John Horton and consists of a centre bay, emphasised by a segme
Gun Quarter
…between 1804 and 1815 averaged more than three-quarters of a million items per annum, more than two-thirds of England's production during this period. Birmingham Proof House was built in 1813, then one of only two such proof houses in England, the other being in London. The building was managed by a consortium of the town's…
Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House
Gates of the Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House