William Dargue  A History of BIRMINGHAM Places & Placenames from A to Y

The Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/index.php is a vast store of all sorts of media, much of it on other sites. The following are in no particular order:

• William Hutton 1783 An History of Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/anhistoryofbirmi13926gut
• Joseph Priestley 1791 An appeal to the public, on the subject of the riots in Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/appealtopublicon00prie
• Catherine Hutton 1816 The Life of William Hutton: Including a Particular Account of the Riots at Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/lifewilliamhutt00huttgoog
• Charles Pye 1818 A Description of Modern Birmingham: Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington - http://www.archive.org/details/adescriptionofmo11416gut
• Beilby, Knott & Beilby 1830 An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Birmingham: With Some Account of Its Environs, and Forty Four Views of its Principal Public Buildings - http://www.archive.org/details/anhistoricaland00yategoog
• Drake's Road Book of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways : being a complete guide to the entire line of railway from London to Liverpool and Manchester ... : to which is appended the visiter's guide to Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester c1839 - http://www.archive.org/details/drakesroadbookof00drak
• Francis White & Co 1849 Birmingham: History and general directory of the borough of Birmingham, with the remainder of the parish of Aston ... being part of a general history and directory of the county of Warwick - http://www.archive.org/details/birminghamhistor00whitrich
• George Griffith 1861 History of the free schools, colleges, hospitals, and asylums of Birmingham, and their fulfilment - http://www.archive.org/details/historyofthefree00grifuoft
• Joshua Toulmin Smith 1863 Memorials of Old Birmingham: Traditions of the Old Crown House, in Der-Yat-End, in the Lordship of Birmingham http://www.archive.org/details/memorialsoldbir00smitgoog
• Elihu Burritt 1868 Walks in the Black Country and its Green Border-land http://www.archive.org/details/walksinblackcoun00burriala
• J A Langford 1873 Modern Birmingham and its Institutions: a Chronicle of Local Events, from 1841 to 1871 Volume 1 - http://www.archive.org/details/modernbirmingham01lang
• J A Langford 1873 Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871 Volume 2 - http://www.archive.org/details/modernbirmingham02lang
• Eliezer Edwards 1877 Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men http://www.archive.org/details/personalrecollec18821gut
• R K Dent 1880 Old & New Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/oldandnewbirmin00dentgoog
• Catherine Hutton Beale 1882 Memorials of the Old Meeting House and Burial Ground,Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/memorialsofoldme00beal
• Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions 1886 - http://www.archive.org/details/transactions23socigoog
• Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell 1888 Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham: A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically - http://www.archive.org/details/showellsdictiona14472gut
• Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions 1889 - http://www.archive.org/details/transactions15socigoog
• William Eliot 1889 The Parish Church of Aston-juxta-Birmingham: Its Ancient History, and Its Modern Restoration - http://www.archive.org/details/parishchurchast00eliogoog
• Catherine Hutton Beale 1891 Reminiscences of a gentlewoman of the last century; letters of Catherine Hutton - http://www.archive.org/details/reminiscencesofg00huttrich
• William Andrews 1893 Bygone Warwickshire - http://www.archive.org/stream/bygonewarwickshi00andriala
• Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions 1897 - http://www.archive.org/details/transactions28socigoog
• A W W Dale 1899 The Life of R.W. Dale of Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/lifeofrwdaleofbi00dale
• Thomas Anderton 1900 A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham: Papers Reprinted from the Midland Counties Herald - http://www.archive.org/details/ataleofonecityth11356gut
• Birmingham & Warwickshire Archaeological Society Transactions 1901 - http://www.archive.org/details/transactions12socigoog
• John Thackray Bunce & C A Vince 1902 History of The Corporation of Birmingham Volume 3 1885-1899 - http://www.archive.org/details/historycorporat00vincgoog
• Victoria History of the County of Warwick Volume 1 1904 - http://www.archive.org/details/victoriahistoryo00doubuoft
• J W Wllis Bund 1905 The Civil War in Worcestershire, 1642-1646, and the Scotch invasion of 1651 - http://www.archive.org/details/civilwarinworces00will
• Helen Cadbury Alexander 1906 Richard Cadbury of Birmingham http://www.archive.org/details/richardcadburyof00dixorich
• William Alexander Harvey 1906 The Model Village and its Cottages: Bournville; illustrated by fifty-seven plates of plans, views & details - http://www.archive.org/details/modelvillageitsc00harviala
• Samuel Lloyd 1907 The Lloyds of Birmingham, with some account of the founding of Lloyds Bank - http://www.archive.org/details/lloydsofbirmingh00lloyuoft
• John H Muirhead 1909 Nine Famous Birmingham Men : lectures delivered in the University - http://www.archive.org/details/ninefamousbirmin00muiriala
• E M Rudland 1915 Ballads of Old Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/balladsofoldbirm00rudl
• William Haywood 1918 The development of Birmingham, an essay - http://www.archive.org/details/developmentofbir00hayw
• John H B Masterman 1920 The Story of the English Towns: Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/birmingham00mast
• Longman's 1911 Father Pollock and his brother : mission priests of St. Alban's, Birmingham - http://www.archive.org/details/fatherpollockand00unknuoft
• John Gent Brooks 1854 Memoir of John Gent Brooks, Minister to the Poor in Birmingham - https://archive.org/details/memoirjohngentb00broogoog 

The following are available on Google Book Search http://books.google.co.uk/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp , though not all of them are full texts:

• Theodore Price 1793 The life and adventures of Job Nott, buckle maker, of Birmingham - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3jkIAAAAQAAJ
• R Jabet 1808 A concise history of Birmingham - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PcoHAAAAQAAJ
• Samuel Heinrich Spiker 1820 Travels Through England, Wales, & Scotland, in the Year 1816 - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UkE2AAAAMAAJ
• William West 1830 The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lIxJAAAAMAAJ
• James Cornish 1837 The Grand Junction, and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Companion - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zuO4qwFCS2YC
• J Drake 1825 The Picture of Birmingham - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nxMNAAAAYAAJ
• George Yates 1830 An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Birmingham - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8dEuAAAAMAAJ
• Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1833 - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Sw8DAAAAYAAJ
• William Hutton, Catherine Hutton 1816 The Life of William Hutton: Including a Particular Account of the Riots at Birmingham in 1791, and the History of His Family - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ihvAGUyPEVEC
• Joseph Priestley 1791 An Appeal to the Public on the Subject of the Riots in Birmingham: To which are Added Strictures on a Pamphlet Intitled 'Thoughts on the Late Riot at Birmingham' - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RRcFAAAAYAAJ
• Thomas Roscoe 1839 The Book of the Grand Junction Railway: Being a History and Description of the Line from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EAsHAAAAQAAJ
• E C & W Osborne 1838 Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction, Or Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester Railway: With the Topography of the Country Through which the Line Passes, and Complete Guides to the Towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XxYQAAAAYAAJ
• George Cyril Allen 1929 The Industrial Development of Birmingham and the Black Country, 1860-1927 - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xRxBAAAAIAAJ
• William Lucas Sargant 1871 Essays of a Birmingham Manufacturer - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yTBBAAAAIAAJ
• William Hutton 1787 Courts of Requests: Their Nature, Utility, and Powers Described, with a Variety of Cases Determined in that of Birmingham - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jx0wAAAAIAAJ
• William Hutton 1836 The History of Birmingham: With Considerable Additions - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eF8JAAAAIAAJ
• George Noszlopy, Jeremy Beach 1998 Public Sculpture of Birmingham: Including Sutton Coldfield - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iJo-92HXDOkC
• J A Langford 1877 Modern Birmingham and its Institutions: a Chronicle of Local Events, from 1841 to 1871 - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vr0HAAAAQAAJ

Some Project Gutenberg texts relating to Birmingham may be downloaded from my History of Birmingham on Your Doorstep.

Old Newspapers - extracts Richard Heaton's Newspaper Collection does not have any Birmingham newspapers, but there are plenty of references to Birmingham. Here are extracts from a variety of regional Georgian and early Victorian newspapers - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/Index.html. 

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or the name of your choice. Heaton notes that spellings may have changed eg. Solihull - Solyhull.

The London Gazette is searchable online  from 1665. See also the British Newspaper Archive.

University online theses:

Lin Chang 2010 Manufacturing Landscape:The Representation Of Suburbs, Birmingham 1780-c1850

submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Department of History of Art, University College London - http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1323005/1/1323005.pdf.