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Medieval Birmingham Birminghams name is believed to have originated from the name of the Beormingas or the people of Beorma. P Leather (2001) suggests that the Beormingas may have been members of an Anglo Saxon community moving west from East Anglia in the 6th Century (pg9). Though other sources portray that two main families seem to be responsible for the settlement in Birmingham, the Anglian Mercians coming from up north and the Saxon families called the Hwice coming from the south. It can be debated whether Birmingham developed from the merging of two families, but what can not be argued is the fact that Birmingham defiantly existed and was first mentioned in 1086 in the Doomsday Book. The Doomsday Book records Birmingham as 'a settlement of which the Manor was valued at 20s, a fifth of the value of the Manors of Aston or Northfield, with a mere nine peasant households'...

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