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Birch Creek (Montana) Birch Creek is a tributary of the Two Medicine River in Montana in the United States. It rises at the continental divide in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, and flows northeast, through Birch Creek Reservoir.
Birch gun The Birch Gun was the world's first really practical self-propelled artillery gun, built at the Woolwich Arsenal in 1925. The gun was never highly regarded by the British High Command, purely for prejudicial beliefs and political pressure rather than any real lack of ability.
Birch ratings Birch Radio Ratings was a United States media audience measurement service that was founded in 1978 and grew internally and through acquisitions in the 1980's to become the nation's largest provider of newspaper audience data and second largest provider of radio audience ratings. Using a daily telephone interview to capture prior day listening instead of the weekly written diary employed by industry leader Arbitron, Birch was successful in gaining widespread support from over 1,200 radio stations and 2,500 advertising agencies.
Birch River (West Virginia) The Birch River is a tributary of the Elk River in rural central West Virginia in the United States, on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. It rises near the town of Cowen in western Webster County, and flows generally WNW through northern Nicholas County and southern Braxton County, where it joins the Elk.
Birch River, Manitoba Birch River is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Mountain (North) in the western portion of central Manitoba. The municipality is split into two regions, Mountain North and Mountain South.
Birch syrup Birch syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of birch trees, and used in much the same way as maple syrup. It is used for pancake or waffle syrup, to make candies, as an ingredient in sauces, glazes, and dressings, and as a flavouring in ice cream, beer, wine, or soft drinks.
Birch Vale Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, near New Mills and Hayfield. Most of Birch Vale, including the attached village of Thornsett, comes under the administration of New Mills Town Council, though the small part to the east of 'The Grouse' public house is within the boundaries of Hayfield.
Birch-Murnaghan equation of state In continuum mechanics, an equation of state suitable for modeling solids is naturally rather different from the ideal gas law. A solid has a certain equilibrium volume V_0, and the energy increases quadratically as volume is increased or decreased a small amount from that value.
Birch-Tate conjecture The Birch-Tate conjecture is based on algebraic K-theory proposed by both Bryan John Birch and John Tate. It relates the value of a Dedekind zeta function at s = −1 to the order of K2 of the ring of integers, for a number field F.
Bircham Newton Bircham Newton is the smallest of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham, in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about 1 km north of the larger village of Great Bircham, 20 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.
Bircham Tofts Bircham Tofts is one of the three villages that make up the civil parish of Bircham, in the west of the English county of Norfolk. The village is located about 1 km east of the village of Great Bircham, 20 km north-east of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.
Birchanger Birchanger is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, nestled between Bishop's Stortford (in Hertfordshire to the south-west), Stansted Mountfitchet (to the north) and London Stansted Airport (to the east). According to the 2001 census it had a population of 987.
Birchard Letter The Birchard Letter (June 29, 1863), was a public letter from United States President Abraham Lincoln to M. Birchard and eighteen other Ohio Democrats in which Lincoln defended the administration's treatment of antiwar agitators, and offered to release Clement Vallandigham if a majority of those to whom the letter was addressed would subscribe to certain pledges in connection with the prosecution of the American Civil War.
Birchcliff Bluffs United Church Birchcliff Bluffs United Church, a congregation of the United Church of Canada, is an amalgamation (2003) of Birch Cliff United Church and Birchcliff Heights United Church. The church is located 33 East Road in Scarborough, Ontario.
Birchen Edge Birchen Edge is a rock face in the Peak District, United Kingdom, popular with walkers and with novice climbers as most of the climbing routes are in the lower grades. There are generally good belays to be found at the tops although there are a couple of areas such as Stoker's Wall where it can be tricky.
Birchenough Bridge Birchenough Bridge is the name for both a bridge across the Save River (pronounced Sa've) and a village next to the bridge. Birchenough Bridge is located 62 km from Chipinge in the Manicaland province of Zimbabwe linking Mutare with Masvingo ().
Birchfield (car) Birchfield Motor Company of Rockingham, Western Australia is a small Australian specialty car manufacturer, making replicas of the 1937 SS Jaguar model on individual orders. Birchfield is the continuation of earlier British Shapecraft that is known to have built about 20 replicas.
Birchgrove, Cardiff Birchgrove () is a district of Cardiff stretching between Llanishen and the Gabalfa interchange, along the A469 Caerphilly road. It centres on a crossroads dominated by the Birchgrove Inn which also lies between Heath and Whitchurch.
Birchgrove, New South Wales Birchgrove is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Birchgrove is located 5kms west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt.
Birchington-on-Sea Birchington-on-Sea is a village and civil parish in Thanet, Kent, lying between Herne Bay and Margate. According to the 2001 census the registration district of this name had a population of 9,827, although the town itself boasts 14,000 people, and calls itself "Kent's largest village".
Birchip, Victoria Birchip is a small country town in Victoria, Australia with approximately 800 people with an additional 200 people living on farming areas. It has a P-12 school, and an Australian rules football club, "The Bulls", also known as the Birchip-Watchem Bulls.
Birchville Cat Motel Birchville Cat Motel is a one-man experimental music group formed by Campbell Kneale from Wellington, New Zealand. Although largely unknown in his home country, Kneale has toured throughout Japan, America, Europe, and Australia.
Birchwood Birchwood is a civil parish in the eastern part of Warrington, Cheshire, England with a population of 11,395 as at the 2001 census. It was built during the time of much expansion in the town of Warrington as it became a "new town".
Birchwood (Arlington, Virginia) Birchwood is a log house recontructed in 1936 using logs from an earlier structure built in about 1836. The first log house on the site was an even earlier structure built by Caleb Birch in approximately 1800 that burned down.
Birchwood Forest Park Birchwood Forest Park covers the area formerly occupied by the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley, in Birchwood, Warrington, in north-west England. The park covers an area of 500 acres and stretches from the M6 in the west to the M62, junction 11, in the east park's history is tied directly to that of the district which it serves, Birchwood].
Birchwood railway station Birchwood railway station is a railway station serving the Birchwood district to the North East of Warrington, in the north west of England. The station is operated by First TransPennine Express, and is on the southern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line.
Biriba Biriba (Greek: Μπιρίμπα, sometimes also Mpirimpa) is a Greek card game which can be played with either two people, or any number of pairs of people. When played with two people or two pairs, then two decks of cards are used.
Biritch Biritch (birich, biryuch ) in Ancient Rus was a herald, an announcer of the will of a knyaz, sometimes kniaz's deputy in police or diplomatic affairs, or tax collector. A birich travelled to settlements, played bugle or horn in the center of a town square or yard to gather people and read the announcement.
Birjand Birjand (persian: Storm city) is the capital of South Khorasan province (formerly a subprovince named Birjand or Ghahestan, a part of Khorasan province) in east Iran, known for its saffron, barberry, rug and handmade carpet exports.
Birju Maharaj Pandit Birju Maharaj (born February 4, 1937) is currently the leading exponent of the Lucknow gharana of Kathak dance in India. He is a descendant of the legendary Maharaj family of kathak dancers, including his two uncles, Shambu and Lacchu Maharaj, and his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj.
Birk (market place) Birk was an Old Norse word that supposedly meant a market place. In the Middle Ages and possible even earlier, a birk had its own special legal system known as "Bjärköarätt" in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Birka During the Viking Age, Birka or Birca , on the island of Björkö (also Bierkø, literally: "Birch Island") in Sweden, was an important trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as Central and Eastern Europe and the Orient. Björkö is located in the Lake Mälaren, just west of Stockholm, in the municipality of Ekerö.
Birka Line Birka Line is an Ă…landian cruise line that concentrates on cruises on the Baltic Sea with Stockholm as starting point. Birka Line has a wholly owned subsidiary named Birka Cargo, that concentrates on cargo shipping.
Birkarls Birkarls (birkarlar in Swedish, unhistorical pirkkamiehet or pirkkalaiset in Finnish; bircharlaboa, bergcharl etc in historical sources) were a small, unofficially organized Finnish group that controlled taxing and commerce in central Lappland in Sweden during the 13th to 17th centuries.Vahtola, Jouko.
Birkbeck Court Bickbeck Court is the largest, oldest and most famous student residence at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Birkbeck was built in 1972, making it 19 years older than Chancellors Halls, and consists of 16 blocks of 4 flats, each containing 6 students.
Birkbeck station Birkbeck station is located on Elmers End Road (A214), in the London Borough of Bromley, and alongside Beckenham Crematorium. The tracks here are located well above street level; the buildings were damaged by fire in 1983.
Birkbeck Stratford Birkbeck Stratford is the name for a project to expand the provision of part-time Higher Education in East London, to be made by Birkbeck, University of London in conjunction with the University of East London. Initially space will be rented as well as utilising the University of East London Stratford Campus, but the long-term aim is to construct a dedicated facility in Stratford.
Birkdale School Birkdale School is a public school for boys in the city of Sheffield, Yorkshire in England. It was founded in 1904 by the Reverend Maurice Asterley as a preparatory school for boys between the ages of 4 and 13 to provide a Christian education, an ethos it has stuck to throughout its 100 year history - it also employs staff on a preferred Christian basis.
Birkebeiner The Birkebein Party or Birkebeinar was the name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed in 1174 around the pretender Eystein Meyla. The name has its origins in propaganda from the opposing party that the rebels were so poor that they made their shoes of birch bark.
Birkeland (lunar crater) Birkeland is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. This crater is attached to the central waist of the oddly-shaped Van de Graaff crater formation, and may partly account for that crater's figure-8 shape.
Birkeland current A Birkeland current generally refers to any electric current in a space plasma, but more specifically when charged particles in the current follow magnetic field lines (hence, Birkeland currents are also known as field-aligned currents). They are caused by the movement of a plasma perpendicular to a magnetic field.
Birkenau (Odenwald) Birkenau is a municipality in the Odenwald located in the South of Hessen in Germany. It is part of the district of Kreis BergstraĂźe (translated: mountain road) and is called "the village of sun dials".
Birkenfeld (district) Birkenfeld is a district (Landkreis) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Sankt Wendel (Saarland), Trier-Saarburg, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhein-HunsrĂĽck, Bad Kreuznach and Kusel.
Birkenhauer Island Birkenhauer Island ( is a mainly ice-free Antarctic island lying south of Boffa Island in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948.
Birkenhead Birkenhead is a town on Wirral Peninsula, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. The town was famous as a sea port and as a centre for ship building as it was close to the maritime activity of Liverpool.
Birkenhead Central railway station Birkenhead Central railway station serves the town of Birkenhead, Wirral, England. Situated on the south side of Birkenhead town centre, it lies on the Chester and Ellesmere Port branches of the Wirral Line, part of the Merseyrail network.
Birkenhead Central TMD Birkenhead Central TMD is a former Traction Maintenance Depot located adjacent to Birkenhead Central railway station, built to replace that at Mollington Street. It has been disused for many years, although the depot housing still exists along with all the track.
Birkenhead Dock Disaster The Birkenhead Dock Disaster was a tragedy that occurred when a temporary dam collapsed during construction of the Vittoria Dock in Birkenhead, Merseyside in 1909. It left 14 workers (or "navvies") dead and three injured.
Birkenhead East (UK Parliament constituency) Birkenhead East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Birkenhead area of Merseyside. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system
Birkenhead Ferry Wharf, Sydney Birkenhead Ferry Wharf is a commuter wharf serving the suburb of Birkenhead Point in Sydney, Australia. It serves the Birkenhead Ferry route where all services terminate at this wharf, and operates between here and Circular Quay.
Birkenhead Mollington Street Birkenhead Mollington Street was a former railway station located at Mollington Street in Birkenhead, England, on the Birkenhead Dock Branch railway. The depot served steam and subsequently diesel locomotives until 1985 when the depot was closed and demolished.
Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station Birkenhead Monks Ferry railway station was a railway station formerly used as the main rail terminus for Birkenhead. The station was originally opened without authority in April 1838 however due to the objections and legal proceedings of the operators of the Woodside Ferry the station closed until it was purchased and reopened on October 23, 1844 via an extension of the line from Birkenhead Grange Road.
Birkenhead Point Factory Outlet Centre Birkenhead Point Factory Outlet Centre is a shopping centre in Birkenhead Point, New South Wales, Australia. Notable stores include David Jones, Table Eight, David Lawrence, Roger David, Calvin Klein Jeans, Jeans West, Angus and Robertson and Sunglasses Hut.
Birkenhead Priory Birkenhead Priory, Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England was founded about 1150 for the Benedictines, the parts that remain are open to the public. St Mary's Tower has been dedicated to those who died on HMS Thetis.
Birkenhead River The Birkenhead River is a major tributary of the Lillooet River, which via Harrison Lake and the Harrison River is one of the major tributaries of the lower Fraser River. It is just over 50 km long from its upper reaches in the unnamed ranges south of Bralorne, British Columbia (these ranges are sometimes called the Noel Ranges or the Birkenhead Ranges; their western area towards the named Bendor Range east of Bralorne is sometimes called the Cadwallader Ranges.
Birkenhead Town railway station Birkenhead Town railway station was a railway station based near the current entrance to the Queensway Tunnel on Grange Road. The station was opened in 1889 to accommodate the commercial centre of Birkenhead however once the road tunnel (which had been opened opposite the entrance to the station) was opened in June 1934 it found itself cut off from reasonable access to the town's market area and nearby residential district by Birkenhead Priory.
Birkenhead, New Zealand Birkenhead is a suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. It is located on the north shore of the Waitemata Harbour, four kilometres northwest of the Auckland city centre.
Birkenhead, South Australia Birkenhead () is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 14 km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Peterhead, Exeter and Glanville.
Birkenshaw, North Lanarkshire Birkenshaw is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, to the east of Glasgow, and in proximity to Uddingston and Viewpark. Birkenshaw is largely a housing estate, but is more widely known for the Birkenshaw trading estate, popular with couples on Sundays for its range of DIY stores.
Birkenstock Birkenstock is a German brand of sandals and other shoes, notable for their contoured cork and rubber "footbeds," which conform somewhat to the shape of their wearers' feet. Representative products include the two-strap sandal, the Arizona, and the Boston clog.
Birker Fell Birker Fell is an upland wilderness area in the western portion of the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England. Rather than being formed of one single high peak, the fell is a broad, undulating area, approximately 6km square, with numerous crags and prominences scattered across its area.
Birkerød Birkerød is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Frederiksborg County on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 34 km², and has a total population of 21,930 (2005).
Birkett D. Fry Birkett Davenport Fry (June 24, 1822 – January 21, 1891) was an adventurer, soldier, lawyer, cotton manufacturer, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. A survivor of four battle wounds, he commanded one of the lead brigades during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Birkhill Birkhill is a small village in Angus, just to the west of Dundee, Scotland. The main attractions of Birkhill include the local Co-op, normally called "Alldays", The Birkhill Inn, a small restaurant and pub often called the "Birkie Inn", the local primary school Birkhill Primary School, which was built in 1993, of which an extension was officially opened by Andrew Welsh MSP in 2002.
Birkhoff (crater) Birkhoff is a giant lunar walled-plain that is located on the far side of the Moon, in the northern hemisphere. This formation is an ancient impact site that has been heavily eroded, and the surface reshaped by multiple craters in the interior and along the rim.
Birkhoff's theorem (relativity) In general relativity, Birkhoff's theorem states that any spherically symmetric solution of the vacuum field equations must be static and asymptotically flat. This means that the exterior solution must be given by the Schwarzschild metric.
Birkirkara Birkirkara (or B'Kara) is a city of 21,775 inhabitants (as of November 2005) in central Malta. It is the largest town on the island and consists of four autonomous parishes: St Helen, St Joseph, and Our Lady of the Carmel and St Mary.
Birkirkara F.C. Birkirkara FC is a Maltese football club, based in the town of Birkirkara, the largest town on the island. Birkirkara FC only have a synthetic football ground where to train, and then almost all league matches are played at Ta' Qali.
Birla House Birla House, the palatial house of the Indian business tycoons, Birlas, located a couple of kilometres from the Connaught Place, one of the CBDs of New Delhi is now a well-known tourist attraction in the greenest area of Delhi. This is the place where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life.
Birla Institute of Technology Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, (Hindi: बिरला प्रौद्योगिकी सनसथान मेसरा ) (commonly known as BIT Mesra or BIT Ranchi) is a premier autonomous engineering institute located at Ranchi in India. It is a deemed university under Sec.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India (popularly known as 'BITS Pilani') is one of the oldest and leading technology schools (along with IITs) of India. In addition to Pilani, BITS has campuses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Goa, India, an extension centre in Bangalore, India, and a fourth campus under construction in Hyderabad.
Birla Planetarium Birla Planetariumin Kolkata (Calcutta) is the largest planetarium in the World near the Government of India tourist office providing a view of the stars and the solar system. The Birla Planetarium] is also present at the center of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad city, on the small hill known as Naubat Pahad (in hindi).
Birley Birley ward—which includes the districts of Base Green, Birley, Charnock, Frecheville, Scowerdons and part of Hackenthorpe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southeastern part of the city and covers an area of 5.
Birley Collieries The Birley Collieries were a group of coal mines set in the Shirebrook Valley in South East Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They were connected to the railway system by a branch line from the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Woodhouse East Junction, about 800 yards east of Woodhouse station.
Birley Spa Birley Spa is a community bath hall and a Victorian bathouse in the Hackenthorpe district of the City of Sheffield, England. It was built for Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers and the Lord of the Manor of Beighton in 1842, and initially was a hotel with spa baths beneath.
Birlinn A Birlinn comprised a class of small galleys with 12 to 18 oars, used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages. Variants in English and Lowland Scots include "berlin" and "birling".
Birman The Birman is a breed of domestic cat. This breed has a pale cream coloured body and coloured points of Seal, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac, Seal Tortie, Cream, Blue Cream, Chocolate/Lilac tortie, Seal Tabby, Blue Tabby, Chocolate Tabby, Lilac Tabby, Red/Cream Tabby, Tortie Tabby, Lynx or Red Factor colors on the legs, tail and face.
Birmenstorf, Aargau Birmenstorf is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Aargau, located in the district of Baden. Birmenstorf lies in the valley of the Reuss River near its confluence with the Aare river and 4 kilometers west-south-west from Baden.
Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency) Birmingham was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the city of Birmingham, in what is now the West Midlands County, but at the time was Warwickshire.
Birmingham 6 (band) Birmingham 6 is a Danish electro-industrial/EBM group founded in 1991 and named after the Birmingham Six, a group of Irish men mistakenly imprisoned for the Birmingham pub bombings. Members include Kim Løhde Peterson and Michael Hillerup.
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway was a British railway company. From Birmingham it connected at Derby with the North Midland Railway and the Midland Counties Railway at what became known as the Tri Junct Station.
Birmingham and District Premier League The Birmingham and District Cricket League is the oldest club cricket league in the world, formed in 1888. Arguably the best club competition in the country, it was also the first ECB Premier League, being designated such in 1998.
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England, between Farmers Bridge lock (near the National Indoor Arena), Birmingham and Fazeley, just outside Tamworth. It runs 15 miles (24 km) through 38 locks.
Birmingham and Midland Institute The Birmingham and Midland Institute (), now on Margaret Street in the city centre of Birmingham, England was a pioneer of adult scientific and technical education (General Industrial, Commercial and Music) and today offers Arts and Science lectures, exhibitions and concerts. It is a registered charity.
Birmingham Acock's Green (UK Parliament constituency) Birmingham Acock's Green was a short-lived constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Birmingham Amateur Football Association The Birmingham Amateur Football Association (often referred to as the Birmingham AFA) is an amateur association football competition covering the city of Birmingham and surrounding area. The AFA is composed of ten divisions, containing almost 150 teams.
Birmingham Americans The Birmingham Americans were the most successful of the World Football League franchises. Founded late December 1973, they led the league in attendance and had also won all 13 home games at legendary Legion Field.
Birmingham Aston (UK Parliament constituency) Birmingham Aston was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 until 1918 the constituency was known as Aston Manor, before becoming a Birmingham division from 1918 to 1974.
Birmingham Blitz The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing of the city of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, beginning on 9 August 1940 and ending on 23 April 1943. Situated in the Midlands, Birmingham is an important industrial and manufacturing location and is also heavily populated, being the UK's second largest city.
Birmingham Bordesley (UK Parliament constituency) Birmingham Bordesley was a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency, which returned one member to Parliament. It was created upon the abolition of the multi-member Birmingham seat in 1885 and abolished in 1918.
Birmingham Boys The Birmingham Boys was a street gang prominant in London's underworld during the 1920s, rivaling Sicilian mafiosi Darby Sabini for control of horse racing and other illegal gambling activities in southeastern England
Birmingham Bullets The Birmingham Bullets was a basketball team competing in the British Basketball League, the top level men's basketball league in the United Kingdom. However, the club resigned from the league in the summer of 2006 and soon after went into liquidation and no-longer exist as a basketball franchise.
Birmingham campaign The Albany movement proved to be an important education for the SCLC, however, when it undertook the Birmingham campaign in 1963. The campaign focused on one concrete goal—the desegregation of Birmingham's downtown merchants—rather than total desegregation, as in Albany.
Birmingham class battleship In the fictional Gundam universe, at the end of the One Year War, the Earth Federation began a rebuilding program aimed at putting people to work to get the Federation's armed services back into shape. One of the new vessels to emerge during this time of rebuilding was the Federation's Birmingham class battleship.
Birmingham Canal Navigations Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals linking Birmingham, England to Wolverhampton via the eastern part of the Black Country. At its working peak, there were about 160 miles (257 km) of canals; today just over 100 miles (160 km) are navigable, and the majority of traffic is from tourist and residential narrowboats.
Birmingham City Police Birmingham City Police was a police force responsible for policing the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with West Midlands Constabulary and parts other forces to form the West Midlands Police.
Birmingham City School District Birmingham City School District, also called BPS for Birmingham Public Schools, is the public school district for Birmingham, Michigan. Beyond Birmingham, the district provides public school services for all areas of the following municipalities: Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, Franklin and Southfield Township, Michigan; and parts of these municipalities: Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Southfield (city), Troy and West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
Birmingham Civic Society The Birmingham Civic Society was founded at an inaugural meeting on 10th June 1918 in The Council House, Birmingham, England and is registered with The Civic Trust. The first President of the Society, the Earl of Plymouth, addressed the assembled Aldermen, Councillors, Architects and other city worthies at the first meeting of the newly formed Civic Society.
Birmingham Civil Rights District The Birmingham Civil Rights District is an area of downtown Birmingham, Alabama where several significant events in the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s took place. The district was designated by the City of Birmingham in 1992 and covers a six-block area.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center that features the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is located in the Civil Rights District which includes the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, Fourth Avenue Business District, and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame located in the Carver Theatre.

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