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Gun Quarter history


17th century

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Birmingham was home to many foundries and workshops that made a wide variety of metalware, including guns . Sir Richard Newdigate approached manufacturers in the town in 1689 with the notion of supplying small arms to the British Government . After a successful trial order in 1692, the Government placed its first contract .

18th century

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At the start of the 18th century, gun manufacture was concentrated in the Digbeth area, but fifty years later the trade had moved to the present-day Gun Quarter . Many of the gunsmiths also expanded to less cramped parts of the city . Around this time Birmingham was the “foremost arms producer in the world”

19th century

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Between 1804 and 1817 a total of 1,827,889 muskets, rifles, carbines, and pistols were made . 3,037,644 barrels and 2,879,203 locks were made and then delivered to London for assembly . 1,000,000 items were also delivered to the East India Company, which fought alongside the British forces .

20th century

The outbreak of World War I saw the Government approach Birmingham engineering companies with the prospect of arms manufacture . Many of the workers were women due to the enlistment of men into the armed forces .

  

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