In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bloomsbury like this:
BLOOMSBURY, a suburb of Birmingham; in the NE of the borough. It has a station, jointly with Nechells, on the Birmingham and Derby railway.
The location is that of Bloomsbury branch library, based on its postcode. Additional information about this locality is available for Nechells
Bloomsbury through time
Bloomsbury is now part of Birmingham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Birmingham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bloomsbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bloomsbury, in Birmingham and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26289
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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