"Central England and Birmingham Area"

"Birmingham Local Area"

"Warwickshire, a county in the west-midlands of England; bounded to the north by Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire, to the east by Northamptonshire, to the south by Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and to the west by Worcestershire.  It has an area of about 566,271 acres and a population of 737,339.  Warwickshire presents a pleasant undulating surface of hill and dale, watered by the Avon, Leam, and Tame.  The climate is mild and healthy, and the soil, except some cold stiff clays on the higher grounds, is fertile.  It consists chiefly of a strong red loam adapted for wheat and beans, or a sandy loam for barley and turnips.  Much land is kept in permanent pasture for grazing.   Formerly the county was thickly wooded (that part tothe north of the Avon being called the Forest of Arden), and fine timber is still abundant.  Geologically it mainly belongs to the secondary formation.  A coal field, 16 miles by 3 miles, extends from the neighbourhood of Coventry to the border of Staffordshire, east of Tamworth.  The principal minerals are coal, ironstone, limestone, freestone, blue flagstone, and fire-clay. The manufactures are carried on chiefly at Birmingham (hardware and silk goods) and Coventry (watches and ribbons).  There are mineral springs at Leamington, Stratford on Avon, Ilmington, Southam, Willoughby, King's Newnham.  The county is traversed in all directions by canals and railways." [Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887.]

Comment:  Very little appears to be known about this Branch to date and more details are required from the researcher about the family of James Hindmarsh (born 1877).  The 1861 Census may provide some useful information and details of his parent's marriage might provide the necessary breakthrough.  It is possible that this Branch is linked to Branch 25, see below.

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Branch 25 here.