Exploring Medieval Birmingham 1300

This 'virtual' tour is based on our model interactive of medieval Birmingham, now on display in the exhibition 'Birmingham: its people, its history' at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Discover Birmingham's medieval past by taking a tour through the heart of the 14th century town.

[@zwoq6779]

I know this is totally irrelevant but I'm running a low-magic-small-village type of D&D campaign and this video was full of inspiration. The model even looks like D&D terrain and minis. So cool.

[@cyndiknapp4904]

Absolutely wonderful ... the detail is amazing, the content fascinating, and narration spot on. Loved it.

[@jesusof706]

wow amazing 724 years ago today

[@Mania28]

This was fascinating to watch. I'd love to go back and walk around to see what it was like

[@maxdecphoenix]

are there not reenactment villages in england?

[@gmvn19]

Mania28 I'll like to go with you.

[@hbbhdd7291]

@Plamen Petrov always a chance to get politicial, right?

[@ianinkster2261]

@@maxdecphoenix Yes but they're about 3 blocks, not whole cities.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

@@hbbhdd7291 Everything is political when you think about it.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Very finely realized model, coupled with information of interest explaining the village in the period.

[@NelsonClick]

Amazing model. You feel a sense of real life. Finesse of detail. Inspires and contains the imagination.

[@toast_56]

i love how detailed it is, it shows that you are really dedicated! at first i thought it was animated until you view went close up

[@sarahqb1168]

this was wonderful! I love how detailed every bit is!

[@peteLOFC]

This is brilliant thank you, the detailed model and nicely paced commentary will make this great for my year 7 students! I have made these questions for them to answer(Just encase another teacher decides to use this!): 1. Where was the heart of a medieval town? Marketplace 2. What did tanners use animal skins to make? Leather 3. What else could this material be used to make? Jugs and Drinking Vessels 4. When was the Medieval Market established? 1166 5. What was a form of entertainment? Stilt walker 6. What was the most important place? St.Martin’s Church 7. Why were more roads and houses being constructed? To attract even more people 8. What was the other important industry? Pottery making 9. What type of house did the rich merchant Roger le Moul have? Courtyard house 10. What was the bullring? A livestock market 11. How can you tell William de Birmingham was a wealthy man? He has a moat around his manor house. 12. What were only very important houses made of? Stone

[@robertgisthebest]

Peter Andrew So this is aimed at 11-12 year old kids?

[@peteLOFC]

robertgisthebest yep, this worked well at both my Grammar School and with top set at my Comp placement

[@Dinneen]

Birmingham was a tiny village until the Industrial Revolution - in contrast Coventry was one of the largest cities in Britain, but a large amount of the medieval town was destroyed in WW2...

[@richardwatts6391]

Thanks for the 11.6 billion in the bank.WATTS

[@Lizzhm]

Same thing happened to the beautiful german medieval towns but luckily the Germans decided to rebuild the buildings 100% historical accurate

[@sarahlouise7163]

@@Lizzhm so, legoland, basically

[@Lizzhm]

@@sarahlouise7163 does legoland even have buildings I don't remember

[@snazzyquizzes2336]

Interesting. They should do this for all major towns, in all time eras.

[@gaiuscaesar5940]

Lovely model and video. Well done to everyone involved.

[@justintai8725]

A very interesting documentary thanks. I love learning about local history.

[@LIKEYOUDO1]

Thanks great job you did there I really enjoyed the history of Birmingham

[@paulsmith-xt6sh]

Fascinating

[@janswildlife9163]

Beautifully modelled!

[@citytrees1752]

I've never been to Birmingham (or England for that matter) but I love the way it is pointed out how the medieval elements are connected to modern day Birmingham.

[@JohnSmith-dc7tr]

Birmingham is actually a part of Pakistan and Somalia now.

[@infinitysearcher8858]

Very nicely done. Thank you.

[@PoeCompany]

Wonderful

[@davidbrown5628]

Really interesting, would be good to do this with every town and city!

[@nixolochenkov9830]

A beautiful inspiration for my next minecraft build..

[@Paseosguiados]

Thank you very much for this video!

[@mikesmith2905]

Very nice work, thanks for making it available.

[@porkscratchings5428]

Amazing detailed model, really enjoyed this with my grandchildren as their mother’s side is from Brum.

[@hemaccabe4292]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@odiwalker3973]

This was fantastic

[@Hadassah-KaquoliMReno]

Lovely Diorama and really nice history lesson, thank you

[@FJMLAM]

Really interesting. Fantastic model

[@ChristiaanHartNibbrig]

Very good video. Thank you.

[@debugger5737]

This is amazing. I love the tiny model, and this is one of the only things my teacher sent me that I actually enjoyed!

[@bashkillszombies]

You should watch Sargon of Akkad on here, or The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters, they do a lot of stuff about British current events.

[@flyinghero5283]

great video. be nice to overlay that image over todays picture of the same area

[@nigerianprince2620]

It's mad how little things have changed...literally it hasn't changed

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

So then you haven't visited Birmingham then or are you blind.

[@PortofHambeck]

Great and informative video, thanks!

[@willgibbons1733]

Great history. As someone from Kent whose never been to Birmingham I've been researching west Midlands history and love it.

[@mialewis2023]

So Cute! 😍

[@SirWilliam20]

This inspired me to build Birmingham in my City building game; TheoTown 🏰 The good part is that is a small village, so I'll not waste to much time to decorate this Village 🏘

[@lynlewis6633]

great looking model!

[@jesusof706]

This is 724 years ago today

[@germanvenegasuribe6460]

Muy interesante el vídeo, gracias por compartir esta obra. Saludos desde Santiago de Chile.

[@kleioscope]

Amazing ! Those models look like Mr Caravaggi 3D ones ! :D Good work ! and a pleasure to watch^^

[@savyoyster2829]

note corn back then was not the modern day corn, it was refered as wheat, barley, oats or rye.

[@Tag-Traeumer]

Yes. The name corn depends on the area. The most commonly grown grain was mostly called corn.

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

Dude,this is cool 🙂🙂🙂

[@oldskertonion]

Cool

[@socksal]

Still looking better than Birmingham, Alabama does in the present.

[@lijo1830]

woww!!

[@skymaster0yt]

Wow.

[@RezkaRieveldt]

I need life in medieval village

[@kelvinho2475]

Play Kingdom Come Deliverance

[@tedsavage3850]

Of you're still there a game called Medieval Dynasty it's on Xbox and PC for sure might be on PlayStation? Let's you build your own village and eventually a city.

[@jesusof706]

Wow this is 724 old today

[@lil-al]

I grew up here, but a few years after 1300.

[@tonyoliver2167]

I wonder where they got the figures for this amazing piece. I've made my own depiction (although fictional) of a medieval village. I based the general characteristics of it on this. But wondering also what scale this is made in; perhaps 1:72. I also wonder how they made the houses.

[@RealTerrainHobbies]

Any chance we could get the name(s) of the artist(s) who built this amazing model? I'm a model maker myself, but only a hobbyist. I'd be curious to look into the bio of the individual(s) who made this.

[@BirminghamMAG]

It was Eastwood Cook www.eastwoodcook.com/

[@MooseBattleGaming]

You should create something like this for a rp/wargaming table

[@tonyoliver2167]

I'm late here but would love to see a reconstruction of wharram percy

[@pattismythe2769]

It was a village called 'Bramlingham' in it's origin....

[@georgedeathe4683]

Bermingham me thinks

[@JamesTilsley1]

Beorma img ham beorma’s people’s home.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

No it was Called Bermingham, pronounced "Berm - ing - ham" after the medieval De Bermingham family. It has never been called " Bramlingham " so don't know where you got from, I suggest you do a bit of research first from a Brummie.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@JamesTilsley1 That was its Anglo Saxon name.

[@motokokusanagi1172]

Love the diorama! Would they leave so much free space at the center? Would there be grass or trees? I guess that it all would be trampled by people and animals.

[@quintoflyer]

magic

[@vendetta6180]

wow

[@kawamach]

One question, as this is Birmingham ca. 1300, it was mentioned that people brought their corn to the town's mill, but corn was not introduced to the world until the XVI century. What was being brought to be ground into flour? Thanks

[@ralphtallis3445]

The word 'corn' is an old english/germanic word for a crop of wheat, barley or oats(AKA cereal crops). The corn you are referring to is called maize in UK and Corn in USA. So saying 'people brought their corn to the town's mill' is correct. Hope that explains it, if you want to double check just search for the etymology of the word corn. BTW it would have been barley and wheat, wheat being for the richer consumers off the period with poorer families existing on barley.

[@kawamach]

@@ralphtallis3445 Thank you so much for your reply, I appreciate the explanation. It is interesting to learn the different meanings of a word depending on the geography. Referring to your explanation, the etymology of corn indicates: "the chief cereal crop of a district". Gracias!

[@gafferdaniel]

10 years ago.

[@9parasqn656]

Moor St. also still exists. It is a railway station.

[@JamesGaming257]

Does anyone know any medieval city/town recreations like this? Specifically english or German but any other countries would be lovely too

[@wunsocknoshooz4128]

Wonderful presentation. Corn wasn't available for grinding in 1300 as it is native to the Americas which wasn't discovered for another 200 years.

[@rustyhowe3907]

'Corn' in this case means cereal crops (wheat, barley, oats etc), it's UK English vs American English which considers 'corn' as what the British would call as 'maize'. Hope it helps.

[@stav1369]

What would have been the population of this town as is in 1300?

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

May be 600 people, modern day Birmingham now has a population of 1.5 million making it the UK's second largest City after London.

[@mialewis2023]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 And London in 1300's?

[@jesusof706]

​@@mialewis2023wow this is 724 years ago today

[@jimpickens4067]

@BirminghamMAG where is this model located now and is it still viewable by the public?

[@Doubledig]

The Museum & Art Gallery are soon to be closed for 3 years while extensive refurbishment takes place.

[@nathanshabazz6300]

Is it bad that I would really like to smell a model of the smells?

[@donnash5813]

I think I'd pass on the 'smell model.'

[@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304]

Bad ass! What kind of fesses was used?

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Wonderful and you didn't have to pay any actors.

[@33Donner77]

1300 - A much closer way of living, where one probably knew most of the residents. Yet death and disease were always present, and the Black Death, reaching England in 1348, wasn't too far off.

[@MEALREPLACEMENTMAN]

am i the only one who thought of beetle juice yeah... okay im old

[@markhemming318]

I'm afraid so.

[@TheKnight-zf5eb]

I want to play with these miniatures

[@mafi4364]

Thanks enjoyed it every minute of it proud to be a Muslim brummie

[@kenet71]

Where are the model trains 😁🚂🚃🚃

[@coosa7580]

ohhhh birmingham england

[@tiltonroadbirmingham1153]

Lovely model but where's St Andrews ?

[@georgedeathe4683]

In the shjthole where its now mucker UTFV

[@vanesabaclea8722]

I am so making this in minecraft lol

[@ruthabbeydagit8725]

wow that was good but could have been a little longer and a little more detail but overall good job.

[@HistoriaMiniaturas]

Hello my friend. Great work! I also have some dioramas on my channel.

[@YARDRACERS]

I think i heard someone say " Bring out your dead "

[@s.w.4409]

Manor Lords brought me here

[@tardiskeeper6]

Fascinating and I love the miniatures. They used urine and feces on leather, and later used it for water jugs? Ugh.

[@irishelk3]

Birmingham 2018

[@mialewis2023]

2022-2023

[@aig5429]

Wouldve assumed he said tanning beds

[@MoneyRich-nh4tp]

This is what the military does before carrying out an operation.

[@highd5568]

MGS was here

[@modernclips3868]

respect from Rus. RI to the British knights, free beer for u in afterlife.

[@PickleRick65]

...By order of the Peaky Blinders...

[@owainwilliams2949]

Ay up my mate, yom not a brummie!

[@georgedeathe4683]

yhour joshing ent yer

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@georgedeathe4683 I think you are talking Black country mate. From a Brummie

[@MegaFydes]

Peaky fooking blinders

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

No Such thing.

[@PierreLaBaguette]

Skins were also use for books - how come you do not mention that? Europeans did not use paper for bookmaking as muslim guys did already since ca 790 AD and Chinese even earlier. Long held European resistance towards paper can be illustrated by the fact that in 1221 Holy Roman emperor Frederick II declared that any legal document issued on paper will automatically be invalid. (see Keith Houston, The Book, page 56)

[@abandoneddisaccp1357]

if you have to watch this for school l v

[@piercoucy]

Sorry, I beg to differ: In Italy in the 1300s almost all buildings were made of stone!

[@ginevrarennet9981]

pov ut here from class

[@successehis]

Yes

[@sunitapandey7846]

Nope I’m interested in these things

[@ginevrarennet9981]

@@sunitapandey7846 thts a wee bit sad but ok u do u ig

[@eleveneleven572]

I wonder why the guy describing this doesn't have a Midlands accent?

[@modernclips3868]

are u 13....?

[@johnstobart7047]

Not all we Brummies speak with an accent.

[@NickSBailey]

People in the area hundreds of years ago probably didn't speak with a black country accent (what people normally think of as brummie but isn't) edit: did bit more research and those sing-song intonations might well be recognisable, even if most of the words were not.

[@johnstobart7047]

Many years ago a chap who was an authority on the Black Country, told me that the West Midlands accent was probably influenced by Danes who settled there in the Dark Ages. Apparently, towns ending in "all" were Danish settlements Pelsall, Walsall, Rushall, etc. As a piece of useless information, there is a Rushall in my adopted county of Norfolk where it is pronounced Rooshall (the oo as in kangaroo). As a Brummie, I noticed on my visits to the Black Country how the accent changed from town to town. People from Lye, Old Hill and Cradley Heath spoke with an accent unlike Brummie.

[@kensheldon6077]

Not true. Midlands accents are/were influenced by our Anglo-Saxon roots. The Midlands continued to be a Saxon stronghold after the Norman invasion and the Germanic roots of the Saxon language, Old English, are still very much in evidence, particularly in the Birmingham and Black Country dialects.

[@bashkillszombies]

Whoa! Back when indigenous people still existed in your country, that's pretty wild! I remember seeing some in the 80's and 90's when I was a kid travelling with my family! By the late 90's they were gone though. :(

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

Which indigenous? The Vikings, Celts, Romans, jutes, Saxons, normans, Dutch, Angles? You’ll have to be more specific

[@mialewis2023]

@@henghistbluetooth7882 Celts/Britons

[@hemaccabe4292]

Would they have had corn in 1300? I thought corn came from the new world with potatoes?

[@stevesalkas533]

Covid 1166

[@purpy333]

Corn wasn't introduced to Europe until the 15th century after contact with the Americas so the mill most certainly wasn't used for corn circa 1300 rather more likely barley and wheat and a possible myriad of other Eurasian origin grains but certainly not corn.

[@TheGahta]

+Corey Green Ofc he doesnt mean corn as in maize, corn is also used as a term to mean cereals i general... The tendency of people to jump on a term to mean somethign they can then rectify instead of doing a quick google search to make sure the term isnt used with another meaning is always amazing.

[@cesariushervelazco8]

British English vs American English.

[@NickSBailey]

Corn in the UK as in wheat, we call the sort you were thinking of sweetcorn.

[@maxdecphoenix]

Words are funny. Why we call things what we call them has always interested me. A similar instance occured with 'Oranges' as relates the fruit and color, as well. Prior to intensive trade with East India, the common word for 'orange' in Europe was geoluread, which is a concatenation of the words 'yellow (geolu [je-lu]) + red (read [red])'. 'Orange' is actually a bastardization of a sanskrit word used in the Himalayan regions , where the fruit is believed to have first been cultivated: naranga. Basically as the trade routes opened and the market distances the fruits were traded increased, the word begins to be introduced into other languages. Farsi during the Persian and later ottoman empires, then into Europe, then into England. naranga > naranj > arancia > pom d'orange > orange. The oldest documented use of using 'orange' as a synonym of geoluread in english is in the 1510s. However, it was over that century that the term would spread to completely displace it. As the northern european climate is inhospitable to heat and humidity loving oranges, Northern Europeans desperate to get these fruits in a stable supply began experimenting with artificial habitat. By the middle of the 1500s the Italians who were practiced in fruit cultivation and the use of growing fruits against a vertical earthen structures to extend the season (what later became known as espalier) began experimenting with enclosing the citrus trees behind panes of glass. And as this system showed promise, it was continually developed into stand alone glass buildings called arancias (orangeries). These were the first green-houses in europe, and they were built almost exclusivly for the cultivation of oranges. And this is when the term exploded through Europe, and why it is mainly ubiquitous in almost all european cultures. As the italian ideas and results propagated outward on the construction of arancias, the name stuck but was transliterated into most european languages. By the 1650's, orange had completely displaced geoluread in English, however the term 'orangeries' to refer to green-houses fell out of favor as their use in general horticulture increased.

[@MrRicardoddq]

great info, man. I love this kind of knowledge. . . I am from Brazil. . . People in my country hate knowledge. . . That why my country deserves this situation

[@truth__hurts]

And now Britons are a minority in Birmingham with a the replacement population that of South Asia and the Middle East.

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

Sorry mate Britons are the majority in Birmingham Uk, Birmingham Uk has a population of 1.5 million people of which only 10% or less are of south Asian or middle east origin, from a Brummie.

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

The latest census places the percentage of birmingham at. 17.5% of.a population of 1.1 million as south Asian. And once they have a British passport they are British. So I don’t understand your point.

[@thespamdance311]

Why is it that people who use the word ‘truth’ in their profile names are always liars?

[@EV-wp1fj]

Blah blah blah. There are many boring people on the planet, but the most boring of all are racists who drone on about the same shit day in day out.

[@mialewis2023]

Yeah... same with London.

[@marcharsveld2914]

It's all cattle and sheep.

[@ehanzahid4566]

bbbbbbboooooorrrrringggg

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

So are you mate, it is showing the History of Birmingham, want to lighten your day up, go and make some chapatis.

[@FuyuNoAi]

The anglos used to live like cattle.

[@CheeseyPotatoe87]

Not much different to nowadays

[@tryphenasparks]

Nicely done but Im confused and disappointed to see not one black or brown figure in town. How can this be?? Did I miss it? Please don't whitewash history. England was always diverse!

[@jimpickens4067]

😂