Pre-Norman Invasion
- 1200 BC: Radiocarbon date of charcoal taken from the Woodlands Park Prehistoric Burnt Mounds.
- Bronze Age: Small farming settlements constructed.
- AD 48: Construction of Metchley Fort begins as Icknield Street is constructed by Romans through Birmingham.
- AD 70: The Romans abandon Metchley Fort only to return a few years later.
- AD 120: The Romans abandon Metchley Fort permanently.
- 7th century: Possible creation of Birmingham as a hamlet.
- 968: Duddeston is first mentioned in a charter granted to Wulfget the Thane by Eadgar, King of the Angles.
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