Birmingham is a township.
Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midlands Enlightenment and during the Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society
== Geography ==Birmingham is located in the centre of the West Midlands region of England on the Birmingham Plateau  an area of relatively high ground, ranging between 500 and 1,000 feet (150 and 300 metres) above sea level and crossed by Britain's main northsouth watershed between the basins of the Rivers Severn and Trent

