~Gough.~--Gough Road, Gough Street, and a number of other thoroughfares
have been named after the family, from whom the present Lord Calthorpe,
inherits his property.--See "_Edgbaston Hall_."
~Grammar School.~--See "_Schools_."
~Great Brooke Street~ takes its name from Mr. Brookes, an attorney of
the olden time.
~Great Eastern Steamship.~--The engines for working the screw propeller,
4 cylinders and 8,500 horse-power (nominal 1,700) were sent out from the
Soho Foundry.
~Green's Village.~--Part of the old [**]ookeries in the neighbourhood of
the [**]nkleys.
~Grub Street.~--The upper part of Old Meeting Street was so called until
late years.
~Guardians.~--See "_Poor Law_."
~Guildhall.~--The operative builders commenced to put up an edifice in
1833 which they intended to call "The Guildhall," but it was only half
finished when the ground was cleared for the railway. Some of the local
antiquaries strongly advocated the adoption of the name "Guildhall" for
the block of municipal buildings and Council House, if only in
remembrance of the ancient building on whose site, in New Street, the
Grammar School now stands.
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