![]() The market legally began in 1154 when Peter de Bermingham, a local landowner, obtained a Charter of Marketing Rights from King Henry II. Martin's Church, painted by John Inigo Richards The High Cross or Old Cross, in front of St. It houses one of only four Selfridges department stores and previously the fourth largest Debenhams in the UK. The current shopping centre was the busiest in the United Kingdom in 2004 with 36.5 million visitors. The slope drops approximately 15 metres (49 ft) from New Street to St Martin's Church which is very visible near the church. The site is located on the edge of the Sandstone city ridge which results in the steep gradient towards Digbeth. When combined with Grand Central (to which it is connected via a link bridge) it is the United Kingdom's largest city centre based shopping centre. ![]() ![]() Two shopping centres have been built in the area in the 1960s, and then in 2003 the latter is styled as one word, Bullring. The Bull Ring is a major shopping area in central Birmingham England, and has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. ![]()
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