page_title: William Booth (forger)
section_title: Booth's Farm
hierarchical_section_title: William Booth (forger) / Booth's Farm
caption_attribution_description: English: Booth's Farm farmhouse, Great Barr, Birmingham, England; former home of the forger William Booth.
context_page_description: William Booth was an English farmer and forger, who was hung for his crimes. He is the subject of the song "Twice Tried, Twice Hung, Twice Buried" by John Raven and a book. Several geographical features in Birmingham, near his former home, carry his name.
context_section_description: The farmhouse was demolished in 1974, much of the farm - still known as Booth's Farm - having been sold off for housing. An archaeological excavation was conducted at that time. As late as 1956, coins forged by Booth were found in a local garden.
  What remained of the farm became a sand and gravel quarry (the site is on Bunter Pebble Beds), and later a landfill site and eventually a nature reserve, with additional housing built in the 2010s. During the latter period, the buried foundations of the farmhouse were re-exposed and an information board placed alongside them.
caption: Booth's Farm farmhouse ruins, seen in July 2020. The part nearest to the camera was the entrance porch.
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