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Together with his brother Richard he took over the family business in 1861 and in 1878 they acquired 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land in open country, four miles (6 km) south of Birmingham where they opened a new factory in 1879. Over the following years more land was acquired and a model village was built for his workers which became known as Bournville.