Hamstead Hall, Handsworth

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Description:Hamstead Hall, Handsworth, from a postcard. The house was built by Sir John Wyrley in 1690, enlarged in 1735 and finally demolished in 1936 to make way for housing development.

A number of important local figures lived here including George Kynoch, M.P. for Aston and John Lewis Moilliet, a banker and the son-in-law of James Keir of the Lunar Socicety.

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Donor ref:BMAG 1998V63.16 (16/2933)

Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery , Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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