Date:Not Recorded
Description:The Tannery was first owned by the Edwards family and then by the Homer family. In 188 one of the Homer brothers split away to start a new tannery at Yardley which survived until 1966, one of the last traditional oak bark tanneries in the country. The Balsall Heath Tannery closed in 1832. A painting of Mr Homer's House in 1840 is shown in the photograph. It stood on the Moseley Road, opposite Balsall Heath Road.
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During the 18th Century Birmingham expanded rapidly. Its population grew from 15000 in 1700 to 70000 ...
From the 1740s there was a large and successful tannery in Balsall Heath on the Moseley Road. It stood ...
The Tannery was first owned by the Edwards family and then by the Homer family. In 188 one of the Homer ...
As Birmingham grew and prospered successful business men began to build themselves substantial houses ...
The Edward's estate in Balsall Heath was sold off and developed from 1833 onwards and as time went by ...
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Source: Balsall Heath Local History Society
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