St Mary's Church, Handsworth
View of St Mary's Church, Handsworth, taken from a postcard and showing part of the graveyard where Matthew Boulton, William Murdock and James Watt are buried
St. Mary's Church - Sites and Monuments Record
The mother church of a large parish. and in existence by 1200. Of C12-early C13 origin but much enlarged and rebuilt completely in the C19. Red sandstone with nave, aisles, chancel & South tower.
It ...
Staffordshire General and Commercial Directory 1818
Trade Directories started to flourish around the beginning of the nineteenth century. They were originally aimed at the commercial traveller and included descriptions of an area along with a list of the ...
Tangye's Works, Handsworth
Exhibition of the work of James Watt at Tangye's Works, Handsworth
Terrace in Villa Road
Numbers 34 to 42 Villa Road in 1981. This 'stepped' terrace was built in the late 1840s on land leased from Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of the industrialist Matthew Boulton. This land did ...
The Breakfast Room in Heathfield Hall
The picture is undated but probably dates from the time that Heathfield was occupied by the Pemberton Family. It was of course formerly the residence of James Watt.
Taken from the T.E. Pemberton album ...
The Drawing Room, Soho House
This view of Soho House, the former home of Matthew Boulton was taken when the house was in use as a hotel. What had been Boulton's Drawing Room was used as the hotel dining room.
The chimneypiece ...
The Great Eastern
Statistics regarding the Great Eastern, as provided by Albert Mould of Handsworth Library, Soho Road, for R.H. Kirton of 22 Broughton Road, Handsworth.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print by Robert Howlett of the Great Eastern and workmen.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. They were ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print by Robert Howlett, of the front view of the Great Eastern.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. ...
The Great Eastern
Handwritten description of the Great Eastern, noted as extracted from 'Steam Ships and their Story' by R.A. Fletcher.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print of the deck of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. They were ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print of the view down the side of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print of the full length of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print of the deck of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed this ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. They ...
The Great Eastern
Albumen print of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed the ship and James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw engines for it. They were horizontal ...
The Lunar Walk
Members of the Birmingham History Theatre Group gather for a group photograph outside The Venture on Malvern Street. The group were about to set off on a "Lunar Walk" along canal towpaths showcasing in ...
The Three Sohos
The Three Sohos
by George Demidowicz
There has been considerable confusion by writers over the years in distinguishing between the three Soho sites:
The Soho Manufactory
The Soho Mint
The Soho ...