Farm Houses, Wood Lane Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth, painting of the farm houses.
Painting by J J Hughes
Photograph taken 1965
Farm Houses, Wood Lane, Handsworth
Wood Lane, Handsworth. Painting of the farm houses.
Painting by J J Hughes. Photograph taken 1965
Farm in Sandwell Lane, Handsworth
Farm in Sandwell Lane, Handsworth. 1906
Feeding the Goats
An early picture of the farm in action. Here we see one the Farm staff showing a group of local children the Farm's herd of goats.
Fire at Perry Barr
A newscutting from the Handsworth Herald reporting a fire at Old Farm, Birchfield Road. It had been started by tar which was being prepared for railings boiling over. The fire brigade under Captain ...
Geese on the Farm
Here we see two of the geese from Balsall Heath City Farm, located on Malvern Street.
Grosvenor Road Flour Mill
John Drew and Sons Flour Mills operated from near the junction with Westminster Road. It was built in 1857 and remained in the Drew family until 1958. Drew's business was founded at Edgbaston Mills in ...
Hamstead Mill
The mill was situated at the bottom of Hamstead Hill and is thought to be the one mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was used as a corn mill and was owned by the Wyreley Family. The millers associated ...
Hamstead Mill, by the River Tame, adjoining Hamstead Farm
Hanson Map of Holloway Head area in 1778
This is a detailed section of the map. Most of the area shown is filled with the orchards and fields which lined the route from Bath Row down into Holloway Head. Note that the very end of the route into ...
Haytime at Hamstead Mill
Oil painting by John Joseph Hughes. Hughes, who lived at Villa Road in Handsworth, was a Birmingham landscape painter who exhibited at galleries in London and Birmingham. Between 1862 - 1908 he exhibited ...
Holloway Head, Chapmans Mill and R. Wier's Store
Chapman’s brick built tower mill stood on the hill overlooking Holloway Head. It is thought to have been constructed in 1745 by Clark’s who were millwrights in Deritend until the late 18th century. There ...
Holyhead Road, Handsworth
An old farmhouse in Holyhead Road, Handsworth, which stood in Holyhead Road almost opposite Island Road, 1906. Beside the door are advertisements for R. White's lime juice & soda and ginger ale.
Ink wash drawing of farm buildings by John Phillp
This ink wash drawing by John Phillp shows unknown farm buildings, apparently on fire.
The image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp ...
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr
At Kettlehouse Farm, Holly Lane, Perry Barr, the tenant farmer, George Judd, poses for the camera while his dog 'Mick' does one of his tricks on a snowy day sometime in the 1930s.
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr. In the fields near the farm the pumping station can be seen in the background. The lady in the picture is Elsie Judd, one of the tenants of the farm in the 1920s.
Lea Hall Farm, Wood Lane
Taken sometime around the early years of the twentieth century.