Edward James Abbott - Conservative Politician
Edward James Abbott lived at The Austins on Sandwell Lane, he was the last occupant of the house. This biography is taken from the Handsworth Magazine.
"He was born on November 5, 1835, and is therefore ...
Francis Canon Hopkins
Full biography of Canon Hopkins, also available as a downloadable file.
The honour which the Chapter of St. Chad’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Birmingham, have just conferred upon Father Hopkins, of ...
G.E. Wootton
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
Few men are more closely linked with the Handsworth of the past 30 years or so ...
General Calthorpe outside Perry Hall
Perry Hall, Staffordshire. The Honorable General Somerset Calthorpe in Carriage.
The following is a biography of Calthorpe taken from the Handsworth Magazine in November 1899.
Lieutenant General ...
Grave of George Burrell Ramsay in St Mary's Graveyard
George Burrell Ramsay a Scotsman arrived in Birmingham around 1871. While out walking he saw an Aston Villa F.C. practise match in the spring of 1876. Burrell asked for a game and dazzled the other players ...
Grave of William McGregor in St Mary's Graveyard
William McGregor is the man credited with the idea of forming the Football League. Prior to 1888, the only competitive matches played by clubs were in the FA Cup. Once knocked out of the FA Cup, clubs ...
H S Richards
An abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available for download.
The name of H S Richards, manufacturer, author, artist, actor and cricketer is one to ...
Handsworth Magazine
The Handsworth Magazine started publication in July 1896 and described itself as a "local society magazine". The local areas targetted were Handsworth, Perry Barr and Birchfield and the appeal was towards ...
Harry Richardson - District Surveyor
Harry Richardson's biography comes from the Handsworth Magazine, and is also available as a download file. Mr Richardson lived at 166 Oxhill Road.
Mr Harry Richardson, A.M.I.C.E., who was appointed ...
Henry Price
By the demise of Mr Henry Price, the venerable parish clerk and rates collector, Handsworth has lost one of its most familiar figures. Mr Price had reached the almost patriarchal age of 72 years when ...
Henry Price - Parish Clerk and Rates Collector
This is an abridged biography from The Handsworth Magazine, the full version is available as a download.
By the demise of Mr Henry Price, the venerable parish clerk and rates collector, Handsworth ...
James Vose Soloman - Surgeon
A Biography of James Vose Soloman from the Handsworth Magazine.
The late Mr James Vose Solomon, F.R.C.S., of whom our frontispiece is a speaking likeness, resided for many years at Villa-franca, Hamstead ...
John Bayley Lees JP
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
Mr Bayley Lees is a native of Hill Top and received his early education at ...
John Davies Mullins (Chief Librarian)
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available on this page for download.
Mr John Davies Mullins, whose death at his residence, 32 Wretham ...
John Satchell - Deacon and Politician
This is an abridged version of his biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. The house where he died was owned by his son Ernest Percy Satchell (a surgeon)and ...
Joseph Hickman Pearson esq
Abridged version of the biography from the Handsworth Magazine Volume One June 1895.
There is probably no resident in Handsworth who is more widely known and certainly there is no one who is more highly ...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Wilkinson
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Joseph Henry Wilkinson lived at "Elm Wood", on Hamstead Hill.
Mr Wilkinson was born in Bradford, ...
Lieutenant General The Honourable Somerset Gough Calthorpe
A Biography of Somerset Calthorpe, owner of Perry Hall in 1899, taken from the Handsworth Magazine.
Lieutenant General the Hon. Somerset Gough Calthorpe is the fourth son of Baron Calthorpe of Calthorpe, ...