Wellington Road Roman Pottery - Sites and Monuments Record
In 1959 in Wellington Road a Romano-British kiln was found and excavated. The remains of the kiln included tapered clay fire-bars, pieces of the floor, possible fragments of kiln walling, flat stone ...
Wesleyan Theological College, Friary Road
A close up photograph of the main entrance of the Wesleyan Theological College in Friary Road, taken in 1898. The building is in the Gothic style of the fourteenth century.
West Front of Handsworth Cemetery Chapel
The photograph is taken from the programme of the opening of Handsworth Cemetery on 1st October 1910.
West Indian Community Centre, Winson Green
Young people dancing at a community centre in Winson Green. The roof is in a bad state, highlighting the lack of decent facilities for people in the area.
Westminster Road Congregational Church, Handsworth
Westminster Road Congregational Church, Handsworth. This photograph of the interior was taken sometime after the church opened in 1882. The church fell into disuse and combined with Union Row Congregational ...
Westminster Road, Handsworth
Westminster Road, Handsworth. The hand-tinted postcard shows on the right Westminster Road Congregational Church, dating from 1882.
Whitehall Road
Undated postcard of Whitehall Road but dates from sometime in the first part of the 20th century judging from the street lights.
Wilkes Green Residents Association
"I was a committee member/ assistant treasurer of Wilkes Green Residents Association in the 1970s and 80s". (Mrs E.McGhie-Belgrave)
Wilkes Green Residents Association
Mrs McGhie was a committee member and treasurer of this association who were based at 31 Grove Hill Road.
William Henry Welshman
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download.
William Henry Welshman lived at 20 Holyhead Road, Handsworth.
The subject of our sketch, ...
William Barnwell (bakers) and Spiers & Son (fish, fruit and flowers)
William Barnwell's services as a baker and corn dealer also expanded to supplying confectionery. It is interesting to note his claim of seeling "unadulterated bread" predating modern adverts of a similar ...
William Booth's Grave at St. Mary's Church
William Booth was a forger who operated from Booth's Farm. Most of his business was said to be conducted from Lichfield and the Hare and Hounds Public House in West Bromwich. Booth was arrested at Booth's ...
William Henry Boraston - Wine, Spirit and Ale Merchant
Advert for William Henry Boraston who traded from 191 Soho Road. Boraston lived at "Cora Lynn" on Holyhead Road. In the Trade Directories of the time he is actually listed as a Grocer, so possibly he ...
William Murdock memorial and others in St. Mary's Church
Murdock worked as a engineer for the firm of Boulton and Watt and will always be remembered for his discovery of the use of coal gas for lighting. Murdock is buried in St. Mary's Church along with Boulton ...
William Murdock, Handsworth
Bust of William Murdock at Cornwall Works, Handsworth. 1909
William Murdock's bedpost, Handsworth
One of the great bedposts which formed part of William Murdock's bed in Sycamore House, Handsworth. It stands about 6ft high and is carved out of oak.
William Murdock's House
William Murdock's house at Queen's Head Road, Handsworth.
William Murdock's House
Dwelling House built on Sycamore Hill, Queens Head Road, Handsworth,
and called ‘Fair House’, by William Murdock, the inventor of Coal Gas
for lighting purposes, and now used as a builder’s ...