Photograph Album of Elan Valley works
In the late 19th century, due to the rapidly expanding population and problems with the outbreak of diseases, for the benefit of its inhabitants, the Corporation of Birmingham needed to find a fresh water ...
Photograph taken by James Ranahan at St Patrick’s Parade, Birmingham
"This photograph sat on the corner of my desk and has lifted my spirits for 18 months, every time I have glanced up. Its appeal for me is three-fold:
* Uplifting - It reminds me of a very happy day, ...
Photographs of schoolboys at Saltley Reformatory (later Norton School), c.1890 – 1901
Saltley Reformatory was founded in 1852, and built on land in Saltley given by Lord Norton. It initially had space for 37 boys, rising to 100 by the end of the 19th century.
Boys between the ages of ...
Pigott Street and Pinfold Street in 1939 Kelly's Trade Directory
Also including the following roads: Phipson Road, Piccadilly, Pickford Street, Piddock Road, Piddock Street, Piers Road, Pineapple Grove, Pineapple Road, Pinfold Street, Pitcairn Road, Pitney Street. ...
Pooley's Cotton Mill
Drawing of the parallel motion, February 1798.
This was a typical 'sun & planet' engine for a cotton mill. It was ordered by John Pooley and his partners for their cotton mill in Hulme, South Manchester ...
Quitclaim of lands with appurtenances in the town and fields of Handsworth
Quitclaim from William Segewycke of Birmingham, Henry Segewycke, son of the said William, Richard Swyft, Henry Shelton, William Colmore the younger and John Wyat, to Edward Warner, Robert Myddulmore, ...
Quitclaim of messuages and lands in Handsworth
Quitclaim from Edmund Brudenell, son and heir of Thomas Brudenell of Thistleton, co. Rutland, gent., and Anne, his late wife, daughter and coheir of Thomas Warner of Wedligborow [Wellingborough co. Northampton], ...
Register of Habitual Drunkards
The Licensing Act 1902 stated "If a person is found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, and appears to be incapable of taking care of himself, ...
Reservoir Road part 2 from Kelly's 1939 Trade Directory
Also including the following roads: Reservoir Road (Erdington), Reservoir Road (Selly Oak), The Retreat, Reynolds Road, Reynolds Street, Ribblesdale Road, Richard Street, Richmond Road.
The first part ...
Robson's Trade Directory of Birmingham and Sheffield 1839
William Robson's Trade Directory of 1839 is a curious amalgam of the Midlands and Sheffield. Why Sheffield was included is a geographical mystery but otherwise this represents one of the earliest directories ...
Ron Hubbell talks about school in Ladywood
Ron Hubbell lives on Holloway Head. He grew up in Ladywood. In the attached sound clip he talks to the writer Jackie Gay about Steward and Barford Street Schools.
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Samuel M. Goldstein - lecturer and writer
This profile, from the Sunday Mercury, is of one of their regular writers. Goldstein, of 35 Holloway Head. There was at this time a large Jewish community in the Holloway Head area with two synagogues ...
Shakespeare's Head, counterpart lease. 410170 DV/466.
Joseph Barwell from whom the lease of this property was obtained for a period of 16 years from 25 December 1874, was resident at 1 Springfield Street, Harborne in the 1871 census. Barwell, 50, was born ...
Sir John Benjamin Stone and Handsworth
John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838. Stone was active as a local councillor, magistrate and MP in the Birmingham area. It is though for his photographic archive that Stone has remained famous. ...
Soho Foundry 1797 Inventory
This inventory appears in its entirety, page by page.
Boulton & Watt had this factory built in 1796, specifically for the manufacture of their steam engines. This part of their business grew substantially ...
Soho Foundry 1897 Inventory
This inventory can be seen in its entirety, page by page, in 'Handsworth Histories' in the Gallery section.
Introductury page of 'Inventory of the Plant and Machinery in the Engineering, Foundry, and ...
Soho Foundry 1897 Inventory
This inventory appears in its entirety, page by page.
'Inventory of the Plant and Machinery in the Engineering, Foundry, and Smithy Departments (including tools, &c. in Smithy), at the Soho Foundry, ...
Soho Manufactory, Handsworth
This photograph of the ground plan of the Soho Manufactory in Handsworth was taken c.1900, though the plans themselves are dated 1788.