Interior view of St Mary's Church by Allen Edward Everitt
Everitt (1824-1882) was a prolific Birmingham artist and antiquarian whose watercolours and drawings are an important visual record of the historic architecture of the West Midlands. He lived for much ...
Interior view of St Patrick's Church on Dudley Road
Looking towards the alter and screen.
Inventory of Furniture &c. at Soho House left in the care of Mr and Mrs Kimnell, page 2
By 1851 Soho House was owned by Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of the industrialist Matthew Boulton. As he lived mainly at Great Tew in Oxfordshire and in London he decided to let Soho House ...
Inventory of Furniture &c. at Soho House left in the care of Mr and Mrs Kimnell, page 3
By 1851 Soho House was owned by Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of the industrialist Matthew Boulton. As he lived mainly at Great Tew in Oxfordshire and in London he decided to let Soho House ...
Inventory of Garden Tools &c., Soho House
This inventory of garden tools at Soho House was taken in 1846 and contains a wide range of tools, many of which are virtually unknown today. Use the zoomify function to read the list.
Inventory of Garden Tools &c., Soho House, page 2
This inventory of garden tools at Soho House was taken in 1846 and contains a wide range of tools, many of which are virtually unknown today. Use the zoomify function to read the list.
Inventory of plate placed in the strong room, Soho House
This is an inventory of the plate which was placed in the strong room at Soho House on 20th December 1845. By this date Soho House was the home of Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of Matthew ...
Inventory, Soho House, 21st November 1850, page 1
By 1850 Soho House was owned by Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of the industrialist Matthew Boulton. MPW Boulton lived mainly at the family estate of Great Tew in Oxfordshire and London. After ...
Inventory, Soho House, 21st November 1850, pages 2 and 3
By 1850 Soho House was owned by Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, the grandson of the industrialist Matthew Boulton. MPW Boulton lived mainly at the family estate of Great Tew in Oxfordshire and London. After ...
Invitation to the Consecration of St Mary's Church
An invitation for John Benjamin Stone to attend the consecration of the restored church by the Bishop of Lichfield. Stone and his family had many connections in the area; his brother James and family ...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Photograph of the designer of the Great Eastern, showing anchor chains of the ship. Photographed by Robert Howlett; albumen print, 1857.
James Watt & Co. of Soho, Handsworth, manufactured the screw ...
James Henry Stone
Benjamin's Stone's brother, James Henry, died in December 1908. He was a JP and lived at his house, The Dene, in Sutton Coldfield. For most of his life though he lived at Grosvenor Road in 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 ...
James Watt's Drills
Some of Watt's hundreds of drills. The original caption noted the twist drill bit which Watt was clearly using, this was later patented in the USA.
Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, Scotland. ...
James Watt's Workroom by William Costen Aitken
Watercolour of James Watt's workroom in the attic at Heathfield Hall by William Costen Aitken.
The reverse of the picture reads "The Garret in Heathfield House, where James Watt amused himself in the ...
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 Edward Shilton
John Edward Shilton was a Right-handed batsman who played for Warwickshire Cricket Club between 1894-95.