Handsworth Old Town Hall
View of the rear of the property taken sometime in the nineteenth century.
Handsworth Old Town Hall by G Warren Blackham
The original Town Hall is situated in Grove Lane. The hall has been used as a workhouse, a lock-up and a parish office, for at least a century and a half. Described in 1709 as a messuage, and tenement, ...
Handsworth Old Town Hall by G Warren Blackham
This painting shows the Old Town Hall as it appeared in 1840. The hall has been used as a workhouse, a lock-up and a parish office, for at least a century and a half. Described in 1709 as a messuage, ...
Handsworth Parish Church
Oil painting by J. Beardman of Saint Mary's Church. In the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Handsworth Park
from the tennis courts looking towards St Marys Church.
Handsworth Park Bandstand - Sites and Monuments Record
Late nineteenth century. Octagonal in plan. Brick base with iron Corinthian columns carrying elaborate ironwork with stars in the spandrels.
The bandstand has a domed roof with cupola and weathervane....
Handsworth Park Umbrella - Sites and Monuments Record
Presented by Austin B Lines in 1888.It may formerly have had a fountain inside. It is octagonal in plan and made of iron. Slender fluted shafts of
an Early English Gothic type support scalloped arches ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Park House in Handsworth Park, Handsworth. Originally known as The Grove, it was acquired by Handsworth UDC in 1887 and eventually demolished in 1968. The caption on this postcard view calls it the Ranger's ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Drinking fountain and boathouse in Handsworth Park, Handsworth. The drinking fountain was presented in 1888 by Austin Lines JP.
The attached download article is from The Handsworth Magazine concerning ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Entrance to Handsworth Park, Handsworth, showing the memorial gates. Through the gates can be seen flower beds typical of municipal park planting. The park was first opened in 1887 to commemorate Queen ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
An attractive view of the boating pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, artistically framed in foliage. Rising above the trees is the tower of the parish church, which by the time this photograph was taken ...
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
A couple of ladies enjoy an outing on the Boating Pool in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, around 1900. In the distance the tower of the parish church rises behind the trees.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Entrance to Handsworth Park, Handsworth, from a postcard, 1900. The park was opened in 1887 and originally called Victoria Park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
Hand-coloured postcard view of the lake in Handsworth Park, Handsworth. Opened to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, it was originally called Victoria Park.
Handsworth Park, Handsworth
The Boat House in Handsworth Park, Handsworth, from a postcard
Handsworth Police Court
An illustration from the "Handsworth Herald", 4th February 1893, showing the recently completed Police Court building in Thornhill Road.
Taken from the G.H. Osborne newscuttings collection
Handsworth Public Library
Handsworth Library, on the Soho Road, was opened on May 1st, 1880. There were books to borrow, and newspapers in the Reading Room. The first Annual Report in 1881 stated that the Committee:
'had the ...
Handsworth Public Library - Sites and Monuments Record
Public Library, Handsworth Council House and Job Preparation Unit. It was built in 1878-9 by Alexander and Henman, as the Urban District
Council Offices.
The construction is of red brick and terracotta ...