Perry Hall, Perry Barr
Perry Hall, Perry Barr, in a postcard view dating from 1898. Built in 1569, the house was acquired by Birmingham Corporation and subsequently demolished in 1928.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Photograph of an old notice preserved and held at Perry Hall, Perry Barr around the beginning of the 20th century
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
The Honorable Mrs Somerset Calthorpe and her Cat 'Tiddles'
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Dating from 1576 the hall when Sir Benjamin Stone visited it was owned by Lieutenant General Somerset Gough Calthorpe - a Crimean War Veteran. The Calthorpes finally left the house in 1919. The moat is ...
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Perry Hall, Staffordshire 1907
Perry Hall dates from 1576 and was built during the reign of Henry VIII by Sir Robert Stamford, who was Lord of the Manors of Perry Barr and Handsworth.
The house was demolished in 1931 leaving just ...
Perry Park, Perry Barr
The pool in Perry Park, from a postcard
Perry Pont House, Perry Barr
Stool at Perry Pont House, Perry Barr, photographed in 1909. An inscription on the stool states that it was part of the root of the tree in which King Charles II sheltered in 1651 after the Battle of ...
Perry village
This painting shows Perry village as it was in 1900. The church visible in the picture is St John's, Perry Barr.
Perry Village Farm
The horse and trap outside the door of School Farm. The farm was owned by Edward Arthur Maybury who may be one of the two men in the photograph.
Photographing the Deeds of the Calthorpes
Benjamin Stone's Diary entry covering how he photographed the Calthorpe Deeds in London.
Wednesday November: 21 1906 "Took some photographs in my room at the Hotel of old deeds of the Calthorpes. Had ...
Prize fight near Birmingham
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail 11th July 1884.
This article gives an account of a prize fight that took place in a field near Perry Barr.
The fight was between two Black Country men ...
Prize fight near Birmingham this morning
An account from the Birmingham Mail of a prizefight between 'Big Ben' and 'Stinger' in a field near Perry Barr. It was watched by about 200 people and won by 'Stinger'.
A later press cutting reports ...
Queslett Road
A photograph taken in the later 1930s in Queslett Road, along the city boundary looking west. The flat-topped tower of the 'Beacon' Cinema is clearly
visible.
Queslett Road, Perry Barr
Queslett Road, Perry Barr, seen on 5th April 1928
Ratepayers bestir yourselves
A handbill announcing a public meeting at the Perry Barr Institute on Wednesday May 1st 1907.
The main issue to be discussed at this meeting was the provision of a through service on the trams from Handsworth ...
Regina Lodge, Perry Barr
Group photograph at Regina Lodge, Perry Hall, Perry Barr, on the occasion of the visit of Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout Movement (with medals, second from left).
Rocky Lane by Joseph F. Pimm
Joseph Frank Pimm lived in Woodstock Road, Handsworth. He presented 12 etchings to Handwsworth Historical Society in 1968. He died aged 71 in 1972, requesting that after his death the printing plates ...