Saint James' Church, Crockett's Road, Handsworth.
Saint James' Church, Crockett's Road, Handsworth.
Saint James' Church, Handsworth
Saint James' Church, Handsworth
Saint James' Church, Handsworth
Saint James' Church, Handsworth was erected in 1838-40 on a site given by John Crockett of the New Inns Hotel. It was greatly enlarged in 1895, the part in white being the oldest.
Saint John's Church, Perry Barr
Saint John's Church, Perry Barr
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Handsworth Old Church, Saint Mary's,the parish church of Handsworth, was originally built in the 12th century, but was completely restored and much rebuilt in 1876.
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth. This photograph shows the North West aspect of the church prior to one of the church's restoration projects.
Saint Mary's Schools, Hamstead Road, Hamstead.
Samuel Ward Graham - Ironmonger of Villa Cross
Samuel Graham must have been very successful as he doesn't list his address in this advert! The reference to his wares being sold at "town prices" clearly points to a growing trend for people to shop ...
Sandon Road, Edgbaston
The fountain at the junction of Hagley Road (to the left) and Sandon Road (to the right). This remarkable fountain, of medieval design, was an Edgbaston landmark during the Victorian and Edwardian periods....
Sax Rohmer: Man Who Plotted To Rule The World - by Chris Upton
“He had a brow like Shakespeare and a face like Satan. Something serpentine, hypnotic, was in his very presence. Smith drew one sharp breath and was silent. Together, chained to the wall, two medieval ...
Scorchers fined
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 25th August 1900.
This cutting deals with the fining of several "scorchers", (people who rode bicycles in a reckless way). Foster Catchpole of Francis ...
Sheet 214 bottom
1889 Ordnance Survey map covering the central housing/ shopping area of Edgbaston B15 - later Lee Bank.
Sheet 214 Top
Section of 1889 Ordnance Survey map covering the Bath Row and St Thomas's Church area.
Shell Pool, Handsworth
Shell Pool in Soho Park, Handsworth. Originally been part of the grounds of Matthew Boulton's Soho House, the area around this pool was relandscaped by the Boulton trustees in the 1880s and opened to ...
Shocking Accident at Perry Barr
This newscutting from the Handsworth Herald concerns an accident to a brewery dray. The horse shied on the Walsall Road and bolted. George Broadhurst, the driver was thrown off and a barrell fell on ...
Shot a friend instead of the rabbit
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail,July 12th 1895.
An article reporting on a case at the Birmingham County Court in which an action was brought against John Foden of Perry Barr by Samuel ...