Hamstead Colliery Disaster: The Miners' Last Message
This card was issued following the fire at Hamstead Colliery on March 4th 1908. The miners' names listed are: A.Curtis, J.Guest, H.Watts, T.Cole, T.Johnson and Joe Hodgkiss.The writing on the board was ...
Hamstead Hall
This is a view of the last Hamstead Hall built around 1794 while the previous Hamstead Hall (about 450 yards west) was still standing! Amonst many notable occupants was John Lewis Moilliet originally ...
Hamstead Hall
This is a view of the last Hamstead Hall built around 1794 while the previous Hamstead Hall (about 450 yards west) was still standing! The Hall was demolished in 1936.
Hamstead Hall
One of the best views of Hamstead Hall, demolished in 1936. There were two Hamstead Halls - the first built in the fifteenth century and this one built in the eighteenth century. A large house with extensive ...
Hamstead Hall: Fireplace
Although built in the latter half of the fifteenth century, the Hall as it was best known was rebuilt in 1690 and then enlarged in 1735. It stood on the junction of Underwood Road and Hamstead Hall Avenue. ...
Hamstead Hall: Fireplace
Although built in the latter half of the fifteenth century, the Hall as it was best known was rebuilt in 1690 and then enlarged in 1735. It stood on the junction of Underwood Road and Hamstead Hall Avenue. ...
Hamstead Hall: Gardens
Although built in the latter half of the fifteenth century, the Hall as it was best known was rebuilt in 1690 and then enlarged in 1735. It stood on the junction of Underwood Road and Hamstead Hall Avenue. ...
Hamstead Mill
The mill was situated at the bottom of Hamstead Hill and is thought to be the one mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was used as a corn mill and was owned by the Wyreley Family. The millers associated ...
Hamstead Mill
Oil painting by John Joseph Hughes. Hughes, who lived at Villa Road in Handsworth, was a Birmingham landscape painter who exhibited at galleries in London and Birmingham. Between 1862 - 1908 he exhibited ...
Hamstead Mill, by the River Tame, adjoining Hamstead Farm
Hamstead Road
Numbers 92 to 98 Hamstead Road are the boarded up houses in the centre of this picture. The building on the left is Taj & Co., butcher's and that on the right is Hamstead Baptist Church.
Hamstead Road Toll-gate and Toll-house
The toll-gate and toll-house, Hamstead Road, Handsworth, at the Villa Road junction. A large lamp and the table of tolls are on the side of the house facing the gate, which stands wide open for a man ...
Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Hand-coloured postcard view of Hamstead Road, Handsworth, looking towards St Mary's Church
Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Postcard view of Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Hamstead Road, Handsworth
View of Hamstead Road, Handsworth, from a postcard, 1st January 1923
Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Hamstead Road, Handsworth, from a hand-coloured postcard
Handsworth "Through My Eyes" - by Dorrette Hanson
Dorrette Hanson was born and grew up in Handsworth and decided to record her life and experience there after winning a Millenium Award. She later recieved funding from HART- Handsworth Regeneration Trust. ...