Perry Park, Perry Barr
The pool in Perry Park, from a postcard
Perspective view of a columned hall by John Phillp
This pen and ink perspective is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). It is likely that it was a drawing exercise to provide practice in perspective.
John ...
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 ...
Pinfold Street
This view of Pinfold Street, looking up to Victoria Square, is still recognisable today. The shops on the right even look familiar! Near the top end today would be the Victoria Cafe which is a popular ...
Plan of Soho
A nineteenth century plan of Matthew Boulton's Soho by then in the ownership of his son, Matthew Robinson Boulton. The Mint is clearly visible to the right of the factory. By 1788 Boulton had six presses ...
Plough and Harrow Hotel, Edgbaston
The Plough and Harrow Hotel on the Hagley Road, Edgbaston, from a postcard. There has been an inn on the site since 1704, although the present building dates from 1832. The name seems to suggest the rural ...
Policeman's Cottage, Handsworth Wood Road
The Policeman's cottage stood between the junctions with Selborne Road and Devonshire Road. In 1896 one Thomas Beardsmore was the occupying constable. There was also a police station at 65 Holyhead Road....
Pool from The Austins
One of The Austins' pools as it is in 2003. The remaining pools stand on private land in the centre of The Austins estate.
Portion of imcomplete Rotary Engines by James Watt
Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, Scotland. He worked as a mathematical-instrument maker from the age of 19 and soon became interested in improving the steam engines, which were used at ...
Portrait of Sarah Bache
Engraved by Thomas Garner after the original drawing by Frederick Cruickshank. Cruickshank was a Birmingham portrait painter. He exhibited 17 portraits, particularly miniatures,at the Birmingham Society ...
Portrait of Agnes Macdonald in Italian Costume by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Agnes Macdonald (1843-1906) was one of the Macdonald sisters who lived at 14 Nursery Terrace in the early 1850s. A painting of the house by Beatrice Bullock is elsewhere on this site. Her father, George ...
Portrait of William Sharp
William Sharp was a local magistrate who also served on the governing body of the General Hospital. The painting on which this engraving is based was paid for by subscribers as a tribute to Sharp's work ...
Presentation to Queen Victoria
The scene inside Birmingham Town Hall on 23rd September 1887 when she received the official representatives from Birmingham. She was in Birmingham to lay the foundation stone for the Law Courts on Corporation ...
Principal Building, Soho Manufactory by John Phillp
This view of the Principal Building at the Soho Manufactory is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son ...
Prize fight at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Gazette, which gives details of a hearing at the West Bromwich police court for the offence of prize fighting.
A police constable Raven had come across the accused,Issac ...
Prize Fight at Handsworth
A newspaper cutting from the "Handsworth Herald", 21st June 1890.
A short article giving an account of a prize fight that took place in a field near to where the G.W.R and L. and N.W.R. railway lines ...
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 ...