Rocky Lane Near Perry Barr
This much painted and photographed lane gets its name from the sandstone outcrop through which the lane was cut.
Rocky Lane, Hamstead
Rocky Lane, Hamstead. c1897
Rocky Lane, Perry Barr
The old manor house in Rocky Lane, Perry Barr. The manor house became the bailiff's house after Perry Hall was built but it was demolished soon after this photograph was taken in 1909. The fingerpost ...
Rocky Lane, Perry Barr
Old yew tree in Rocky Lane, Perry Barr, its roots exposed as the road has been eroded to form a hollow way.
Rocky Lane, Perry Barr
Old yew tree in Rocky Lane, Perry Barr, looking towards Walsall Road. A girl is standing inside the hollow trunk in this 1896 photograph.
Rope walk, Handsworth
Rope walk, Handsworth, in 1898. The rope making business was owned by Mr Haines but ceased at his death c.1914. In the background Thornhill House is visible amongst the trees in its grounds.
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth
Rose Hill Road, Handsworth, featuring a range of posters on a vacant piece of land. The poster in the centre is advertising the public baths, where the facilities include Turkish baths.
Rural landscape with thatched building by John Phillp
This watercolour of an unknown location 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 but the evidence is ...
Sad Death at Perry Barr
This newscutting from the Handsworth Herald relates the death of Miss Emily Lindsay from Wellhead Lane. She had suffered from consumption for some time but had seemed healthy until a few days before ...
Sad Fatality to a Gentleman at Perry Barr
A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Gazette, September 8th 1881.
The article refers to the death of Mr George Chase following an accident in his horse drawn trap in Rocky Lane, Perry Barr.
This ...
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.