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.
Salary and clothing allowance for Thomas Parsons, Footman, Soho House
This memorandum sets of the salary and clothing allowance for Thomas Parsons, Footman who came to Soho on 28th January 1829. His salary was 23 guineas per annum and two sets of livery per annum which ...
Salary and clothing allowance for Thomas Parsons, Footman, Soho House
This is the wrapper for a memorandum sets of the salary and clothing allowance for Thomas Parsons, Footman who came to Soho on 28th January 1829. His salary was 23 guineas per annum and two sets of livery ...
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 ...
Scale drawing of a cabinet
It is possible that this is a design drawing for a cabinet for Matthew Boulton. A sketch of a similar cabinet is to be found in one of Boulotn's own notebooks.
This image is from the Phillp album, ...
Scale elevation by John Phillp
This scale elevation showing bookshelves and windows is by John Phillp. It is one of a series of similar elevations which are likely to relate to the library at Soho House, the home of industrialist ...
Scale elevation of a curtain by John Phillp
This image 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 inconclusive. He was born ...
Scale elevation of a room by John Phillp
This section and elevation of a room with a bay window, columns and fireplace may be of one of the rooms at Thornhill House. It is similar to the Dining Room at Soho House but the fireplace is on the ...
Scale elevation of a rowing boat by John Phillp
It is likely that this measured drawing of a rowing boat by John Phillp shows a boat belonging to the Boulton family and kept on Hockley Pool.
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours ...
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 ...
Seascape with boats by John Phillp
This image 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 inconclusive. He was born ...
Section of a vase by Charles Edward Phillp
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches mostly by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. He was ...
Service wing, Soho House
This drawing of the service wing at Soho House was discovered whilst conservation and cleaning was being undertaken to the Phillp album. This is a collection of watercolours and sketches mostly by John ...
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.