Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Burial Of James Stone at St Mary's Church
The photographer John Benjamin Stone's brother James was a prominent local figure in Handsworth. Most notably he was one of the main promoters of the opeing of Victoria Park. The following is an extract ...
Cavendish House, Grosvenor Road, Handsworth
Cavendish House, Grosvenor Road, Handsworth.
This house was owned by James Henry Stone the brother of John Benjamin Stone J.P., Photographer and Councillor.
Funeral of Mr. Wainwright in Handsworth
In this diary entry, John Benjamin Stone MP recounts the day of Mr Wainwright's burial in Handsworth.
"Wed July 2nd 1902.
Letters from home saying Mr Wainwright would be buried today.
Left Euston ...
General Calthorpe outside Perry Hall
Perry Hall, Staffordshire. The Honorable General Somerset Calthorpe in Carriage.
The following is a biography of Calthorpe taken from the Handsworth Magazine in November 1899.
Lieutenant General ...
Grant of Henry VIII to Perry Hall
Perry Hall Collection, A grant of Henry VIII (with great seal attached) relating to 'Perry' Staff. This was photographed by Stone after the owner of Perry Hall found it, and many others, in Perry Hall. ...
Heathfield Hall, Handsworth
Heathfield Hall, Handsworth.
Formerly the residence of James Watt, Heathfield was occupied by George Tangye at the time of this photograph.
Heathfield Hall, Handsworth
Heathfield Hall, Handsworth.
Formerly the residence of James Watt, it was occupied by George Tangye at the time the photograph was taken.
James Henry Stone
Benjamin's Stone's brother, James Henry, died in December 1908. He was a JP and lived at his house, The Dene, in Sutton Coldfield. For most of his life though he lived at Grosvenor Road in Handsworth. ...
Perry Hall, Perry Barr
Perry Hall Deed.
Photograph taken in 1906
Perry Hall, Perry Barr
Perry Hall, Perry Barr. 1907
The Family home of the Honourable Somerset Calthorpe.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Perry Hall, Perry Barr.
Photograph of an old notice preserved and held at Perry Hall, Perry Barr around the beginning of the 20th century
Perry Hall, Staffordshire 1907
Perry Hall dates from 1576 and was built during the reign of Henry VIII by Sir Robert Stamford, who was Lord of the Manors of Perry Barr and Handsworth.
The house was demolished in 1931 leaving just ...
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 ...
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Saint Mary's Church, Handsworth
Sir John Benjamin Stone and Handsworth
John Benjamin Stone was born in Aston in 1838. Stone was active as a local councillor, magistrate and MP in the Birmingham area. It is though for his photographic archive that Stone has remained famous. ...