Birmingham Municipal Bank, Broad Street
The Birmingham Municipal Bank was established on a permanent basis by the Birmingham Corporation Bill (it was previously Birmingham Corporation Savings Bank). The building is still there today (opposite ...
Cherry Orchard Farm
Cherry Orchard farm was owned in 1900 by the Hales family. It was said to have dated from the fourteenth century, in 1327 it was listed as the home of Atte-Le-Berg. The house was demolished in 1930 and ...
Corbel Stone in St. Mary's Church
St Mary's Church features many fine architectural features such as this Corbel Stone set high on the wall. It would be difficult to see without the zoom facility on the video camera.
Court Roll of the manor of Hales (Halesowen)
This is one of a number of court rolls of the parish of Halesowen which is now in Worcestershire. In the 13th Century, the parish was partly in Shropshire and this included the Manor of Hales. The Manor ...
Domesday Book entry for Handsworth
TRANSLATION:
"Drogo also holds 1 hide from William in Handsworth. Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship 1; 6 villagers with 4 smallholders have 2 ploughs. A mill at 2s; meadow, 2 acres; woodland half league ...
Domesday Book entry for Perry Barr
TRANSLATION:
"Drogo holds 3 hides from William in Perry (Barr). Land for 3 ploughs. In lordship 1 plough; 4 villagers and 3 smallholders. A mill at 16d; meadow, 4 acres; woodland 1 league long and ...
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. ...
Grant of land in Handsworth
Grant from William, son of William Cocus of Honesworthe [Handsworth], to Roger Faber of the same place, of a plot of land with appurtenances, a fishpond, a parcel called le Polyard within the said land, ...
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 ...
Handsworth Old Town Hall
Dating from the fifteenth century this is a fine example of the "cruck" method of construction with oak trunks supporting the walls (clearly visible in the end wall here). The Hall was rebuilt in the ...
Handsworth Town Hall
The Old Town Hall stands at the corner of College Road and Slack Lane, and is one of the best examples in England of the cruck method of timber frame construction. This method uses curved oak timbers ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
The Cruck House, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth, from a postcard. Thought to have been built ca.1460 it was refurbished in 1947 and ...
Old Town Hall, Handsworth
The Cruck House, also known as Handsworth Old Town Hall, at the junction of Slack Lane and College Road, Handsworth, from a postcard. Dating from ca.1460 it has never been a town hall as such but was ...
Perry Hall Deed from 1417
Perry Hall was built in 1576 by Sir Robert Stamford who was Lord of the Manor of Perry Barr and Handsworth. This was in fact a re-building as there was already an existing building on the site dating ...
Perry Hall Medieval Deeds
Perry Hall was built in 1576 by Sir Robert Stamford who was Lord of the Manor of Perry Barr and Handsworth. This was in fact a re-building as there was already an existing building on the site dating ...
St Mary's Church, Handsworth
Stone tomb in St Mary's, the 12th-century parish church of Handsworth.
St. Mary's Church - Sites and Monuments Record
The mother church of a large parish. and in existence by 1200. Of C12-early C13 origin but much enlarged and rebuilt completely in the C19. Red sandstone with nave, aisles, chancel & South tower.
It ...
St. Mary's Church - 360 degree rotational view of interior
St. Mary's Church dates from the 12th century. It was completely resotred and partly rebuilt in 1876 under the direction of J.A. Chatwin.