51 Villa Road
This is thought to have been a farmhouse and was originally built 1815. R. Shipway and Son General Engineering Pattern Makers are visible next door.
Aldridge Road, Perry Barr
Old farmhouse at the junction of Aldridge Road and Wellhead Lane, Perry Barr
Balsall Heath City Farm
An early view of Balsall Heath City Farm, Malvern Street whilst still being built. It would opened officially by the Lord Mayor, Councillor George Canning on 19 April 1980.
Balsall Heath City Farm
One of the many farm cats at Balsall Heath City Farm, Malvern Street
Balsall Heath City Farm Site
The site of Balsall Heath City Farm after the houses have been cleared. The farm would eventually be opened 1n 1980.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr, in 1903. This was for a time the home of William Booth, who was hanged for the forgery of banknotes and coins in 1812.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Bradley's Farm, Handsworth
Bradley's Farm, Rookery Road, Handsworth. 1906
Bradley's Farm, Handsworth
Bradley's Farm, Rookery Road, Handsworth. 1906
Building the Duck Pond
Here we see the building of a duck pond at Balsall Heath City Farm, Malvern Street. The farm was the first building on the site created when the area underwent redevelopment in the 1960s and 1970s. It ...
Building The Kingstanding Estate
‘CITY’S NEW SUBURB
MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM
DEVELOPMENT OF PERRY BARR ON MODERN LINES’
Headlines in the Birmingham News for 21st April 1928.
As early as 1913 an inquiry ...
Chapman's Mill - by Chris Upton
Turn the clock back a little more than a century and there were genuine windmills to see in Birmingham and not a Dutchman in sight. Perhaps the most famous of them stood in the unlikely location of Holloway ...
Chapman's Windmill and R.Wier on Holloway Head
Chapman’s brick built tower mill stood on the hill overlooking Holloway Head. It is thought to have been constructed in 1745 by Clark’s who were millwrights in Deritend until the late 18th century. There ...
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 ...
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth
Cherry Orchard Farm, Hamstead, Handsworth. One of the larger farms in the area, the house was demolished in 1930 and gave its name to the modern Cherry Orchard Road.
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth
Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, from a postcard. Possibly of 14th-century date the buildings were demolished in 1930.
Crick Farm, Handsworth
Crick Farm, Handsworth, from a photograph taken around 1900. The building dates from about 1709, and is named after a right of way that used to lead from Grove Lane to the parish church.
Farm at Rookery Road Board School, Handsworth
Old farm on the site of Rookery Road Board School, Handsworth sometimes known as Wilkes Green Farm. The school, subsequently Rookery Road County Primary School, was built in 1898.