Bandy Wood Cottages
The game of Bandy which was played in the woods was a game similar to hockey. The cottages (one shown here) were well known in the 1930s when this picture was taken.
Bandywood Cottages, Kingstanding
Bandywood Cottages, Kingstanding, in the 1930s. They were situated in the Bandy Woods, where at one time a game called bandy was played.
Beech Tree Cottages, Kingstanding
Beech Tree Cottages, Kingstanding, in 1929. This is one of a group of terraced cottages collectively known as Beech Tree Cottages near the Hare & Hounds public house.
Birchfield Road, Handsworth
Cottages in Birchfield Road, Handsworth, near the Crown & Cushion, December 1897. A board on the wall in the centre advertises 'Freehold land to be let'.
Browne's Green House
This house was probably built around 1800 although there had been a house on the site before that. James Chance the glass manufacturer lived here in the 1850s.
The house was demolished around 1900 ...
Brownes Green Lodge
About 1870 The Lodge was built in 1810 and added to the Statutory List of the Department of the Environment as having special architectural or historic interest.
Church Lane, Handsworth
Old Cottages in Church Lane looking towards the direction of the junction of Wellington and Hamstead Roads. These cottages are referred to as 'old cottages' even at the end of the 1890s, the earliest ...
Cottage in Soho Hill, Handsworth
Old cottage in Soho Hill, Handsworth, 1906. At one time this house was occupied by one of Matthew Boulton's gamekeepers.
Cottage on Holyhead Road
Undated picture of cottage on Holyhead Road.
Cottages in Church Lane by Farquhar
These cottages were built in 1699 by the Smallwood family. Members of the Smallwood family occupied at least one of these cottages for several generations.
One of the last occupants was a Miss Katie ...
Cottages in Factory Road, Handsworth
Old cottages which stood by the brook where Factory Road joins Piers Road, Handsworth. May 1907.
Cottages in Malthouse Lane, off Booth's Lane.
Built in 1913 Malthouse Cottages in Malthouse Lane formed part of the estate of Booths Farm.
Derelict Cottage, Wellington Road
The cottage stood opposite to Grosvenor Road. Photograph is undated.
Hamstead Village, Miners' Cottages
Derelict miners' cottages at Hamstead Village. Photograph taken on June 19th 1968. Miners who lived here worked at the nearby Hamstead Colliery.
Handsworth Old Town Hall by G Warren Blackham
The original Town Hall is situated in Grove Lane. The hall has been used as a workhouse, a lock-up and a parish office, for at least a century and a half. Described in 1709 as a messuage, and tenement, ...
Handsworth Old Town Hall by G Warren Blackham
This painting shows the Old Town Hall as it appeared in 1840. The hall has been used as a workhouse, a lock-up and a parish office, for at least a century and a half. Described in 1709 as a messuage, ...
Houses at Rookery Road Board School, Handsworth
Old houses on the site of new Board School, Rookery Road, Handsworth. A photograph taken in 1898, the year Handsworth School Board opened the new school.
Labourers Cottages on the Oscott College Estate
Building Application Plan for 'A Pair of Labourers' Cottages near Oldford Farm, 1900 The probable location for these cottages appears to be on the Aldridge Road not far down from Perry Bridge.