Aerial photograph of area around Hill Top Farm, Handsworth Golf Course and Handsworth College
A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Also visible are local roads to the area such as Oxhill Road, ...
College Road, Handsworth
College Road, Handsworth, looking from Friary Road. On the left are the grounds of the Wesleyan Theological College. In the distance St Andrew's Church in Oxhill Road is under construction, to be completed ...
Display on Stockwell improvement area, Handsworth
The Stockwell area was declared a general improvement area in 1974. This display panel records the area at the time. Use the zoomify function to look at the photographs in greater detail.
Friary Lodge, Handsworth
Lodge to The Friary, Handsworth. One of two lodges, this was in Friary Road opposite the end of College Road, which appears as the bend on the right. 1906
Friary Lodge, Handsworth
Lodge to The Friary, Handsworth, looking south along Friary Road in 1906. The lodge faces the end of College Road on the left. The Friary itself, set some way back from the road, was demolished in 1937....
Friary Lodge, Handsworth
Lodge to the Friary, Friary Road, Handsworth, 1906. One of two lodges to the Friary, this one was opposite College Road. The Friary itself lay some way back from the road and was demolished in 1937.
Friary Road Handsworth
c.1920-1950
Friary Road, Handsworth
This view of Friary Road in 1920 is by an unknown artist.
Friary Road, Handsworth
c.1920-1950
presented by Miss PA Mills
Friary Road, Handsworth Wood
Friary Road, Handsworth Wood. This is the site of the old lodge to the Friary, seen in November 1981.
Handsworth Wesleyan Theological College, Handsworth
Handsworth Wesleyan Theological College in Friary Road, Handsworth, from a postcard published by George E. Lewis, Birmingham
Handsworth Wesleyan Theological College, Handsworth
Handsworth Wesleyan Theological College, Friary Road, Handsworth. Designed by Messrs Ball & Goddard of Birmingham the college was opened in 1881 and is now a Grade II listed building forming part of the ...
Hockley Brook
Hockley Brook circa 1850. This view is of the area at the bottom of Saint Michael's Hill
Lodge to the Friary, Handsworth
Lodge in Hawthorn Park, Friary Road, Handsworth, 1933. This is one of two lodges to the Friary, the other being also in Friary Road, facing the College Road junction.
Reverend R. N. Young
An abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. His address in 1896 was given as the Wesleyan Theological College in Friary Road.
The Rev. Robert Newton ...
The Friary
The Friary and Lodge stood on Friary Road. The Friary was built in 1658 and demolished in 1937 as part of the Grestone development. The black and white half timbered effect was added sometime after 1906.
Occupants ...
The Friary, Friary Road, Handsworth. 21st June 1937
It was built in 1658 as a farmhouse, becoming a gentlemen's residence about 1700. It was eventually demolished in 1937 as part of the "Grestone development". One notable owner was Frederick Arthur Walton ...
The Friary, Handsworth
The Friary, Handsworth, in 1906, from the south west. The Friary, originally built as a farmhouse in 1658 and enlarged around 1700, lay a little way back from the road in Friary Road. It was demolished ...