Councillor C.A. Palmer - JP and Cyclist
This is an abridged version of Councillor Palmer's biography. The full version is available as a download. Councillor Palmer in fact lived at Park Hill off Hamstead Hill and not Hamstead Road as this ...
Councillor G.H. Johnstone
This is an abridged version of Councillor Johnstone's biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full biography is available as a download.
He was born in 1841, in a picturesque old cottage, which ...
Hamstead Bridge and Hill by Ferdinand E.H. Caulkin RSA
A view from Hamstead Bridge looking up Hamstead Hill. This watercolour by Ferdinand E.H. Caulkin RSA was presented to Handsworth Historical Society by Miss Grimmett of Headingley Road.
Hamstead Colliery
In April 1875 a company was formed to buy the Hamstead estate from G.C. Calthorpe of Perry Hall. He then leased a further 1500 acres of land to the newly founded colliery company. The first seam of coal ...
Hamstead Colliery Coal
Hamstead Colliery Coal at Wharf, Hamstead Hill. The haulage firm of W.T. Stubbs are not listed in the trade directories of the period but they appear (from the front vehicle) to have been located in Handsworth....
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 ...
Hamstead Mill
Oil painting by John Joseph Hughes. Hughes, who lived at Villa Road in Handsworth, was a Birmingham landscape painter who exhibited at galleries in London and Birmingham. Between 1862 - 1908 he exhibited ...
Hamstead Mill, by the River Tame, adjoining Hamstead Farm
Handsworth Rectory, Handsworth
This photograph shows the Rectory building which used to stand in Handsworth Park, near the Main Pool.
Handsworth Wood Railway Station - Sites and Monuments Record
Station on the Soho, Handsworth and Perry Barr line, with 2 platforms and paths from them to the road. It was opened in 1896 and closed on 5th May 1941. The image is courtesy of Birmingham Museum and ...
Haytime at Hamstead Mill
Oil painting by John Joseph Hughes. Hughes, who lived at Villa Road in Handsworth, was a Birmingham landscape painter who exhibited at galleries in London and Birmingham. Between 1862 - 1908 he exhibited ...
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Henry Wilkinson
This is an abridged biography from the Handsworth Magazine. The full version is available as a download. Joseph Henry Wilkinson lived at "Elm Wood", on Hamstead Hill.
Mr Wilkinson was born in Bradford, ...
Park Hill House
Park Hill House was built in 1831 and was situated between Hamstead Hill and Hamstead Hall Road. The most famous occupant was Charles Palmer, a brewer, who lived there in 1898. Palmer achieved some fame ...
Photograph of the River Tame, Hamstead Hill
This photograph shows the River Tame at Hamstead Hill in 1903.
The Homestead, Hamstead Hill, Handsworth
The Homestead, Hamstead Hill, Handsworth. This house was demolished in June 1971.
The view over Handsworth Wood from 39 Hamstead Hill