A horse sale in the Horse Fair
The Horse Fair is located off the island at the end of SmallBrook Queensway and it runs into Bristol Street. In the later years of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there were regular horse ...
Bristol Street School
Bristol Street School stood at the end of Irving Street facing onto Bristol Street. To the right of the photograph can be seen the National Privincial Bank and the spire of the old St Catherine of Siena ...
Canon Edward F. Fenn
Father Fenn founded the Mission of St. Catherine in the Horsefair. He was born in Wolverhampton on 4th September 1837. After spending one year working at St. Chad's Cathedral he arrived in Bristol Street ...
Father Joseph V. Hymers - St. Catherine of Siena
Father Hymers took over at St Catherine's after the death of Father Fenn. This was not immediate as Dr. E. Berry succeeded Father Fenn first but left in February 1908 after only a few months. Apart from ...
Father Patrick Maguire - St Catherine of Siena
Father Maguire came to St Catherine's from Tile Hill in Coventry during October 1961. Father Maguire oversaw the move from the old St Catherine's to the new building which stands to this day. He also ...
Hanson Map of Holloway Head area in 1778
This is a detailed section of the map. Most of the area shown is filled with the orchards and fields which lined the route from Bath Row down into Holloway Head. Note that the very end of the route into ...
Holloway Circus
This island lies between Holloway Head, The Horsefair and Smallbrook Queensway. It contains a mosaic of The Horsefair in its heyday and a plaque to Councillor Thomas for whom the Thomas Gardens on the ...
Horse Fair at the Horsefair
Up into the early years of the twentieth century there used to be a horse fair held in Brick Kiln Lane. The Lane was renamed as the HorseFair in memory of the event. This is a rare picture of the event ...
Horsefair in Kelly's 1939 Trade Directory
Use the zoomify button and plug in to read the page clearly. As well as The Horsefair this page also includes the following Birmingham streets:
Homer Street, Hooper Street, Hope Street, Hornsey Road, ...
Horsefair Shops in 1979
Another view of this row of shops with the wonderful Victorian top floor frontages. Visible in this picture to the left is the Gate Of India restaurant.
Horsefair Shops in 1979
The top floor frontages are the same as today giving away their Victorian origins. The shops themselves though have changed since but at the time they were: Horsefair Fish and Chips, Ted Rodgers Bookmakers, ...
Horsefair, Bristol Street
The west side of Horsefair, Lee Bank, in a photograph taken on 4 December 1950. The large industrial building belonged to F.A. Patterson Ltd, who were manufacturers of leather goods. The road on the ...
Interior of St Catherine's Church looking east
Interior of the original St Catherine's Church on the Horsefair.
View towards the East window and Altar. The stained glass was installed by John Hardman Studios of Newhall Hill.
St Catherine Of Siena ...
Interior panels in St Catherine's Church
Detail of panels in the original St Catherine's Church in the Horsefair.
St Catherine Of Siena had it’s origins in 1872 when Father Fenn acquired seven properties in Windmill Street with a deposit ...
St Catherine Of Siena on the Horsefair
The original St Catherine Of Siena which used to stand on the Horsefair just up from where the former Dome II nightclub stands. there is a carpark roughly occupying the spot now. The church was demolished ...
St Catherine's from Essex Street
St Catherine Of Siena had it’s origins in 1872 when Father Fenn acquired seven properties in Windmill Street with a deposit of £35 on the total price of £350. These properties covered an area of 440 sq. ...
The Horsefair in the fifties
This view of the Horsefair shows three buildings, all long since demolished as part of the road widening scheme. From left to right there is: The National Provincial Bank, The Red Cow Public House and ...
Wartime wedding at St Catherine of Siena
The wedding in April 1916 of Private J. Devaney of the 3rd Worcestershire Regiment to Catherine Hayes of Edgbaston. Having checked the Medal Cards at Kew there is no Private Devaney listed for the Worcesters ...