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, ...
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
Booth's Farm, Perry Barr
Farm Labourers at Booth's Farm, Perry Barr.
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.
Declaration of an estimate of the value of Rookery Farm
First page of declaration by R.H. Durman, land agent, auctioneer and surveyor, being an estimate of the value of the Rookery Farm, Handsworth, belonging to the Rev. E. Pyddoke.
Creation: c. 1890; ...
Declaration of an estimate of the value of Rookery Farm [second page]
Second page of declaration by R.H. Durman, land agent, auctioneer and surveyor, being an estimate of the value of the Rookery Farm, Handsworth, belonging to the Rev. E. Pyddoke.
Creation: c. 1890; ...
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.
Halfway Farm, Kingstanding
Mr Compton, the waggoner, cutting a neighbour's hair at Halfway Farm, Kingstanding Road, Kingstanding, sometime in the 1920s.
Holyhead Road, Handsworth
An old farmhouse in Holyhead Road, Handsworth, which stood in Holyhead Road almost opposite Island Road, 1906. Beside the door are advertisements for R. White's lime juice & soda and ginger ale.
Kents Farm, Grove Lane
Also known as Grove Farm. It was located at the junction of Grove Lane and Hinstock Road.
Kettlehouse Farm, Kingstanding
Working in the farmyard at Kettlehouse Farm, Kingstanding, in the early 1920s. From left to right are George Judd, his daughters Gertrude and Elsie, and his cousin Harry Judd. The waterworks pumping station ...
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr
At Kettlehouse Farm, Holly Lane, Perry Barr, the tenant farmer, George Judd, poses for the camera while his dog 'Mick' does one of his tricks on a snowy day sometime in the 1930s.
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr
Kettlehouse Farm, Perry Barr. In the fields near the farm the pumping station can be seen in the background. The lady in the picture is Elsie Judd, one of the tenants of the farm in the 1920s.
Malvern Street Playcentre opening ceremony
Lord Mayor, Councillor George Canning, opening Malvern Street Play Centre's farmyard. This was one of the last ceremonies performed by the Lord Mayor before completing his term of office.
Park Farm
The Park farm buildings lie between Hilltop and Handsworth Golf courses. Handsworth Golf Course now occupies what was the farmland.
Perry Hall Home Farm, Perry Barr
View of the Home Farm, Perry Hall, Perry Barr, from a postcard postmarked 4th August 1913. Formerly known as Perry Mill Farm, the name was changed when the farm was rebuilt around 1900. Immediately behind ...
Perry Village Farm
The horse and trap outside the door of School Farm. The farm was owned by Edward Arthur Maybury who may be one of the two men in the photograph.
The Farm in Handsworth Wood
This photograph shows Woodlands Farm in Handsworth Wood. At the time of the photograph it was being farmed by a Mr Williamson who had it up to the end of the First World War when he moved to Hermitage ...