1 The PLAN of BIRMINGHAM Survey'd in the Year 1731
The first printed map of Birmingham, The Plan of Birmingham, surveyed by William Westley in 1731, is dedicated to Warwickshire’s two Members of Parliament, the Honourable Edward Digby and William Peyto ...
1731 map detail
A section of the 1731 map surveyed by William Westley, showing the manor house and St Martins church.
356 Moseley Road
Three bay 2 storey painted brick villa Circa 1830-40. At the time of this picture it was, sadly, in a state of disrepair and covered with graffiti. The property illustrates the affluence and wealth of ...
51 Villa Road
This is thought to have been a farmhouse and was originally built 1815. R. Shipway and Son General Engineering Pattern Makers are visible next door.
Ale Cellar Stocks, Soho House, 1822
This is the cover of a list of the stock of the ale cellar at Soho House was taken on the 22nd of April 1822. The list itself is also available on this site. By this time the house was lived in by Matthew ...
Article on James Watt's attic
This cutting is included in the Pemberton album held by the Handsworth Historical Society. It gives useful background information on much of the equipment featured in the photographs from that album.
The ...
Article on Matthew Boulton, page 1
This article on Matthew Boulton is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours, sketches and other items by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). The original source of the article is not known but it was ...
Article on Matthew Boulton, page 2
This article on Matthew Boulton is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours, sketches and other items by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). The original source of the article is not known but it was ...
Articles of Plate &c. in the Butler's Pantry at Soho House taken by J Westley, cover
This inventory of Plate in the Butler's pantry at Soho House was taken by J Westley in 1832. Soho House was at that date the home of the widowed Matthew Robinson Boulton (son of Matthew Boulton) and his ...
Bellamy and Wakefield
This Chemists was located on Easy Row for many years. Interestingly they advertise that they also deal in tea and are Italian warehousemen! Easy Row has long since vanished as part of the city's regeneration ...
Birmingham Canal Reservoir
This nineteenth century engraving of the reservoir shows an idyllic place for leisure pursuits. The engraving was produced by James Granger of 40 Islington.
Boat in sail on Hockley or Soho Pool by John Phillp
This pen and ink drawing by John Phillp shows the Boulton family boat on Hockley Pool. The boat shows part of the Boulton family coat of arms on the stern. The boathouse is visible in the trees to the ...
Boathouse doors by John Phillp
This scale elevation of boathouse doors by John Phillp does not match the doors of the boathouse on Soho Pool visible in other sketches by Phillp (also available on this site). It is possible they belong ...
Boulton & Watt - Weekly Wages Book, 1826-1830
This volume is presented page by page, up to the year 1828.
It records weekly wages and includes totals spent on: carpenters, smiths, fitters, bricklayers, labourers, foundry men, pattern-makers, and ...
Boxwood crystals made by James Watt
Taken from the T.E. Pemberton album held by the Handsworth Historical Society.
Branched candelabra by John Phillp (unfinished)
This unfinished drawing of a branched candelabra is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence ...
Bust of a cherub by John Phillp
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. He was born ...
Bust of a cherub by John Phillp
This image is from the Phillp album, a collection of watercolours and sketches by John Phillp (c.1778-1815). Phillp may have been Matthew Boulton's son but the evidence is inconclusive. He was born ...