Wood Lane, Handsworth

Wood Lane, Handsworth, the old cottages in Wood lane (slightly modernised) November 1981.

Aerial photograph of area around Handsworth Wood Schools and Perry Hall Playing Fields

A 1955 aerial photograph covering the area; road names, prominent buildings and place names have been overlaid in white to aid recognition. Local r...

Calthorpe Cottages, Wood Lane

Farm Cottages, Wood Lane

Undated photograph but most of the pictures in the original date from circa the 1960s.

Farm Houses, Wood Lane Handsworth

Wood Lane, Handsworth, painting of the farm houses. Painting by J J Hughes Photograph taken 1965

Farm Houses, Wood Lane, Handsworth

Wood Lane, Handsworth. Painting of the farm houses. Painting by J J Hughes. Photograph taken 1965

Farm in Wood Lane

Oil painting by John Joseph Hughes. Hughes, who lived at Villa Road in Handsworth, was a Birmingham landscape painter who exhibited at galleries in...

Ivy Cottage, Wood Lane

Lea Hall Farm, Wood Lane

Taken sometime around the early years of the twentieth century.

Lea Hall Farm, Wood Lane

Lea Hall Farm, Wood Lane

Group photograph of some of the farm labourers. Why the violins have been brought out is a mystery! In the background can also be seen a signal box...

Lea Hall Farm, Wood Lane, Handsworth

Lea Hall farm dated back to at least 1582 but the last farmhouse was there from about 1800. The "pink cottage" building was the one known as Lea Ha...