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.

Aldridge Road, Perry Barr

Old farmhouse at the junction of Aldridge Road and Wellhead Lane, 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.

Bradley's Farm, Handsworth

Bradley's Farm, Rookery Road, Handsworth. 1906

Bradley's Farm, Handsworth

Bradley's Farm, Rookery Road, Handsworth. 1906

Building The Kingstanding Estate

‘CITY’S NEW SUBURB MAKING THE DESERT BLOOM DEVELOPMENT OF PERRY BARR ON MODERN LINES’ Headlines in the Birmingham News for 21...

Cherry Orchard Farm

Cherry Orchard farm was owned in 1900 by the Hales family. It was said to have dated from the fourteenth century, in 1327 it was listed as the home...

Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth

Cherry Orchard Farm, Hamstead, Handsworth. One of the larger farms in the area, the house was demolished in 1930 and gave its name to the modern Ch...

Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth

Cherry Orchard Farm, Handsworth, from a postcard. Possibly of 14th-century date the buildings were demolished in 1930.

Crick Farm, Handsworth

Crick Farm, Handsworth, from a photograph taken around 1900. The building dates from about 1709, and is named after a right of way that used to lea...

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 Pr...