Browse Places
- Belper
- Bewdley
- Birmingham
- Bridgnorth
- Coalbrookdale
- Coventry
- Cromford
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Dudley
- Gloucester
- Handsworth
- Hereford
- Ironbridge
- Kidderminster
- Lichfield
- Ludlow
- River Severn
- Shrewsbury
- Shropshire
- Smethwick
- Stafford
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stourbridge
- Stourport
- Tenbury
- Tewkesbury
- The Wrekin
- Tipton
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Warwickshire
- West Bromwich
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Worcestershire
Birmingham
Bankers and Public Companies in Birmingham
Image from: Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham, 1808 [From Birmingham… read more »
Birmingham
Image: Hinks, Wells & Co, Steel Pen Manufacturers, Buckingham Street Pen Works, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory… read more »
Birmingham
Image: William Spurrier, Electro Silver Plate Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of… read more »
Birmingham
Image: John Rubery, Umbrella, Parasol, Furniture and Steel Frame Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men… read more »
Birmingham and the Country Around, 1798
Image: ‘A MAP OF UPWARDS OF 25 MILES ROUND THE TOWN OF BIRMINGHAM. To his most sacred MAJESTY… read more »
Birmingham Fire Office
Image from: Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham, 1808 [From Birmingham… read more »
Birmingham in 1751
Image: This is a street plan from 1751, surveyed by Samuel Bradford and engraved by Thomas Jefferys. Samuel… read more »
Birmingham in 1810
TO THE COMMISSONERS OF THE STREET ACTS, THIS MAP OF THE TOWN AND PARISH OF Birmingham, Showing… read more »
Birmingham: Priestley’s Educational Inheritance
Image: The Old and New Meeting Houses, the Unitarian chapels in Birmingham. Image from: William Hutton, An History of Birmingham (Birmingham,… read more »
Birmingham’s Importance in Corkscrew Manufacturing
Image: Patent Presto Corkscrew, Manufactured by Charles Hull, Birmingham c. 1865 The old & tiresome process of drawing… read more »
Bowood House: Discovery of Oxygen; Respiratory Science
Image: Antoine Lavoisier, the French chemist, whom Priestley met in 1774. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley… read more »
Brass founders from Bissetts
The Brass House, Broad Street, Birmingham from Bisset’s Magnificent Guide, or Grand Copperplate Directory….(Birmingham, 1808). The Brass… read more »
Britannia Railway Carriage Works, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
C.P. Swinburn & Son, Gun, Rifle and Pistol Manufacturers, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Chance Brothers & Co Glass Works, Smethwick, Registered Designs for Ornamental Modern Window Glass, 1867
Chance Brothers of Smethwick reassessed their manufacture of coloured and decorative window glass in the 1860s. In… read more »
Chemical Philosophers of the Present Day: Dr Priestley
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Copper gilt button
Image from: Luckock Collection, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery A copper gilt button, set with an opaque… read more »
Corkscrew Manufacturing in Birmingham: Charles Hull’s Catalogue c. 1865
Image: Improved Patent Power Corkscrew No 204, Manufactured by Charles Hull, Birmingham c. 1865 The simplest out and… read more »
Dingley’s Commercial Hotel, Moor Street, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Dr John Ash, M.D.
Image: Print of a portrait of Dr John Ash (1723-1798) from R K Dent, Old and New Birmingham: A… read more »
Droz Segmental Collar
At his Soho Mint, Matthew Boulton pioneered the striking of coins within collars, thus ensuring a uniformity… read more »
Enamel Box
Les Amusements Champetres engraved by B.Audran (1678-1772) after Jean Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). Lid of oblong box, transfer printed… read more »
Enamel Box – Side
Children as Arts. Side of oblong box, transfer printed in grey on white enamel. Birmingham, 1765-1770.
Enamel Box – Side
Children as Arts. Side of oblong box, transfer printed in grey on white enamel. Birmingham, 1765-1770.
F & C Osler, Glass Chandlier & Table Glass Manufacturers, Birmingham
The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Plate Glass is made in… read more »
Franklin and Baskerville: Friendship and Co-operation
Image: Title page for the New Testament in Baskerville’s Holy Bible from the title page in Matthew… read more »
Frontispiece to Bisset’s Magnificent Directory
Image from: Bisset’s Magnificent Guide or Grand Copper Plate Directory for the Town of Birmingham, 1808 [From Birmingham… read more »
Frontispiece: View of Birmingham from Bordesley Fields, near the Coventry Road
Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and… read more »
George Cadbury, Donor of Woodbrooke House and Gardens
Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.
George Dowler, Medallist and Die Sinker, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Gunpowder Joe: Priestley’s Religious Radicalism
Image: Cartoon: The Friends of the People, showing Joseph Priestley on the left Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley… read more »
Hollis and Sheath, Gun-Makers, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Industry and Genius; or, the Origin of Birmingham. A Fable
Image: Portrait of John Baskerville (1706-1775), Type Founder and Printer, painted by James Millar in 1774. Oil on canvas. Industry… read more »
Inland Navigation
INLAND NAVIGATION, AN ODE. HUMBLY INSCRIBED TO The INHABITANTS of Birmingham, AND PROPRIETORS of the CANAL. The… read more »
Inland Navigation, An Ode. Humbly Inscribed to The Inhabitants of Birmingham, And Proprietors of the Canal
Image: Factors or Commercial Agents in Birmingham with a view of the Crescent and Wharf. J Bisset, Bisset’s Magnificent… read more »
Innovation in the Midlands Brass Industry
Caption: An original Boulton and Watt Engine from The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, second part (London,… read more »
Interior of Britannia Railway Carriage and Wagon Works
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
Introduction
Image: Portrait of Joseph Priestley. Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Joseph Priestley’s importance as… read more »
Introduction
Image: Print of Joseph Priestley Image from: Birmingham City Archives, Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins Two hundred years ago,… read more »
Introduction: Interpretations
The “Priestley” Riots of July 1791 are one of the best-documented episodes in Birmingham history. The initial… read more »
John Baskerville and Benjamin Franklin: A Trans-Atlantic Friendship
Image: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Hundred Greatest Men: Portraits of the One Hundred Greatest Men, Vol VII Politics, (Sampson… read more »
John Mitchell, Metallic Pens and Pen Holders, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858
John Taylor and Matthew Boulton
Image: Advertisement for J Taylor, Gold and Silversmith, Jeweller, Tortoiseshell and Ivory Box and Toy Manufacturer, Birmingham. J… read more »
John Yates & Sons, Patent Electro Plate Works, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 ELECTRO-PLATING The art of… read more »
Joseph Gillott, Metallic Pen Maker, Birmingham
Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 STEEL PENS The Steel… read more »
