Buildings, Architecture & Monuments

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“Allin’s Cabinet of Curiosities”

The site of the Municipal Hall, corner of Congreve Street Old and New Birmingham: A History of… read more »

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1900s Summer School group, including Rendle Harris

1900s Summer School group, including Rendle Harris Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

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1903 Summer School, Lake Windermere

Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

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A Perspective View of Ludlow Castle for the European Magazine, and article on The Late Storms

Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 5 Image from: Shropshire Archives

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A Portrait of Dr William Small

Pencil sketch of Dr William Small, member of the Lunar Society and a prominent physician in Birmingham during… read more »

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A Portrait of Dr. William Small

William Small: Teacher, Scientist and Mentor William Small was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1734, the son… read more »

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A Portrait of Thomas Telford: Civil Engineer

Image: Portrait of Thomas Telford (1757-1834). Frontispiece of Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer containing eighty-three… read more »

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Acorn Commercial Hotel, Birmingham

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858 Local Studies and History,… read more »

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Advert for Martin Billing, Letter-Press, Lithographic and Copper-Plate Printer

The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Advert for Old Bush Hotel, Dudley

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Advert for Regent Hotel, Leamington

The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Advert for Stanley’s Family and Commercial Hotel

The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Advert for The White Hart Hotel, Birmingham

The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Advert for Woolpack Hotel, Family and Commercial Inn, Warwick

The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Advertisement: Batty’s Circus, Shrewsbury, including the ascent of Mr Hughes on his head on top of a balloon

Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 4 Image from: Shropshire Archives

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Advertisement: Charles Radenhurst, New Royal Hotel, New Street, Birmingham

Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »

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Advertisement: Kendall and Son, Perfumers, Cabinet Case Makers, and Importers of Foreign Fancy Merchandise, London

Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »

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Advertisement: Mrs Graham’s Ascent: the first ascent of the Only English Female Aeronaut

Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 2 Image from: Shropshire Archives

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Advertisement: Opening of Hughes’ s Great Mammoth Equestrian Establishment, Shrewsbury

Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 5 Image from: Shropshire Archives

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Advertisement: Stock and Sharp, Glass and Lead Warehouse, Birmingham

Image from: William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836), Local… read more »

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Advertisement: The Last Appearance of Mr Harper, Black singer and comedian

Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 5 Image from: Shropshire Archives

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Adverts for John Yates & Sons, Birmingham

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Alfred Harrop and Co, Orange Street Works, Sheffield

The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Anna Seward and her World

Image: The West Front of Lichfield Cathedral Lantern Slide, Birmingham Central Library 1. Anna Seward and her World… read more »

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Anna Seward and Lichfield Society

Image: Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace, Lichfield Lantern Slide, Birmingham Central Library 2. Anna Seward and Lichfield Society So, how… read more »

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Apparatus

Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.

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Apparatus

Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.

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Aris’s Birmingham Gazette – Dudley Cheese Fair

DUDLEY CHEESE FAIR. WHEREAS great Complaints have arisen from exposing of Cheese to Sale, and weighing the… read more »

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Armenians en route to the United States of America

Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

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Article from The Salopian Journal, 10 October 1838, on Mrs Graham’s ascent in a balloon

Watton’s Newspaper Cuttings, Volume 2 Image from: Shropshire Archives

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Arundel Brush Works, Sheffield

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Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford

Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer containing eighty-three copper plates, illustrative of his professional… read more »

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Back entrance from the lawn

SchoolsImage from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

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Back entrance of Woodbrooke, with group gathered outside

Image from: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.

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Bank of Deposit, London

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Bank of London and National Provincial Insurance Association

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Bewdley Snuff Mill

Image: Close-up of the abandoned snuff mill, Golden Valley, near Tickenhill, Bewdley (early 20th century). [Image from: Bewdley… read more »

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Birmingham

Image: John Rubery, Umbrella, Parasol, Furniture and Steel Frame Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men… read more »

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Birmingham

Image: William Spurrier, Electro Silver Plate Manufacturer, Birmingham Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of… read more »

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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 »

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Birmingham: Water; more on Respiration

Image: The dining room at Soho House, Handsworth, Birmingham.  This is the room where the meetings of… read more »

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Bishop’s Castle

Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. BISHOP’S CASTLE is a town in the… read more »

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Bland’s Brunswick Hotel, Sheffield

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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Boating on the Woodbrooke Pool

Image from: Woodbrooke uakuaker Study Centre.

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Brassworking Skills in Birmingham

Caption: First page of William Tonks, Sons & Co., Catalogue of the Various Kinds of Work (1880). The image shows… read more »

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Bridgnorth, Shropshire

Image from: Picturesque Views and Descriptions of Cities, Towns, Castles, Mansions and other Objects of Interesting Features in… read more »

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Britannia Railway Carriage Works, Birmingham

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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