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Handsworth (grid reference SP035905) is an inner-city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Historically in Staffordshire, Handsworth lies just outside Birmingham City Centre and near the town of Smethwick.
Handsworth is an inner-city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. Historically in Staffordshire, Handsworth lies just outside Birmingham City Centre and near the town of Smethwick.
Sep 6, 2017 · The Handsworth area of Birmingham was once a pleasant little village in the county of Staffordshire. But then pioneering industrialist Matthew Boulton chose Handsworth Heath as the location...
Historically in the county of Staffordshire, it remained a small village from the 13 th century to the 18 th century. Accommodation was built for factory workers, the village quickly grew....
- Handsworth in Roman Times
- After The Romans
- The Parish Boundaries of Handsworth
- The ‘Ends’
- The de Parles Family
There are no signs of any extensive Roman settlement in Handsworth, although the Romans certainly passed through the parish on their way north by way of the minor Roman road of Ryknield Street. The most interesting discovery of Roman remains in the Handsworth District was in 1959 when a large quantity of kiln debris was found at 224 Wellington Road...
It was about 150 years after the Romans left Britain that effective settlement in the Tame valley appears to have begun, during the Anglo-Saxon period (560-613). The Anglo-Saxon agriculturists, skilled in the use of the plough and of tools to clear woodland, would have been attracted by the broad Tame valley. For ease of administration, it was conv...
The ancient parish of Handsworth was in Staffordshire until 1911, when it became a suburb of Birmingham. It originally covered an area of 7,752 acres lying roughly north-east and south-west of the River Tame, on land that rises from the river valley (at the 300 ft. level) to 550 ft. in the extreme north-east and south-west corners of the parish. Th...
Handsworth was originally divided into eight named areas of “Ends”. The Ends each contained a group of habitations, probably set around village greens, e.g. Wilkes Green. Lydiate End. The name was probably derived from Old English “hlidgeat” – swing-gate. It seems to occur for the first time in a deed mentioned in the Holden Breviate (mid-seventeen...
Towards the end of Henry II’s reign (1154-1189), Pagan de Parles, presumably a Norman, married Alice, an English girl, who brought him as her marriage portion, the estate of Handsworth, held under the Baron of Dudley. In 1216, Pagan’s son William, who adhered to the King’ enemies, had his lands taken from him by the Sheriff of Staffordshire and del...
Oct 3, 2019 · Continuing to explore hidden Handsworth gems, I have been to visit an extraordinary survivor from the medieval period; Handsworth Old Town Hall. Built circa. 1460, when it would have been one of the few buildings within a picturesque Handsworth rural landscape, it is now encroached upon by buildings on all sides, and sits on the ...
The town stands contiguous to Warwickshire, on Hockley Brook, near the Birmingham and Wolverhampton railway; is suburban to Birmingham, and averagely 2½ miles NNW of the centre of that borough; partakes of the industry and general character of Birmingham; is the seat of the famous Soho manufactory; and has a post office‡ under Birmingham ...
