Mr Wheeley's, Edgbaston, by Charles Barber

Many of Charles Barber’s drawings are simply labelled with their district rather than a specific location, but this farmhouse is helpfully titled <...

Analysis of Water from Gloster Cottage, 30 Metchley Lane

The Calthorpe Estate was still being developed during the 1880s as a comfortable retreat for the wealthy; but within its boundaries were many farm...

Carpenter’s Mill, with Birmingham in the distance

This drawing gives a vivid impression of Edgbaston's rural landscape in the nineteenth century. St Thomas's Church, The Windmill on Holloway Head a...

Ceylon

Coastline and Fishing Boat, nr Columbo'. Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.

Extract from Calthorpe Estate Minutes

In the Minutes of the Calthorpe Estate, we find glimpses of the daily lives of individuals. John Thorneycroft rented Metchley Farm - a considerable...

Farm labourers at Booths Farm, Perry Barr by Sir Benjamin Stone

Parts of Birmingham were very rural until relatively recently and many children were employed in agricultural work.

Maggie Waters, Welsh milk maid by Sir Benjamin Stone