Bath Row (Lee Bank) Redevelopment Area
This map demonstrates the way land was parcelled up, or ‘zoned’, to the south-west of Birmingham’s city centre after the Second World War. Zoning organised units of land for residential, commercial or ...
City of Birmingham Housing Estates
Plan showing location of municipal housing estates in Birmingham in 1931, Weoley Castle situated to the south-west of the city.
Deed of Gift for Cannon Hill Park
This plan shows the land given by Louisa Ann Ryland to Birmingham Corporation to form Cannon Hill Park, which was opened in September 1873.
Labour in Portuguese West Africa by W.A. Cadbury
William Cadbury’s 1909 publication Labour in Portuguese West Africa documented William Cadbury and Joseph Burtt’s visit to Angola and San Thomé in 1908, to investigate the employment conditions of labourers ...
Map of Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Today's Cross City Line between Birmingham New Street Station and Kings Norton follows the former Birmingham West Suburban Railway.1 Opened in 1876, this key route has had a significant, yet varied, impact ...
Ordnance Survey Map showing central Birmingham around John Street
Section of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map for Warwickshire, section XIV. 5. 8. At the top left corner a large section of housing on John Street has been removed, denoting the buildings demolished ...
Ordnance Survey Map showing land around Moor Pool, Harborne
Section of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map for Warwickshire, section XIII, S.E. The map shows an area of Harborne that was developed rapidly during the thirty years between when this map was published ...
Ordnance Survey Map showing land at Weoley Castle
Third Edition Ordnance Survey map for Warwickshire, section XIX, N.E. The map shows an area just to the west of Selly Oak, which had itself developed rapidly from the early 1870s.
Ordnance Survey Map showing Weoley Castle Estate
Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey map for Warwickshire, section XIX, N.E. The map shows the layout of the housing estate, and compared to earlier maps of the area shows just how rapidly the area was redeveloped ...
Perambulation of Boundaries of Edgbaston Parish
In October 1872, a group of seventeen men met at the Edgbaston Vestry Hall, and proceeded to Gooch Street to begin a ‘perambulation’ of the boundary of the Edgbaston Parish. The group included Vestry ...
Pigott-Smith Map of Birmingham
Section of map by John Pigott-Smith, Borough Surveyor of Birmingham Borough Council, showing back-to-back housing and courtyards, John Street, Dale End and surrounding streets prior to the implementation ...
Plan of Uffculme Open-Air School
Uffculme Open-Air School opened in 1911 in the grounds of the Uffculme estate, between Moseley and Kings Heath. The land was provided by Barrow and Geraldine Cadbury, whose son Paul had benefitted from ...
Quinton, Harborne and Edgbaston Town Planning Scheme Map
This map illustrates one of Birmingham’s first comprehensive town planning schemes to regulate suburban development in south-west Birmingham. What is remarkable when comparing it to maps from just 20 ...
The Cyclist’s Finger-Post: a Route-book for Birmingham Cyclists
Cycling became a popular recreation in the late nineteenth century. This route-book describes routes radiating out from the city centre, including one through Edgbaston.