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Ravenshaw Hall...Solihull.. The name Ravenshaw means “the wood of the ravens” and was first recorded in 1591. It was part of the Manor of Longdon that, together with the Manor of Ulverlei, formed Solihull in the 12th century. The ford across the River Blythe at Ravenshaw has been a favourite...

Another Staniforth St pic...aerial....

Better one here of the old Court House building etc....

Longdon Hall...Copt Heath, Solihull/Knowle.... According to Joy Woodall and Mollie Varley, in their book Solihull Place Names (1979), the first record of Longdon was as Langedone, meaning 'long hill' in 1086. The long hill in question was what is now Solihull's Marsh Lane and Yew Tree Lane...

Peddimore Hall... The name Pedimor was first recorded 1298. This settlement on which it sits, was on 'Pede's marshland', a named derived from Old English Peoda's (a personal name pronounced Pedder) mor. The old Peddimore Hall, according to Sir William Dugdale in his Antiquities of...

A few pics of Waterloo Road, and the quaintly named Madcap Lane off it....Madcap Lane was renamed Graham Road in 1927....see pics and maps for layout and location....

This is a nice old one....and it's grounds remain.... Bournbrook Hall If you go exploring around the Bournville area, one of the old remnants of George Cadbury's original village design is an ornamental pool situated at the far end of the old Girls' Recreation Ground off Bournville Lane. It...

Great Info, as per folks, but may I be a bit inquisitive here, and maybe a bit thick, as I was looking at an old post of the Conservative Club, in those magnificent old buildings in Temple Row, and I then had some old notes about the BEAN CLUB, another staunchly conservative bunch, and I...

Right....here goes.......a bit of old Digbeth history...the first prison...Brownell's Hole or Aston Goal...or Tarte's Hole (honest miss!)..... ......When Leland visited Birmingham in 1538 he approached from the south, and would have been traversing the parish of Aston in the hamlet of Bordesley...

Cheers Lyn......glad to see you're still riding the range....keeping the blokes in tow...! Bless...keep safe....and many thanks! xxx

Hi, came across this photo clip some time ago....and have just revived interest in it's content......namely, is No 10 Bull Ring marked on this accompanying map?.....and is there any other map maybe showing Golden Court known to man?... (mikejee will no doubt know)...was this Shop near the old...

More info.....it was a care home for the mentally ill.....and I think these are the remnants.....Sandwell Park Golf Club on or thereabouts.......

Another for the collection....

Hi Vivvy....Some more pics of this Junction at Victoria Street, Bordesley Green.......building long gone....and was never a Pub...just shops..... Thanks for posting...Den xx

I did think that as well....but I knew you lot would come to my rescue....easily the best History site...!!

Lovely old pic of a Pub presumably in Aston somehwere....any ideas abouyt it's name and location....?

Really....I quite liked that man.....would love to contact him and tell him!

Doh...so sorry...I am a ditz of the highest order....of course it's New Street...King Eddies school tower on right....thanks for being so kind about my howler..!! Mea Culpa....some lots....!

Just found this one skulking in my Folder marked New Street......and I don't think for one minute it is!! .....but am very confused as to exactly where this is...Corporation Street more likely?, or Bull St/Martineau Street as outsiders?? Any one got any other contenders...I am fairly sure it is...

Just a quick query....for years I've noticed this funny sign on the impressive corner building at the bottom of Cannon Street.....what looks like the original sign's been replaced now and is simply a blank area.....but I just wondered if this original, almost Masonic looking jobby had any...