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1; 88104 - Edgbastonians past and present. In Edgbastonia. A monthly local magazine. Vol. 6. Port. 1886. MULLINS (JOHN DAVIES) Chief Librarian, Birmingham Public Libraries, 1865 – 1898. - 1886
1; 169515 - North-East Suburban Magazine. Circulating in Handsworth, Handsworth Wood, Birchfields, Perry Barr, and Aston. Nos. 2 - 8 (August 1901 - April 1902) Last published. Ports. Illus. 1901-2 NOTE - No. 2 called Handsworth and City Journal. Suburbs. - 1902
1; 210598 - Handsworth : old and new. A history of Birmingham's Staffordshire suburb. Reprinted from The Handsworth Herald. 1908. *HACKWOOD (FREDERICK WILLIAM). - 1908
1; 212265 - Birchfield : its churches and schools. Title on wrapper : A short history of Birchfield. Ports. Illus. Map. 22pp. 1908. TAUNTON (RICHARD HOBBS). - 1908
1; 241620 - Handsworth and neighbourhood in the olden times. Cuttings from The Handsworth Magazine. Illus. 1904-5. TIMINGS (EDWARD J.).
1; 243137 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Handsworth and Perry Barr history. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1876 – 1908. Perry Barr. - 1908
1; 243138 - Handsworth newspaper scrap book. 1883 - 1908. OSBORNE (GEORGE HENRY) Newspaper cuttings etc. collected by. - 1908
1; 243166 - Handsworth Illustrated local Almanack, 1879 - 1882 (1st - 4th) Published by George Riley, Soho Road. 4 volumes. Illus. 1878-81. - 1879-1882
1; 255366 - Handsworth, a family magazine, for Handsworth, Birchfields and Perry Barr. Volumes 1 - 21. Ports. Illus. 21 volumes. 1894 - 1915. - 1894 - 1915
1; 286538 - Newspaper cuttings relating to: Handsworth Volunteers, 1871 - 1906; Handsworth Parliament 1894 - 1906; Handsworth Liberal, Liberal Unionist, and Conservative Associations, 1903-6. OSBORNE (GEORGE HENRY) Newspaper cuttings etc. collected by. - 1871 - 1906
1; 350634 - Handsworth : old and new. A history of Birmingham's Staffordshire suburb. Newspaper cuttings from The Handsworth Herald, and other newspaper cuttings etc., relating to the district. 1907-23. *HACKWOOD (FREDERICK WILLIAM).
1; 356187 - Plans of the Bridge Charity Estates in the townships of Handsworth and Perry Barr, in the Parish of Handsworth in the County of Stafford, and in the township of Witton in the county of Warwick. c.1860. Maps. - 1860
1; 664031 - The Manor of Handsworth : an introduction to its historical geography. - 1969
2; 243146 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Perry Barr. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1862 – 1908. Perry Barr. - 1908
2; 243147 - Perry Barr : past and present. Reprinted from the Handsworth Chronicle. Anon. In Newspaper cuttings etc. relating to Perry Barr, collected by G.H. Osborne. 4pp. 1889. ELVIS (EDWIN). - 1889
2; 243149 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Perry Barr. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1870 – 1908. Perry Barr. - 1908
2; 413047 - Perry Barr Urban District. Report on the sanitary condition of the district, 1895; 1902; 1903. By J. Richmond, Medical Officer of Health. 3 volumes. 1896 – 1904. Health. - 1904
2; 663497 - Kingstanding past and present / compiled by Ronald E. Crook, Librarian, and the staff of the Kingstanding Library. - 1968
3; 79781 - Harborne and its surroundings. A lecture delivered in aid of the fund for completing the reconstruction of the Parish Church. 2nd edition. Illus. Map. 66pp. 1885. *KENWARD (JAMES). - 1885
3; 204305 - Street map of the Borough of Smethwick. C.J.F. Allin, Borough Surveyor - 1907
3; 243697 - Harbore 'Once upon a time' (Recollections) Ports. Illus. 1913. PRESTERNE (TOM) pseud. i.e. Thomas Priest. - 1913
3; 264474 - Harborne and its surroundings. A lecture delivered in aid of the fund for completing the reconstruction of the Parish Church. 69pp. 1872. *KENWARD (JAMES). - 1872
3; 663857 - In search of bygone Harborne, being notes on some sources of information on the history of the parish. - 1970
3; 669300 - Harborne : a hundred years of change, 1810-1910. - 1971
8; 788158 - A letter to the parishioners of Harborne from the vicar of the parish, William Towry Law. - 1850
57771 - History of the forest and chase of Sutton Coldfield, including the border districts of Perry Barr, Erdington, etc. (Anon) Map. 1860. BRACKEN (Miss L). - 1860
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