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1; 204302 - Map of Handsworth Urban District. Ordnance Survey, parts of sheets Staff. 68, 69, 72, Warwick 14. Scale 6 inches to 1 mile. Two copies. One coloured to show boundaries. 1907. Maps. - 1907
1; 204303 - Map of the Urban District of Handsworth, published by order of the Council. H. Richardson, Surveyor. 1903. Maps. - 1903
1; 204304 - Map of Handsworth Urban District. Ordnance Survey. Scale 12 inches to 1 mile. 2 sheets. 1907. Maps. - 1907
1; 241913 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Handsworth. Largely biographical. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1880 - 1907. - 1907
1; 243136 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Handsworth. "District dotlets", "What the gossips say" and "Local notes" etc. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1886 - 1898. Handsworth (Miscellaneous). - 1898
1; 243139 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Handsworth. Notes and Queries etc. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1871 - 1905. Handsworth (Miscellaneous). - 1905
1; 243141 - Newspaper cuttings relating to marriages and deaths in Handsworth and district. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1872 - 1903. Marriages. - 1903
1; 243143 - What the gossips say. Newspaper cuttings from the Handsworth Herald. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1899 - 1903. - 1903
1; 286529 - Soho Hill Church, Westminster Road Church, Hamstead Road Church, Farcroft Avenue Church (Handsworth) 1878 - 1908. OSBORNE (GEORGE HENRY) Newspaper cuttings etc. collected by. - 1908
1; 286535 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Birchfield 1866 - 1908, Birchfield Harriers and athletics 1879 - 1908 etc. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1866 - 1908. Birchfield. - 1908
1; 286539 - Handsworth Bridge Trust; Handsworth Wesleyan College; Handsworth Ladies' College; Handsworth private schools; Handsworth Girls' Friendly Society; Handsworth Young Men's Christian Association; Princess Alice Orphanage; Oscott College. 1841 - 1908. OSBORNE (GEORGE HENRY) Newspaper cuttings etc. collected by. - 1908
1; 286540 - Handsworth trams and buses, failures, fires, floods and gales; Handsworth wake; Handsworth Skating Rink etc. 1869 - 1908. OSBORNE (GEORGE HENRY) Newspaper cuttings etc. collected by. - 1908
1; 303349 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Handsworth. Police Court; burglaries; suicides and inquests; railway accidents; railway matters (various); accidents (various); County Court; divorces; Licensing Sessions etc.; auction sales; building societies; Photographic Society; musical societies; parties; old peoples' dinners etc. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1867 - 1908. Handsworth (Miscellaneous). - 1908
1; 388659 - Newspaper cuttings relating mainly to Handsworth, April 1875 – March 1911.. History of Birmingham.
1; 467140 - Handsworth. Plans of the estates of H.P. Whateley in the parish of Handsworth. Folding map. Manuscript. 47pp. c.1800. Photostat copy. 1937. Maps. - 1937
1; 795388 - Race in the inner city : a report from Handsworth, Birmingham / with comments from R. Holman, J. Lambert and D. Nandy. - 1970
1; 795388 - Race in the inner city: a report from Handsworth, Birmingham / [by] Augustine John; with comments from Robert Holman, John Lambert [and] Dipak Nandy. - 1970
2; 243148 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Perry Barr. Collected by G.H. Osborne. 1871 – 1908. Perry Barr. - 1908
3; 470253 - A series of articles on Harborne. From Harborne Parish Church Magazine. Plan. 1935-41. HARDWICK (WILLIAM EDWARD). - 1935-1941
3; 660646 - [Newspaper cuttings, manuscript notes, leaflets, etc., relating to Harborne, Quinton and Smethwick / collected by W.E. Hardwick].
3; 984319 - Woodgate Valley news. - 1972
243209 - Scrap book of notices, programmes, leaflets etc., relating to Handsworth, Perry Barr and district. Collected by G.H. Osborne. Including many relating to St. John's Church, Perry Barr. 1860 – 1901. St. John's, Perry Barr. - 1901
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