Handsworth, W Midlands - Old Church - Marcus Ward series postcard 1903

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  • Picture / Image:  Handsworth Old Church, Handsworth, West Midlands [formerly Staffordshire & Warwickshire]
  • Publisher:  Marcus Ward's Series (McCaw, Stephenson & Orr)
  • Postally used:  yes
  • Stamp:  Edward VII half d. bluish-green [earlier shade]
  • Postmark(s):  Birmingham Dec 23 1903 cds
  • Sent to:  Miss Tozer, 134a Clapham Road, Stcokwell, London SW
  • Notes / condition:  has some wear and dents but no major faults

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Handsworth (grid reference SP035905) is an inner city, urban area of Birmingham in the West Midlands Handsworth lies just outside the Birmingham City Centre.

The name Handsworth originates from its Saxon owner Hondes and the Old English word weorthing, meaning farm or estate. It was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086, as a holding of William Fitz-Ansculf, the Lord of Dudley, although at that time it would only have been a very small village surrounded by farmland and extensive woodland.

Historically in the county of Staffordshire,[1] it remained a small village from the 13th century to the 18th century, until Matthew Boultonwho lived at the nearby Soho House set up the Soho Manufactory in 1764 on Handsworth Heath. Accommodation was built for the factory workers, the village quickly grew, and in 1851, there were over six thousand people living in the township. In that year, work began to build St Michael's Church. Forty years later over thirty-two thousand residents were counted at the census of 1881, and by 1911, this had more than doubled to 68,610.

The development of the built environment was sporadic and many of Handsworth's streets display a mixture of architectural types and periods - among them some of the finest Victorian buildings in the city. Handsworth has two grammar schools - Handsworth Grammar School (for boys) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (for girls). St Andrew's Church is a listed building in Oxhill Road which also held Sunday school classes in a small building on the corner of Oxhill Road and Church Lane. It also contains Handsworth Park, which in 2006 underwent a major restoration, the vibrant shopping area of Soho Road and St. Mary's Church containing the remains of the founders of the Industrial Revolution - Watt, Murdoch and Boulton.

Handsworth parish was transferred from Staffordshire to Warwickshire, and became part of Birmingham, in 1911.[1]