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Birmingham history

What used to be here?

Where Birmingham’s industrial pioneers lived and worked, and the buildings and landscapes the city has lost. Choose a person to see every place connected with them, or press “What’s near me?” — and pull the tab on the right to compare today’s streets with the Ordnance Survey map of 1888–1913.

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What survives

72 of 179 places shown ·

Old map
11. Holy Trinity Church, Camp Hill — Surviving22. Warwick Bar — Surviving33. Duddeston Viaduct — Surviving55. St Andrew’s Church, Bordesley — Lost, Site redeveloped66. The Old Ship Inn, Camp Hill — Lost, Site redeveloped1010. The Old Crown, Deritend — Surviving1111. The Golden Lion, Deritend — Relocated1717. St Thomas’s Church, Bath Row — Partly surviving, Lost2525. Smithfield Market — Lost, Site redeveloped3030. Bingley Hall — Lost, Site redeveloped4646. Sarehole Mill — Surviving but altered5050. Westley Richards, Pritchett Street — Surviving, Surviving but altered5151. Westley Richards works, Grange Road, Bournbrook — Lost, Site redeveloped5353. West Smethwick Park — Surviving5454. Chance’s Glassworks, Spon Lane — Partly surviving, At risk5555. Witton Cemetery — Surviving, Surviving but altered6060. The Custard Factory (Bird’s Devonshire Works) — Surviving, Surviving but altered6363. Birmingham Mint, Icknield Street — Partly surviving, Surviving but altered6767. Bust of Sir Josiah Mason, Chester Road, Erdington — Surviving, Relocated7171. Summer Lane and the old Newtown — Site redeveloped7373. Prince of Wales Theatre, Broad Street — Lost, Site redeveloped7575. The Victorian Central Library, Ratcliff Place — Lost, Site redeveloped8080. Holloway Circus — Surviving, Surviving but altered8181. Lancaster Circus — Surviving, Surviving but altered8282. St Chad’s Circus — Surviving but altered8383. Smallbrook Queensway — Surviving but altered8484. St Martin’s Circus — Lost, Site redeveloped8585. Paradise Circus — Lost, Site redeveloped8686. Masshouse Circus — Lost, Site redeveloped8888. Birmingham Municipal Bank head office, Broad Street — Surviving, Surviving but altered9090. Statue of Thomas Attwood (1859) — Relocated, At risk9191. Thomas Attwood statue, Chamberlain Square — Surviving9494. Old Joe and the Aston Webb buildings, University of Birmingham — Surviving9595. Key Hill Cemetery — Surviving, Surviving but altered9696. Corporation Street — Surviving, Surviving but altered9797. The Council House, Victoria Square — Surviving9898. The Chamberlain Memorial — Surviving, Surviving but altered9999. Boulton, Watt and Murdoch (“The Golden Boys”) — Relocated100100. Statue of Joseph Priestley, Ratcliff Passage — Relocated, Surviving but altered101101. Statue of James Watt, Ratcliff Passage — Relocated102102. Warstone Lane Cemetery — Surviving, Surviving but altered103103. The Chamberlain Clock — Surviving, Surviving but altered104104. St Paul’s Church and St Paul’s Square — Surviving, Surviving but altered105105. Newman Brothers Coffin Works — Surviving106106. The Jewellery Quarter — Surviving, Surviving but altered107107. Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House — Surviving, Surviving but altered108108. The Gun Quarter — Partly surviving, Site redeveloped109109. Austin works, Longbridge — Site redeveloped, Partly surviving111111. Lucas works, Great King Street, Hockley — Lost, Site redeveloped112112. Hay Mills wire works (Webster & Horsfall) — Surviving but altered113113. Bournville village — Surviving114114. Bournville works (Cadbury) — Surviving, Surviving but altered117117. Pen Museum, Argent Centre — Surviving118118. Victoria Works, Graham Street — Surviving, Surviving but altered119119. Highbury, Moor Green — Surviving, Surviving but altered120120. Heath Street Works (Nettlefold & Chamberlain), Smethwick — Site redeveloped121121. Aston Parish Church (St Peter and St Paul) — Surviving, Surviving but altered, At risk122122. Kynoch’s Lion Works, Witton — Lost, Site redeveloped123123. Odeon, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr — Surviving, Surviving but altered124124. Perry Barr Stadium (Alexander Sports Ground) — Lost127127. Gaumont Palace, Colmore Circus — Lost, Site redeveloped128128. BSA works, Armoury Road, Small Heath — Lost, Site redeveloped129129. Elkington’s electroplating works, Newhall Street — Partly surviving, Surviving but altered130130. Curzon Street Station (1838) — Partly surviving, Surviving but altered, At risk131131. Snow Hill Station — Lost, Site redeveloped132132. Birmingham Central Library (John Madin) — Lost, Site redeveloped135135. St Mary’s Church, Handsworth — Surviving136136. New Meeting House — Surviving but altered137137. Edgbaston Hall — Surviving139139. Great Barr Hall — Partly surviving, At risk144144. Soho Foundry — Partly surviving, At risk147147. Soho House — Surviving
Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Old map: Ordnance Survey six-inch, 1888–1913, reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland (CC BY 4.0). A dashed ring means the position is approximate; a shaded ring means only the general area is known.

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