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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

9 of 179 places shown ·

Old map
2727. St Mary’s Church, Whittall Street — Lost, Site redeveloped5050. Westley Richards, Pritchett Street — Surviving, Surviving but altered5151. Westley Richards works, Grange Road, Bournbrook — Lost, Site redeveloped5252. Westley Richards, 82 High Street — Lost107107. Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House — Surviving, Surviving but altered108108. The Gun Quarter — Partly surviving, Site redeveloped122122. Kynoch’s Lion Works, Witton — Lost, Site redeveloped128128. BSA works, Armoury Road, Small Heath — Lost, Site redeveloped139139. Great Barr Hall — Partly surviving, At risk
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.

The places shown