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Oct 3, 2019 · Continuing to explore hidden Handsworth gems, I have been to visit an extraordinary survivor from the medieval period; Handsworth Old Town Hall. Built circa. 1460, when it would have been one of the few buildings within a picturesque Handsworth rural landscape, it is now encroached upon by buildings on all sides, and sits on the corner of Slack ...
The Old Town Hall is a historic building on the corner of College Road and Slack Lane in Handsworth, West Midlands, a suburb of Birmingham in England. The building, part of which is currently used as the headquarters of the Handsworth Historical Society, is a Grade II listed building. [1]
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There is little recorded detail about Handsworth before the Norman Conquest. Roman soldiers had a settlement and fort nearby at Templeborough, although no evidence of Roman remains have been unearthed in Handsworth. Names such as Ballifield ("Bale Enclosure") indicate later Scandinavian settlements at the same site.
One aspect of Handsworth history which remains very much alive is the traditional sword dancing. The origins of this ancient ritual are unknown, but written records held by the team go back to the middle of the nineteenth century. Using long steel swords, a team of eight men perform a dance which lasts about nine minutes and ends with all the sword...
Handsworth has been represented by three teams notable teams in senior football - 1. Handsworth F.C. - Competed in the 1921-22 FA Cup, although little else is known about the club. 2. The second club to take the name of Handsworth F.C. was formed in 2003, and after competing in the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior Football League for seven y...
The Stayce family
The Handsworth parish registers reveal that on 1 July 1638, Mahlon Stayce was baptised in St Mary's Church. The Stayce family had lived at Ballifield Hall in Handsworth for centuries but it was in Trenton, New Jersey, that Mahlon made his name and his fortune. The Stayce family were Quakers, one of the new religious sects which surfaced in England after the Civil War. They dissented from traditional views and to "respectable" society, the Quakers appeared extreme and even revolutionary. Their...
Benjamin Huntsman
Another Quaker buried near Handsworth is Benjamin Huntsman. Although he was born in Lincolnshire, he lived for some years at Handsworth in the 1740s. Huntsman made a highly significant scientific discovery which enabled Sheffieldto develop from small township into one of the leading northern industrial cities that shaped the destiny of Victorian Britain. Huntsman revolutionised the technology of steel making through his invention of "cast" or "crucible steel". Whilst in Handsworth, he develop...
William Jeffcock
William Jeffcock, who became the first Mayor of Sheffield in 1843, was born in April 1800 in Handsworth.His baptism is recorded in the parish registers; and, although he died in Ireland, he is buried in a family vault in Handsworth. The Jeffcock family settled in Handsworth in the 17th century, having moved from Eckington, Derbyshire. The earliest record of the family name occurs in the court rolls of the manor of Eckington in 1351. But they settled in the Handsworth parish, and there are ove...
Handsworth, Yorkshire in the Domesday BookAug 20, 2014 · From quiet rural settlement to a vital industrial heartland and then a thriving Afro-Caribbean community, Handsworth has seen massive changes over the decades, David Bentley reports in this article for The Birmingham Mail. Follow the link below for the original report and the photo gallery.
May 1, 2022 · Handsworth Old Town Hall, built around 1460 during the reign of Henry VI, is currently owned by Birmingham City Council and the Handsworth Historical Society.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Handsworth like this: HANDSWORTH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Sheffield district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the Midland railway, and near the boundary with Derby, 2 miles WNW of Woodhouse r. station, and 4 ESE of Sheffield.
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Sep 6, 2017 · In later years, many people from India - particularly Sikhs from the Punjab - settled in Handsworth. There has been unrest in the area on several occasions.
