19th & 18th Century UK City Views PORTFOLIO Gallery

The New Edinburgh Academy , 1831

This is an engraving published in 1831 of the "The New Edinburgh Academy" that was opened in 1824, the building, on Henderson Row in the city's New Town, is now part of the Independent Senior School that will be celebrating its bi-centenary in 2024. This is a reproduction of an original placed in surround border that holds the title of the work along with the year

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Stage Coaches at "The Green" Erdington, near Birmingham c1830

This is a magnificent action image from days gone bye of two stage coaches at the "The Green" in the village of Erdington, near Birmingham. The old workhouse is one of the buildings that can be identified in the picture, later demolished to make way for the Erdington Public Library . The coaching route ran from Lichfield to Birmingham passing through Sutton Coldfield and Erdington, skirting Aston and then on to Birmingham, each coach having to pass through many "Toll Gates" on the way. One of the tolls was at the Green in Erdington. This image has been re-mastered from a rare original print and set in a title frame by Mapseeker

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"The Old Recruiting House", The Rising Sun Inn, Birmingham 1850

Re-mastered and set in a title frame by Mapseeker, this is "The Old Recruiting House", The Rising Sun Inn, Birmingham, corner of Cross Street and Coleshill Street. Originally printed by C. Warren. Blackman in 1850

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Birmingham, The Rising Sun Inn