Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
Avoncroft is a fascinating museum of historic buildings spanning seven centuries, rescued and rebuilt on a beautiful open-air site in the north of Worcestershire.
The Birmingham Heritage Website
A voluntary association of public and private groups and individuals interested in the heritage of Birmingham and its surroundings. The site is attractive to look at, clearly laid out and simple to navigate.
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Information on all the council-run museums in Birmingham.
The Birmingham Pen Trade Association
The availability of cheap pens enabled the development of education and literacy throughout the world. The Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association is working to ensure that this important part of Birmingham's history receives the recognition it deserves.
Birmingham Railway Museum Trust
A very detailed website for fans of the days of steam and everyone else with a passing interest in transportation history.
Birmingham Stories – The Gateway to our past
A new website launched as a part of the Thinktank’s Science Museum web experience.
The Black Country Society
The Society grew out of the Dudley Canal Tunnel Preservation Society which successfully campaigned to save Dudley Canal Tunnel. The Society has gone from strength to strength, establishing an enviable reputation in publishing books and magazines concerned with the Black Country, together with an active and varied programme of events throughout the year.
The Bromsgrove Society
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Society endeavours to address all aspects of planning, both built and environmental, in the District. The Local History Group holds a programme of
meetings on local topics and has produced books and other publications.
Digital Handsworth Project
Provides a multimedia resource guide to the history of the community focussed on the ancient parish of Handsworth.
Digital Ladywood
An online collection of photos, maps, documents, etc. relating to the history of Ladywood.
Diabolus in Musica
Elizabethan music site, including a guide to early instruments.
The Dugdale Society
The Dugdale Society, named after Warwickshire's distinguished antiquary, Sir William Dugdale, was founded in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1920 with the objects of publishing originaldocuments relating to the history of the County of Warwick, fostering interest in historical records and their preservation and generally encouraging the study of local history.
Friends of Edgbaston Reservoir
This pressure group was successful in preventing the use of noisy power boats on the water and remained as an association to preserve this
secret treasure in the heart of Birmingham.
Friends of New Hall Mill
New Hall Mill, a Grade 2 listed building, is one of only two water mills still surviving in the Birmingham area. An external overshot waterwheel provides power for the two pairs of millstones, while a diesel engine over 50 years old powers various other milling machinery.
Handsworth Historical Society
Some nice factual articles on the history of the area, and an ongoing project to present online a vast collection of materials and objects relating to the history of Handsworth.
Heartlands Local History Society
Some nice examples of reminiscence material illustrating the life of the area in days gone by.
Kings Norton Local History Society
A strong feature of this website is tied in with the BBC’s programme, ‘Restoration’, where a couple of the buildings in the Kings Norton area won funding to restore the structure of the buildings. The website is nicely illustrated throughout and has a multitude of links to other articles and websites covering the area.
Old Ladywood
Photographs and articles on Ladywood's past.
Quinton Local History Society
Sections on local sites of interest and conservation projects. One especially nice feature is a photographic page relating to an old nailer’s cottage in the area and some of the history of the building. Large and growing section of local parish records, free to access for personal use.
The Railway & Canal Historical Society (West Midlands Group)
The Society's main objects are to promote historical research and to raise the standard of published history. A long list of publications on subjects like Railway families, Stations, the railway lines of the midlands and of course a similar number of publications on the waterways of the region too.
Revolutionary Players of Industry and Innovation.
The history of the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands between the years 1700 and 1830.
Smethwick Heritage Centre Trust
The Trust’s aim is to serve as a repository for all things historical in relation to the Smethwick area. The website is a professional looking affair, helped along in design by a Heritage Lottery Fund contribution.
Smethwick Local History Society
A nice basic society site, with a general history of the area, information about publications (all of which are inexpensive and available from the society), programmes of meetings and membership details.
Solihull Archaeological Group
A basic website with the details of the activities of the Group, contact details, activities programmes and archaeological digs past and present.
Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Information on activities, publications and lectures. The Society covers all aspects fo Staffordshire history form the canal network to the Roman site of Letocetum.
Staffordshire Industrial Archaeology Society
An interesting site created for an active group of enthusiasts in all things relating to Industrial Archaeology in Staffordshire.
Western Front Association (Birmingham Branch)
A good selection of material that could be of interest to the casual visitor or researcher interested in anecdotes and recollections of the First World War. A child site of the national Western Front Association site www.westernfront.co.uk
Willenhall History Society
A good selection of material that could be of interest to the casual visitor or researcher interested in anecdotes and recollections of the First World War. A child site of the national Western Front Association site www.westernfront.co.uk
The Wolseley Register
A site for owners and enthusiasts of Wolseley motor cars, which were made in Great Britain from 1895 until 1975. They were among the very first British cars put into large-scale production and lead car production figures during the Edwardian period.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Society
The Worcester & Birmingham Canal Society was formed in 1969 to promote the restoration, conservation and improvement of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and adjacent waterways for the use and benefit of the public. The society also provides a social forum for those interested in the canal and waterways generally.
Wythall History Society
The origins of Wythall, scans of old photos and postcards, a programme of the activities, copies of the 1838 tithe map for the area and a links section.