Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Synoptic index/England - West Midlands
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These pages contain a subject and place index (still under construction!) to the books scanned to create the British Library's Mechanical Curator collection of images.
Each entry in the index points to the images on Flickr which match the tag for the book. Additionally, when there are images from a book that have been copied over to Commons, this is shown with a green clickable (Book cat) link, which links to the relevant Commons category for the book.
A full list of the titles of the books that were scanned for the collection is also available, at
and succeeding pages, which may help browsing what is available.
The index is not (yet) complete. As of January 22, 2014 the titles in the detailed part of the index below accounted for about 40% of the images in the whole collection. A further 35% of images can be found through a more loosely organised set of "to do" pages constructed based on the books' class-marks, while a further 20% of images occur in books which are classed below as fiction, plays, verse or works. The focus of the indexing so far has been mostly geographical, with little development as yet of thematic classification.
The Commons main project page for the collection gives some further hints on searching; on how to upload the images to Commons, and on how to tag images on Flickr. If you do upload images to Commons, please create a Commons category for the book they were taken from, like those in Category:Books with images from the British Library Mechanical Curator collection, and include the images in it. The template {{HasBookCat}} can then be used to create a link to the category (on a green background) from the book's entry in this list.
Georeferencing campaign: For any titles below that have a to georef template, please click on that templated link to find the thumbnails and then the pages on Flickr for the relevant map and plan images, and follow the links in their image description sections to the BL/Klokan Georeferencer to place the images on a present-day map of the world. This in turn should allow the map images' ready upload to Wikimedia Commons with reasonably accurate automatic categorisation. See also: BL information page and overall progress page.
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West Midlands edit
- Walks in the Black Country and its Green Border-Land (1868; 12 images, 1 plate; no maps)
– Birmingham edit
- (Book cat) An history of Birmingham ... With a new introduction by Christopher R. Erington. (1809; 72 images, 51 plates; 2 maps )
- Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham men. Reprinted from the “Birmingham Daily Mail (1877; 39 images, 2 plates; no maps)
- (Book cat) An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Birmingham, with some account of its environs, and forty-four views of the principal public buildings, etc. By George Yates? (1830; 13 images, 1 plate; no maps)
Borough of Birmingham ... Proceedings of the Council. (9th November, 1855-28th October, 1859.) (1856; 123 images; no maps)- Multiple copies of town seal only; best version uploaded as File:Common seal of the Mayor, Aldermen + Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham.jpg
- The Stranger's Guide to Modern Birmingham, with an account of its public buildings and institutions, its show rooms and manufactories. With observations on the surrounding neighbourhood, etc. A revised edition of “A Description of Modern Birmingham,” by Charles Pye. (1835; 7 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- Memorials of old Birmingham. Men and names: founders, freeholders, and indwellers, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, with particulars as to the earliest Church of the Reformation, built and endowed in England. ... With illustrations and facsimiles (1864; 4 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- The Old Taverns of Birmingham, etc (1879; 12 images; no maps)
- Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham. A history and guide, arranged alphabetically, etc (1885; 27 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- What to see in Birmingham. With a map. (1889; 10 images, 6 plates; 1 map )
- The Birmingham Saturday half-holiday guide, with a map. [By Joseph Sturge.] (1890; 16 images, 4 plates; 3 maps); 1892 edition (16 images, 3 plates; 2 maps )
- Survey of the Borough and Manor, or Demesne Foreign, of Birmingham, made in ... 1553 by Clement Throkmorton. Translated from the original document ... in the Public Record Office by W. B. Bickley. With notes and an introduction by Joseph Hill, and a conjectural plan of Birmingham at that time (1891; 6 images, 2 plates; 1 map)
- (Book cat) The Making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the Midland metropolis ... With ... illustrations, etc (1894; 317 images, 123 plates; 2 maps to georef )
- Illustrated Midland Business Review and View Album. Special edition for the district of East Birmingham, with part of Aston, etc (1897; 47 images, 12 plates; no maps)
- (Book cat) Memorials of the Old Square: being some notices of the Priory of St. Thomas in Birmingham ... also of the Square built upon the Priory Close, etc. With illustrations. L.P (1897; 26 images, 10 plates; 2 maps )
- The History of the Old Ship Inn, Camp Hill: Prince Rupert's Headquarters, 1643. With some remarks on the Prince, Oliver Cromwell, and the Civil War, and an interesting account of Bordesley, &c (1863; 3 images, 2 plates; no maps)
- Harborne and its surroundings ... Second edition (1885; 2 images, 2 plates; 1 map)
- Some Records of Smethwick. (A reprint from the Smethwick Telephone.) (1896; 22 images; no maps)
- (Book cat) The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc (1839; 45 images, 18 plates; 1 map )
- (Book cat) The Book of The Grand Junction Railway, being a history and description of the line from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester ... By T. Roscoe, assisted by the resident engineers of the line (1839; 22 images, 17 plates; 4 maps )
– Herefordshire edit
- A History of the Castles of Herefordshire and their Lords. With illustrations. (1869; 29 images, 26 plates; no maps)
- The Way about Herefordshire ... Written by C. Caldicott and illustrated by C. Caldicott and A. E. Caldicott. With a comprehensive county gazetteer, edited by A. Baines. (2nd edition.) (1896; 94 images, 4 plates; 1 map )
- Memorials of the Civil War between King Charles I. and the Parliament of England as it affected Herefordshire and the adjacent counties ... Edited and completed by ... T. W. Webb ... with an appendix of documents. With illustrations. (1879; 29 images, 5 plates; 3 maps)
- Handbook to Ross and Archenfield; also notes on the geology by W. S. Symonds and botany of the Wye Valley by W. H. Purchas (1863; 21 images, 2 plates; 1 map)
–– Hereford edit
- The ancient customs of the city of Hereford, with translations of the earlier city charters and grants; also some account of the trades of the city and other information relative to its early history (1868; 8 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- The ancient customs of the city of Hereford, with translations of the earlier city charters and grants; also some account of the trades of the city and other information relative to its early history. (1882; 20 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Hereford Cathedral. Ward and Lock's Illustrated Historical Handbook to Hereford Cathedral, etc (1890; 24 images, 9 plates; 1 map)
–– Other places in Herefordshire edit
- The History of Ailington, Aylton, or Elton (1892; 13 images, 13 plates;no maps)
- A Short Account of the Church, Episcopal Manor, and other objects of interest in Bosbury, Herefordshire. With plates. (1881; 17 images, 6 plates; no maps)
- A Short Account of the Church, Episcopal Manor ... of Bosbury. History and Description of the Parish of Bosbury in the Diocese and County of Hereford (1891; 31 images, 13 plates; 2 maps)
- The Town and Borough of Leominster; with illustrations of its ancient and modern history ... Also, a chapter on the parish church and priory, by E. A. Freeman (1863; 22 images, 2 plates; no maps)
- Records historical and antiquarian of the parish of Upton Bishop, Herefordshire (1883; 13 images, 6 plates; 1 map to georef )
– Shropshire edit
- The History and Description of the County of Salop ... Vol. II. in connection with the enlarged edition of Phillips's History of Shrewsbury. MS. note. L.P (1837; 21 images, 12 plates; 2 maps )
- Salopia Antiqua, or an enquiry from personal survey into the Druidical, Military, and other early remains in Shropshire and the North Welsh Borders. With observations upon the names of places and a Glossary of words used in the County of Salop. L.P (1841; 146 images, 12 plates; 1 map to georef )
- Antiquities of Shropshire. With plates and maps. (1854; 167 images, 65 plates; 24 maps )
- Shropshire: its early history and antiquities. Comprising a description of the important British and Roman remains in that county: its Saxon and Danish reminiscences: the Domesday Survey of Shropshire ... Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood (1864; 117 images, 17 plates; no maps)
- The Castles and Old Mansions of Shropshire. By Mrs. F. S. Acton. With illustrations. (1868; 68 images, 64 plates; 1 map)
- Shropshire (1898; 49 images, 1 plate; 1 map)
- Nooks and Corners of Shropshire ... With map and ... illustrations by the author (1899; 137 images, 44 plates; 1 map)
- The Garrisons of Shropshire, during the Civil War, 1642-48. (Extracts chiefly taken from the collection of Civil War Papers in the British Museum.) With illustrations. (1867; 33 images, 31 plates; no maps)
–– Shrewsbury edit
- Memorials of Shrewsbury, being a concise description of the town and its environs. Adapted as a general guide .. With ... engravings. (1851; 43 images, 3 plates; 1 map)
- Historical and descriptive Guide through Shrewsbury. New ... edition (1881; 6 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- Holy Cross, Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury Abbey and its new Chancel, with illustrations (1888; 13 images, 5 plates; 1 map)
- A New Guide to Shrewsbury ... Illustrations and map (1893; 45 images, 17 plates; 2 maps )
- Guide to Shrewsbury and the neighbourhood ... With maps and illustrations (1897; 27 images, 17 plates; 2 maps)
- History of Shrewsbury Hundred or Liberties ... Edited from the original MS. in the Bodleian Library by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher ... Reprinted from the Shropshire Archæological Transactions (1897; 5 images, 2 plates; no maps)
–– Other places in Shropshire edit
- Battlefield Church, Salop. An historical and descriptive sketch: together with some account of the battle of Shrewsbury, and foundation of the College or Chantry (1889; 5 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Our Ancient Parishes, or a lecture on “Quatford, Morville, and Astor Eyre 800 years ago.” ... with some additional information (1859; 20 images, 14 plates; 1 map )
- The History of Church Preen, in the county of Salop. With map and illustrations. ... Edited by E. A. Ebblewhite (1898; 16 images, 13 plates; 1 map)
- A new Guide to the Town of Ludlow, including an historical account of the Castle ... To which is added, a Description of seats and curiosities in the environs. ... With views of the town and castle (1822; 3 images, 2 plates; no maps)
- The History of Ludlow and its neighbourhood; forming a popular sketch of the history of the Welsh Border (1852; 34 images, 6 plates; 1 map)
- The History of Oswestry ... with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling and biography ... Illustrated with wood-engravings ... after sketches by Mr. R. Cruikshank (1855; 25 images, 12 plates; no maps)
- The History of Shavington, in the County of Salop (1891; 20 images, 17 plates; 6 maps)
- A History of Shrewsbury (1825; 91 images, 66 plates; 3 maps )
- A History of Tong, Shropshire ... with notes on Boscobel ... Second edition, with additions (1894; 74 images, 28 plates; 4 maps)
- Talbot's Tomb, in the parish church of St. Alkmund's, Whitchurch, Shropshire (1885; 3 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- Worfield on the Worfe in and near Severn Valley; being a brief history of Worfield, etc. With illustrations. (1878; 23 images, 7 plates; 1 map) (Shropshire)
- The Four Minsters round the Wrekin: Buildwas, Haughmond, Lilleshull and Wenlock, with ground plans and photographic views (1877; 27 images, 21 plates; 4 maps )
– Staffordshire edit
- The natural history of the County of Stafford, comprising its geology, zoology, botany and meteorology; also its antiquities, topography, manufactures, etc. (Supplement.) (1844; 29 images, 10 plates; 1 map )
- Staffordshire and Warwickshire, past and present: by J. A. Langford, ... C. S. Mackintosh and J. C. Tildesley. ... With ... illustrations from original drawings by H. Warren, etc (1884; 30 images, 30 plates; 2 maps )
- The Official Illustrated Holiday Guide to the North Staffordshire Railway. With illustrations. (1890; 40 images, 10 plates; no maps)
- Through Staffordshire Stiles and Derbyshire Dales: a tour of the Dove and the Manifold Valleys, etc. F.P (1894; 18 images, 12 plates; no maps)
- Staffordshire Knots. The book of the bazaar. 6th November 1895. (Editor. A. M. McAldowie.) With plates. (1895; 76 images, 23 plates; no maps)
–– Places in Staffordshire edit
- The Guide to Dovedale, Ilam, Alton Towers, and Scenes adjacent. Second edition (1850; 5 images, 2 plates; no maps) (Alton Towers)
- An historical account of Bilston from Alfred the Great to 1831, particularly of the ancient chapel, etc (1835; 4 images, 4 plates; 4 maps to georef )
- A History of Bilston, in the County of Stafford. A record of its archæology, ecclesiology, etc (1893; 28 images, 4 plates; no map)
- History of Cheadle, in Staffordshire, and neighbouring places ... With chapters on Croxden Abbey by C. Lynam, and the Cheadle coalfield by W. Molyneux (1881; 56 images, 7 plates; 1 map)
- Some Account of Colton and of the De Wasteney's Family. By F. P. Parker. With plates and a map. (1879; 17 images, 6 plates; 1 map ; 1897 edition (1897; 31 images, 15 plates; 2 maps)
- A history of Darlaston, near Wednesbury (1887; 5 images, 1 plate; no map)
- Handbook of Drayton Manor. With short descriptions of Tamworth Church, Castle and Town ... Eighteen illustrations. The preface signed: W. M. (1896; 18 images, 12 plates; no map)
- An Illustrated Guide to Dudley Castle and Priory, with a short general history from the earliest period (1885; 17 images, 7 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- A History of the ancient parish of Leek, in Staffordshire. By J. Sleigh. With a chapter on the Geology of the neighbourhood, by T. Wardle (1862; 67 images, 12 plates; 1 map)
- Memorials of Lichfield. (“A portion of my Collective History of the Cathedral Cities of England and Wales.”) (1866; 8 images; no map)
- Lichfield Cathedral. Ward and Lock's Illustrated Historical Handbook to Lichfield Cathedral, etc (1890; 21 images, 11 plates; 1 map)
- Directory of Newcastle under Lyme, with historical records of the ancient borough (1871; 6 images; no maps)
- History of Stafford and Guide to the Neighbourhood. Illustrated with wood engravings (1886; 19 images, 2 plates; 1 map )
- Stafford in Olden Times: being a reprint of articles published in “The Staffordshire Advertiser,” with illustrations, etc (1890; 10 images, 8 plates; no maps)
- The History of Standon: parish, manour, and church, with two hundred years of registers (1888; 5 images; no maps)
- The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent ... comprising its history, statistics, civil polity, and traffic, with biographical and genealogical notices of eminent individuals; ... also, the Manorial History of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and incidental notices of other neighbouring places and objects ... By J. W. and S. Shaw (1843; 62 images, 25 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- The History of the town and castle of Tamworth, etc (1845; 23 images, 2 plates; 2 maps )
- A Handbook of Tamworth, its Church & Castle; with a short account of places of interest in the neighbourhood. With plates. (1876; 8 images; 2 maps to georef )
- A History of the parish of Tettenhall, in the county of Stafford. With plates. (1894; 80 images, 12 plates; no maps)
- History of the Town of Uttoxeter; with notices of places in its neighbourhood (1865; 33 images, 7 plates; no maps)
- The History and Directory of Walsall ... To which is added a correct account of the trial between the Borough and Foreign, &c (1813; 2 images, 2 plates; no maps)
- A history of Walsall and its neighbourhood (1887; 4 images, 3 plates; 1 map)
- A History of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford ... embracing an account of the Coal and Iron Trade, Appendix (1854; 30 images, 4 plates; no maps)
– Warwickshire edit
- A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Warwick ... Illustrated with sixteen engravings and a map (1820; 18 images, 18 plates; 1 map)
- A New and Compendious History of the County of Warwick, from the earliest period to the present time, comprising views of the principal towns, buildings, etc (1830; 62 images, 61 plates; 1 map )
- Graphic illustrations of Warwickshire (1862; 41 images, 29 plates; no maps)
- The Way about Warwickshire, etc. With a map. (1892; 85 images, 2 plates; 1 map )
- Shakespeare's Land, being a description of Central and Southern Warwickshire. With ... maps and plans ... and ... original etchings by L. Hart and F. Whitehead (1893; 64 images, 38 plates; 19 maps to georef )
- Bygone Warwickshire. Edited by W. Andrews (1893; 18 images, 5 plates; no maps)
- Sketches of Leafy Warwickshire, rural and urban (1895; 25 images, 12 plates; no maps)
- Illustrated Guide to Leamington Spa, Warwick, Kenilworth, and Coventry (1898; 48 images, 7 plates; 2 maps)
–– Coventry edit
- The Coventry Guide, containing a concise account of the ancient history of the city, and particular descriptions of the churches, St. Mary Hall, and other public buildings. Illustrated with eight engravings (1824; 9 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- A Dissertation on the Pageants or Dramatic Mysteries anciently performed at Coventry, by the trading companies of that city: chiefly with reference to the vehicle, characters, and dresses of the actors. ... To which are added, the Pageant of the Shearmen & Taylors' Company, etc. L.P (1825; 16 images, 14 plates; no maps)
- Lady Godiva, the Earl of Mercia, Peeping Tom, and ancient Coventry. A historical narrative ... Illustrated with steel engravings, etc (1851; 3 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- Coventry: its history and antiquities ... Illustrated by W. F. Taunton, etc (1870; 60 images, 57 plates; 2 maps )
- Illustrative Papers on the History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry, ... reprinted from an original copy. With corrections, additions, and a brief memoir of the author, by W. G. Fretton (1871; 8 images, 6 plates; 5 maps to georef )
- The Monumental Inscriptions in the Parish Church of S. Michael, Coventry, together with drawings of all the arms found therein, etc (1885; 14 images, 14 plates; 2 maps)
- Cocked Hats at Coventry. By Major George Lambert. With plates. (1888; 11 images, 4 plates; no maps)
- Humorous Reminiscences of Coventry life, Coventry coaching, etc (1888; 9 images, 2 plates; no maps)
- Where to buy at Coventry. An illustrated local trades' review, by the Editor of the “Agents' Guide,” etc (1891; 107 images, 43 plates; no maps)
–– Rugby edit
- The History of the town and school of Rugby. With plates. (1826; 29 images, 8 plates; no maps)
- Rambles round Rugby ... With an introductory chapter by ... W. H. Payne Smith ... With ... illustrations by the author. L.P (1892; 72 images, 6 plates; no maps)
- Rugby: past and present, with an historical account of neighbouring parishes. With illustrations. (1893; 95 images, 29 plates; no maps)
- Walks in and around Rugby, etc (1894; 34 images, 1 plate; no maps)
–– Warwick edit
- An historical and descriptive account of Leamington and Warwick; to which are added, short notices of the towns, villages, etc. within the circuit of ten miles. Abridged from a larger work (An historical and descriptive account of the town and Castle of Warwick, etc. Signed, W. F., i.e., William Field.) (1817; 3 images, 2 plates; 1 map )
- The Warwick Guide; containing a concise historical account of the town, and ... descriptions of the Castle, Beauchamp Chapel, etc. The descriptions in part by J. N. Brewer. (1830; 8 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- The Black Book of Warwick. Transcribed and edited by Thomas Kemp (1898; 6 images, 3 plates; no maps)
–– Other places in Warwickshire edit
- The Forst of Arden, its towns, villages, and hamlets: a topographical and historical account of the district between and around Henley-in-Arden and Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of Warwick. Illustrated with numerous engravings (1863; 68 images, 2 plates; 3 maps )
- Moncrieff's Guide to Leamington Spa and its vicinity. ... To which is added a complete directory. Fifth edition ... corrected, etc. (1833; 17 images, 7 plates; 3 maps )
- From Chaos to the Charter. A complete history of Royal Leamington Spa, etc (1896; 104 images, 25 plates; 5 maps to georef )
- Records of Rowington, being extracts from the deeds in possession of the feoffees of the Rowington charities, with notes from the parish chest ... and appendix of MSS. from the British Museum, etc (1896; 48 images, 17 plates; 2 maps )
- Historical Notices and Recollections relating to the Parish of Southam ... Together with the Parochial Registers from A.D. 1539, and Churchwardens' Accounts A.D. 1580 (1894; 16 images, 2 plates; no maps)
- A Guide to Stratford-upon-Avon, containing a concise account of its ancient history, and particular descriptions of the Church and other public buildings. Illustrated with engravings. L.P (1825; 6 images, 1 plate; no maps)
– Worcestershire edit
- Bentley's Ancient and Modern History of Worcestershire; including its agriculture, manufactures, mines, commerce, antiquities, and institutions ... with such an account of the state of education and crime as was never before compiled; to which is added an alphabetical list of 1,500 of the nobility, gentry, clergy, and other inhabitants ... Forming vol. VII. of Bentley's History, Directory, and Statistics of Worcestershire (1842; 5 images; no maps)
- On the Ancient British, Roman and Saxon Antiquities of Worcestershire. (1852; 52 images, 9 plates; 1 map to georef )
- Rambles and Researches among Worcestershire Churches; with historical notes relating to the several parishes (1884; 95 images, 3 plates; no maps)
–– Worcester edit
- Reminiscences of Worcester from the earliest period, historical and genealogical, with notices of early settlers and prominent citizens, etc (1877; 31 images, 6 plates; 1 map )
- Worcester: its Past and Present. A brief historical review of two hundred years ... Illustrated, etc. Chiefly compiled by J. N. Metcalf and A. W. Hyde, with contributions from various authors, and an introduction by W. W. Rice. (1888; 161 images, 76 plates; 1 map )
- Where to buy at Worcester and Malvern. An illustrated local trades' review, by the Editor of the “Agents' Guide,” ... with illustrations of the West of England (1891; 73 images, 33 plates; no maps)
- Worcester Cathedral. Ward and Lock's Illustrated Historical Handbook to Worcester Cathedral, etc (1890; 16 images, 10 plates; 1 map)
–– Other places in Worcestershire edit
- A History of Bewdley; with concise accounts of some neighbouring parishes. With plates. (1883; 46 images, 5 plates; no maps)
- A guide to Blockley, in the county of Worcester, etc (1827; 3 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- The History of Blockley in the county of Worcester. With illustrations. (1875; 20 images, 10 plates; 2 maps)
- Bromsgrove Church: its history and antiquities; with an account of the Sunday Schools, churchyard and cemetery, compiled from the parish books, registers, and other authentic sources, by W. A. Cotton (1881; 29 images, 9 plates; 1 map )
- An Historical and Descriptive Account of Croome d'Abitot, the seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Coventry; with biographical notices of the Coventry family: to which are annexed an Hortus Croomensis, and Observations on the propagation of exotics. With plates. (1824; 4 images, 4 plates; no maps)
- A History of Kidderminster, with short accounts of some neighbouring parishes (1890; 25 images, 16 plates; 2 maps to georef )
- A General History of Malvern, embellished with plates, intended to comprise all the advantages of a guide, with the more important details of chemical, mineralogical, and statistical information. L.P. (1820; 5 images, 5 plates; 1 map)
- A Description of Malvern, and it's concomitants, including a guide to the drives ... and excursions. With a map, ... and ... embellishments. (1825; 6 images, 4 plates; no maps)
- Stourbridge and its vicinity, containing a topographical description of the parish of Old Swinford, including the township of Stourbridge, with the adjoining parishes ... Antiquities, itinerary, memorable occurrences and memoirs geological, mineralogical, botanical, &c. Illustrated, etc (1832; 8 images, 7 plates; no maps)
- Records and Traditions of Upton-on-Severn. By E. M. Lawson. With thirteen illustrative sketches by C. Cattermole and G. R. Clarke (1869; 12 images, 9 plates; no maps)
- The Nation in the Parish, or, records of Upton-on-Severn; with a ... chapter on the Castle of Hanley ... illustrations by C. Cattermole and G. R. Clarke; and a glossary of ... local words and phrases by R. Lawson (1884; 14 images, 12 plates; no maps)
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