Handsworth

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Handsworth is a suburban area in Birmingham, Birmingham

Other current and historical names

Honesworde

Built-Up Area: Birmingham
Parish/Community: Birmingham, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Birmingham
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'35"N 1°56'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 403517, 290207
OS Grid: SP035902
Mapcode Local: GBR 2NY.B6
Mapcode Global: VH9YW.555V

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Handsworth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Handsworth in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Handsworth.-- town and par. (ry. sta. Handsworth and Smethwick), E. Staffordshire, NW. suburb of Birmingham -- par., 7680 ac., pop. 24,251; town, pop. 22,896; P.O., T.O.

Handsworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Offlow hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwin; Alfrith of Handsworth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Drogo of Whitley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Handsworth, Birmingham

Handsworth is a suburban area in Birmingham, Birmingham

Handsworth in historic gazetteers

Handsworth in the Domesday Book