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Dedicated to the town of Hales Owen, in the West Midlands of England. Click on a link to learn about the town and its history.

       GENEALOGY

  HALES OWEN HISTORY

  LOCAL SITES

1861 Census

New 1861 Census Link Submitted by Stephen Southall

1881 Census

1901 Census

Pigots Directory 1828

Pigots Directory 1835

Extract from Kellys Directory 1900 for Hales Owen

Extract from Kellys Directory 1912 for Hales Owen

Whiteheath Gate 1841 Census Transcript

St Johns Parish Records

Free Birth Marriages and Deaths

FreeCen

Bennets Business Directory 1914

SOCIETIES

St John's Bellringers

Hales Owen Orchestra

Hales Owen Choral Society

Leasowes Miniature Railway

Quinton Local History Society

PHOTOS AND PICTURES

Halesowen Heritage Trail  

The Lyttleton Arms

Halesowen Congregational Church

Halesowen Scout Troop circa 1910-1914 submitted by Anthony Farrar

A Halesowen Policeman in High Street 1921

Hasbury School Soccer Team 1922-23 :- players named 

2 Photographs of White Friars Cottages submitted by Kim Gamble 

 Photographs of the Great Cornbow submitted by Kim Gamble  

Hales Owen Postcards

Mervyn Photos IMPROVED

St Margaret's Church

Hales Owen Pictures and Photos

Coombs Wood Basin To Gorsty Tunnel

Hales Owen Abbey Photos

Walton Hill Photos

Aerial Photograph Of Hales Owen circa 1950:

Submitted
by Simon Clarke
 

The Clent Hills Video

Memory Corner

More From Bill Hazelhurst

Gaunts Yard By Bill Hazelhurst

 

 

 

 Halesowen Town Centre Map 1950 Submitted By  Simon Clarke

Halesowen from British History Online Submitted By Ken Partridge

 Maps of Halesowen (and Dudley Area)  1300,1750 and 1835:Link submitted by Ken Partridge 

 Maps of Halesowen (and Dudley Area)  1885,1935 and 1985:Link submitted by Ken Partridge 

How Hales Owen Got Its Name

Hales Owen History From Genuki

History From The Hales Owen News

William Shenstone

Williams Shenstone's Poetry

Parish Magazine: January 1892

The Leasowes

Benjamin Hingley

Thomas Attwood

Francis Brett Young

The Legend Of St Kenelm

Map of Town Centre 1750

Map of Town Centre 1827

Map Of Town Centre 1902

Ground Plan For St John's 1838

Ground Plan For St John's 1839

Two Cradley Mills By Peter Barnsley

The Hales Owen Railway

Halesowen Railway Station Photo

The Hales Owen Railway 2 : (Link submitted by Ken Partridge)

More Hales Owen Railway Photos  (Another link from Ken Partridge)

The Rise and Fall of Halesowen Railway Station Submitted by Simon Clarke

Hales Owen Roll of Honour

Halesowen War Heroes  

St Margaret Of Antioch's Church Hasbury

St Margaret Of Antioch

FAMILY HISTORY

Ken Hambly's Willetts's

The Holloway Family Of Hales Owen

The Southall's of Cradley and Hales Owen Updated 08/07/2007 

More Southall Family History by Stephanie Robinson 

From Mansfield and Ruabon to Hasbury

Hales Owen and Leicester Families by Kim Gamble 

Lowes of Hales  Owen by Chris Lowe

Tibbetts Of Hayseech

The Descendants of George Willetts Submitted Linda Lamberg  (Updated)

The Hintons Genealogy Page Submitted by Martyn Hinton 

The Hodgkins's of Hales Owen 

 

Free Census Look-ups

Rowley Regis .Com

Cradley Links  

Stourbridge 

Black Country Nail Trade

The Lapal Canal   Project  

 Walton Allotment   Association 

 

OTHER STUFF

Halesowen Charter 21st Anniversary Pamphlet:- Submitted by Simon Clarke 

StreetMap Of Hales Owen

 Hales Owen Weather

Hales Owen Technical School Sports Teams

Hales Owen College Magazine Focus 1967 Spring Edition  Submitted by Simon Clark

Plan Of Hales Owen Cemetery

Lapal Tunnel

Walton Summit : a Poem by Paul Freeman 

Hales Owen College Lecturers Tug of War Team 1967/8   Submitted by Simon Clarke 

 

HALES OWEN CELEBRITIES

A Montage of Mundon (New Link to T0mmy Mundon)

 

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