This site contains several views and prospects of Birmingham dating back to the mid-1600s, showing how the town has changed over the last 375 years. Below are the prospects included on the site, which will be added to as more images are available, with links to the relevant posts with more information.
See all posts with the label Views and Prospects.
c. 1656
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| The Prospect of Birmingham, from the south-east by Wenceslaus Hollar, c. 1656. |
This prospect was included in William Dugdale's History of Warwickshire (1656). See post on this prospect, here.
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1731
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| South-West Prospect by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1731. Click to enlarge. |
From a series of town and city prospects produced by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck. See post on this prospect, here.
This prospect makes a nice comparison with the 1731 map of Birmingham.
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1732
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| East Prospect of Birmingham by William Westley, 1732. Click to enlarge. |
Although produced only a year after the Buck prospect, this view was taken from the east so provides a view of the town from another perspective. See post on this prospect, here.
This prospect makes a nice comparison with the 1731 map of Birmingham.
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1753
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| East Prospect of Birmingham by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1753. Click to enlarge. Held by Birmingham Museums. |
Another prospect from the east taken twenty years after Westley's view. See post on this prospect, here.
This prospect makes a nice comparison with the 1751 map of Birmingham.
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c. 1782
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| South view of Birmingham from the summer house, Cheapside, Bordesley, published 1783. Click to enlarge. |
This prospect makes a nice comparison with the 1778 map of Birmingham.
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