Handsworth Colliery
Handsworth may refer to: * Handsworth, West Midlands, a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, United Kingdom **Handsworth riots (other) **Handsworth Wood, an area adjacent to the above **Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency) was centred on this area * Handsworth, South Yorkshire, a suburb of Sheffield in Yorkshire, United Kingdom * Handsworth, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada * Handsworth Secondary School, District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Handsworth F.C. Handsworth Football Club is a football club based in Handsworth, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Olivers Mount in Darnall. History The club was established in 2014 as the result of a merger ...

Handsworth, West Midlands
Handsworth () is a suburb and an inner-city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands. Historically in Staffordshire, Handsworth lies just outside Birmingham City Centre and near the town of Smethwick. History The name ''Handsworth'' originates from its Saxon owner Hondes and the Old English word ''weorthing'', meaning farm or estate. It was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086, as a holding of William Fitz-Ansculf, the Lord of Dudley, although at that time it would only have been a very small village surrounded by farmland and extensive woodland. Historically in the county of Staffordshire, it remained a small village from the 13th century to the 18th century. Accommodation was built for factory workers, the village quickly grew, and in 1851, more than 6,000 people were living in the township. In that year, work began to build St James' Church. Later St Michael's Church was built as a daughter church to St James'. In the census of 1881, the town was recorded as havin ...
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Handsworth Riots (other)
Handsworth, West Midlands, in the United Kingdom, has experienced a number of riots in the last few decades. Handsworth Riots may refer to: * 1981 Handsworth riots * 1985 Handsworth riots * 1991 Handsworth riots * 2005 Birmingham riots * 2011 England riots The 2011 England riots, more widely known as the London riots, were a series of riots between 6 and 11 August 2011. Thousands of people rioted in cities and towns across England, which saw looting, arson, as well as mass deployment of police ...

Handsworth Wood
Handsworth Wood is a suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands County, England. Located within the metropolitan county of the West Midlands since 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, it was previously a part of the county of Staffordshire. It is also a ward within the formal district of Perry Barr as well as other areas such as Great Barr, Sandwell and Hamstead/Hamstead Village. Handsworth Wood is regarded as one of the premier residential areas in Birmingham, due to the significant number of imposing Victorian detached and semi-detached houses. Also the area is highly sought after due to the access to parks such as Handsworth Park, golf clubs and the open spaces of Sandwell Valley Country Park. Handsworth Wood is regarded by estate agents as upmarket in comparison to the neighbouring district of Handsworth. HandsworthWood6.jpg, Typical Victorian Houses in Handsworth Wood HandsworthWood1.jpg, Typical Street in Handsworth Wood HandsworthWood5.jpg, Semi-Detach ...
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Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Birmingham Handsworth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Handsworth district of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was abolished in 1983. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Rushall Tipton, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich, and the Municipal Borough of Walsall. The constituency was created, as a county constituency, for the 1885 general election when it was the Handsworth division of Staffordshire. In 1885 the area was to the north of the parliamentary borough of Birmingham and was the south-eastern county division of Staffordshire. Birmingham, which from 1889 was a county borough, with city status, was mostly located in the geographic county of Warwickshire, but gradually expanded into adjacent areas of Staffordshire and Worcestershire. The constituency bordered to the west West Bromwich, Wednesbury and Walsall; to the north Lichfield; to the east Tamworth and ...
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Handsworth, South Yorkshire
Handsworth is a suburb of south eastern Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. It covers an area of approximately , and has a population of approximately 15,000. It has five schools, four churches, a variety of small shops, a large supermarket, and a range of commercial and light industrial businesses. The area is signposted from M1 Junction 31. Politically, Handsworth is part of the Woodhouse ward in the Sheffield South East parliamentary constituency. History Domesday Book In the Domesday Book account, Handsworth is spelt "Handeswrde" and is joined to Whiston ("Witestan") to form a single manor. Before the Conquest, Torchil (or Turchil) is reported as being the Lord of the Manor, but following the Conquest lordship was transferred to Robert, Count of Mortain, who was the half-brother of William the Conqueror. Richard de Sourdeval held it for Count Robert. The Manor then passed, through marriage, to the Paynel and Lovetot families. It was a member of the Lovetot fami ...
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Handsworth, Saskatchewan
Handsworth is a hamlet in Golden West Rural Municipality 95, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located about 20 km east of the town of Creelman on Highway 701, along a former Canadian Pacific Railway branch line. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * Hamlets of Saskatchewan In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan has ... Golden West No. 95, Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Division No. 1, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision1-geo-stub ...
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Handsworth Secondary School
Handsworth Secondary School is a high school in the district of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and part of School District 44 North Vancouver. As of September 2020, the school reported 1544 students enrolled in Grades 8–12, the largest school in the North Vancouver School District.North Vancouver School District
, Handsworth Secondary School On January 15, 2018, it was announced that construction of a new school to replace the existing 57 year old building is expected to start in 2019 and began operation on February 7, 2022. Handsworth Secondary School within proximity to the Upper Mackay Creek Park. It is also located within 5 minutes' drive of