Special plaques have been unveiled on the former homes of chocolate pioneers Richard and George Cadbury.

The brothers were responsible for founding Bournville Village in Birmingham which set new standards for working and living conditions in Victorian Britain.

English Heritage unveiled the plaques on Friday at 17 Wheeley's Road and 32 George Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Richard lived in Wheeley's Road from 1861 to 1871, while George lived in George Road from 1872 to 1891.

George Cadbury: Lived in George Road

The brothers were also successful businessmen, taking over the family chocolate firm and turning it into a household name.

Television celebrity and English Heritage Commissioner Loyd Grossman unveiled the blue plaques with Chairwoman of the Barrow Cadbury Trust Anna Southall.

Mr Grossman said: "We are delighted to be honouring prominent figures from Birmingham's rich cultural history with English Heritage Blue Plaques.

"The story of Cadbury's is one of Britain's great industrial and socio-economic success stories.

"They were also benevolent employers who improved the living and working conditions of their staff."

Cadbury's plant in Bournville became known as "the factory in a garden".

They built a village near the factory grouped around cul-de-sacs and gardens.