Black Country
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The Black Country is a loosely defined area of England's West Midlands. It is mainly urban, covering most of the Dudley and Sandwell metropolitan boroughs, with the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and
The Black Country in the 1870s Iron trade of Great Britain
Mining the thick coal seam at one of the Earl of Dudley's pits in the 1870s
The Oak House, West Bromwich. A Yeoman Farmer's house dating from the late 16th or early 17th century, it represents a rare surviving building from the pre-industrial Black Country.
Stourbridge
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Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, the town lies around 11 miles west of Birmingham, at the southwestern edg
Black Country
…to capture the arsenals, Charles did not possess any supply of swords, pikes, guns, or shot; all these the Black Country could and did provide. From Stourbridge came shot, from Dudley cannon. Numerous small forges which then existed on every brook in the north of Worcestershire turned out successive supplies…
Foster Street, Stourbridge; leading towards the railway station
Arms of Stourbridge in a public artwork, The Stour Bridge, by Steve Field
St. Thomas' Church
Red House Cone and Visitor Centre