Black Country
The Black Country is a region of the West Midlands in England, west of Birmingham,[1] and commonly refers to all or part of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.[2]
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| Etymology: Effects of industry or coal mining | |
| The metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall highlighted within the West Midlands metropolitan county | |
| Coordinates: 52°32′N 2°2′W / 52.533°N 2.033°W | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 138 sq mi (360 km2) |
| Highest elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
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Black Country Media
South Staffordshire in 1911. The Black Country lies to the west and north-west of the city of Birmingham.
The local government structure within North Worcestershire and South Staffordshire before the West Midlands 1965 reorganisation
- Griffiths' Guide to the iron trade of Great Britain an elaborate review of the iron (and) coal trades for last year, addresses and names of all ironmasters, with a list of blast furnaces, iron (14763815742).jpg
Mining the thick coal seam at one of the Earl of Dudley's pits in the 1870s
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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.
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An 18th century enamelled snuff box made in Bilston, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The ironworks of W. Barrows and Sons, Tipton. Canals were of crucial importance in the development of Black Country industry.
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Glass cones where glass was made and worked were once a common sight in Brierley Hill, Amblecote and Wordsley. This example, now a museum, is in Wordsley near Stourbridge
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Chain making, once a major Black Country industry, as demonstrated at the Black Country Living Museum.
A dark seam of coal is clearly visible on the sides of Doultons Clay Pit, in Saltwells Wood to the south of Netherton
References
- ↑ "What or where is the Black Country?". Blackcountrysociety.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ↑ "What and where is the Black Country?". BBC. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
