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Welcome to the Black Country Muse A product of mind over matter and very much still a work in progress A little ramble through time wandering around some places that may bring back a few memories and some recollections and stories from a bygone age

Black Country glam rockers Slade scored a massive hit in 1973 with Merry Christmas Everybody a song that remains so popular it generates an estimated £500 000 per year in royalties

Apr 06 2015· The mines they worked are not listed either but I can say that Jeremiah Skidmore was a bit of an expert on the extraction of Fireclay from around Stourbridge and Lye If you have been lucky enough to spot a family name I wish you well in the research for you now know your relative was certainly taking an interest in the subject matter

Mar 11 2008· There are many definitions of where the Black Country is To traditionalists the Black Country is the area where the coal seam comes to the surface so West Bromwich Oldbury Blackheath Cradley

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Amblecote is an urban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands England It lies immediately north of the historic town of Stourbridge extending about one and a half miles from it As such it is on the southwestern edge of the West Midlands urban area Historically Amblecote was in the parish of Oldswinford but unlike the rest of the parish was in Staffordshire

Aug 17 2014· Site Owner Posts 1409 There is an extensive history of mining in the area you are looking at and you will find it in the websites Mining section under Stourbridge Fireclay Mines There are also quite a few photographs in the websites Gallery all listed in Mining Images A wonderful thing is work I could watch it all day

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The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands England west of Birmingham and commonly refers to a region of more than one million people covering most of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley Sandwell with the exception of Rowley Regis which belongs to an extended area of Birmingham Walsall and Wolverhampton During the Industrial Revolution it became one of the most

Mar 03 2013· Author Topic Springs Mere Dudley c1840 Read 1351 times Kizzy RootsChat Extra Black country history org has information but I m afraid the only photo is of the cemetary Mines in the area could be coal fireclay ironstone or even limestone There is a list of mines

May 09 2019· Site Owner Posts 1413 The raw material for brickmaking varied enormously across the region Lye Stourbridge Ambelecote and a few other small spots were lucky to have deposits of Fireclay Strange as it may seem this clay had to be mined from great depths just like coal

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Amblecote is an urban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands England It lies immediately north of the historic town of Stourbridge extending about one and a half miles from it and is on the southwestern edge of the West Midlands conurbation Historically Amblecote was in the parish of Oldswinford but unlike the rest of the parish which was in Worcestershire it

Both locomotives were built by Foster Rastrick and Co of Stourbridge and the Agenoria is now in the Railway Museum in York The Pensnett Railway bypassed the Stourbridge Canal and in 1840 the Stourbridge Extension Canal was opened to take advantage of the trade of new mines in the Shut End area and to undercut the charges of the railway

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sic The files contain information about every pub that has been found to exist in each of the districts within the Black Country along with a number of illustrations Originally a series of 3 CDs was for sale covering the Black Country boroughs After 2 editions of each CD I am now producing individual files for each township sub area

Feb 20 2012· Site Owner Posts 1413 Wordsley Stourbridge Kingswinford Amblecote The A491 from Stourbridge to Kingswinford although you may not realise it marks the western boundary of the South Staffordshire Coal Field As far as the records go there are no mines on the Wordsley Stourbridge side of the road From High Street Kingswinford to the Stourbridge Ring Road is or

Amblecote is an urban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands England It lies immediately north of the historic town of Stourbridge extending about one and a half miles from it As such it is on the southwestern edge of the West Midlands urban area Historically Amblecote was in the parish of Oldswinford but unlike the rest of the parish was in Staffordshire

Geography Stourbridge is about 10 miles 16 kilometres west of Birmingham the second biggest city in the UK Sitting within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley at the edge of the Black Country Stourbridge includes the suburbs of Amblecote Lye Norton Oldswinford Pedmore Wollaston Wollescote and Wordsley Much of Stourbridge consists of residential streets interspersed with

Nov 01 2018· Site Owner Posts 1413 Nagersfield Fireclay Colliery c1904 As already stated Coal was not the only reason for digging a deep hole in the ground Fireclay was also a precious commodity The main Clay deposits are to found around the Stourbridge area from Lye Brockmore Amblecote Wordsley Bromley and Kingswinford The deposits were overlain with both Coal and Ironstone which

The Stourbridge Firebrick Industry Stourbridge fireclay has a world wide reputation and its importance in the manufacture of fire bricks glasshouse pots refractories and a variety of other purposes in connection with the Industrial Arts need not be enlarged upon

There is one college in Stourbridge King Edward VI College was founded in 1552 becoming a sixth form college in 1976 Stourbridge College south of the city centre was formed in 1958 and specialised in art and design but was closed in 2019 There is also a sixth form at Old Swinford Hospital school which was founded in 1667 by the Stourbridge born politician Thomas Foley

Ian Wilkinson whose Coal Mining History Resource Centre web site is an invaluable source of information about all aspects of coal mining has provided Cradley Links with details of mining deaths in Cradley pits for the period 1850 1914 Please note that the original sources do not always distinguish properly between Cradley and Cradley Heath

Mar 04 2015· Timmis Brothers owned and worked many mines in the surrounding area from the 1830s although they are mainly known for their refractory products and fire bricks I have mentioned them a few times in several topics including the Stourbridge Fireclay Mines

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