A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BLACK COUNTRY (The), a tract of mines and ironworks in the S of Stafford, and on the N verge of Warwick. It extends chiefly from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, south-eastward, 13 miles; and from Dudley to Walsall, north-eastward, 7 miles. "The name is eminently descriptive, for blackness everywhere prevails. The ground is black, the atmosphere is black, and the underground is honey-combed by mining galleries stretching in utter blackness for many a league. The scene is marvellous, and to one who beholds it for the first time by night, terrific.,"
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tract of mines and ironworks" (ADL Feature Type: "mine sites") |
| Administrative units: | Staffordshire AncC Warwickshire AncC |
| Place names: | BLACK COUNTRY | BLACK COUNTRY THE | THE BLACK COUNTRY |
| Place: | Black Country |
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