In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lower Gornal like this:
GORNALL (Lower and Upper), two villages and two chapelries in Sedgley parish, Stafford. The villages stand near the Birmingham and Wolverhampton railway, 2 miles N W of Dudley r. station, and 4 and 4½ S of Wolverhampton; and each has a post office of its own name, that of L. G. with ‡, under Dudley. ...
The tract around them abounds in fire-clay; and many of the inhabitants are employed in working this into bricks and other articles; while many are employed also in collieries, hardware works, bellows factories, and malt-houses. The property is much subdivided. The chapelry of L. G. was constituted in 1832; and that of U. G., in 1844. Pop. of L. G., 5, 915. Houses, 1, 128. Pop. of U. G., 4, 044. Houses, 690. The livings of both are p. curacies in the diocese of Lichfield. Value of L. G., £129. Patron, the Earl of Dudley. Value of-G., £215.* Patron, the Vicar of Sedgley. There are in L. G., chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists; in G. Wood, chapels for Wesleyans and New Connexion Methodists; in U. G., chapels for Independents and Wesleyans. There are also national, British, and infant schools.
Lower Gornal through time
Lower Gornal is now part of Dudley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Dudley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lower Gornal itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lower Gornal, in Dudley and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21525
Date accessed: 05th May 2024
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