Black Country history

Black Country History blog posts

Those items with (V) contain links to YouTube videos.

• Woodside Iron Works c 1860May 31, 2026
• Agenoria and Stourbridge Lion – two chronological conundrumsJanuary 18, 2026
• The diaries of William Baker 1907 to 1919 – Part 5. Woodside Iron worksDecember 9, 2025
• The diaries of William Baker 1907 to 1919 – Part 4. National people and eventsDecember 9, 2025
• The diaries of William Baker 1907 to 1919 – Part 3. Local people and eventsDecember 9, 2025
• The diaries of William Baker 1907 to 1919 – Part 2. The family entriesDecember 9, 2025
• The diaries of William Baker 1907 to 1919 – Part 1. IntroductionDecember 9, 2025
• Agenoria, Aristocrats and Iron Masters (V)November 30, 2025
• The Brettells of KingswinfordFebruary 2, 2025
• Jonathan Stokes and WordsleyFebruary 1, 2025
• Dudley and its railways 1868August 25, 2024
• Tansey Green Anglican Mission Room.August 15, 2024
• The timeline of the Crooked House Affair (from January 2024)May 5, 2024
• The Black Country – from the Stone Age to DomesdayMarch 17, 2024
• The Oak Farm (Crooked House) Mill and its watercoursesNovember 2, 2023
• The timeline of the Crooked House Affair (March to December 2023)September 24, 2023
• The early history of the Crooked HouseSeptember 23, 2023
• The fields that survivedJuly 22, 2023
• A tale of two maps (V)July 1, 2023
• Migration to the western Black Country, 1800 to 1850May 3, 2023
• Reflections on “The whole world a Black Country” by Matt StallardFebruary 24, 2023
• The Fowler maps of Kingswinford parish of 1822 and 1840February 24, 2023
• The Pensnett Canal and Pensnett RailwaySeptember 21, 2022
• Kingswinford Junction 1949April 15, 2021
• The OWWR Kingswinford branch 1854April 14, 2021
• The Pensnett Victoria Saxhorn BandMarch 30, 2021
• The Tiled House EstateMarch 28, 2021
• The Corbyn’s Hall EstateMarch 25, 2021
• Kingswinford Landowners and Industrialists in the 19th Century – some surprising namesMarch 9, 2021
• Kingswinford families – the Corbyns, the Bendys and the Hodgetts. Part 3 – The Hodgetts of Shut End and PrestwoodFebruary 25, 2021
• Kingswinford families – the Corbyns, the Bendys and the Hodgetts. Part 2 – The Bendys of Shut End and HolbeacheFebruary 18, 2021
• Kingswinford families – the Corbyns, the Bendys and the Hodgetts. Part 1 – The Corbyns of Corbyn’s HallFebruary 4, 2021
• Cricket and Football in Pensnett in the 19th CenturyNovember 21, 2020
• The Kingswinford Tithe AgreementOctober 14, 2020
• Kingswinford parish – associations with slaveryJuly 11, 2020
• A policeman’s life – Samuel Hicklin (1858-1924) Part 3May 28, 2020
• A policeman’s life – Samuel Hicklin (1858-1924) Part 2May 28, 2020
• A policeman’s life – Samuel Hicklin (1858-1924) Part 1 (V)May 28, 2020
• The Earl of Dudley’s Railway – Accidents and incidentsMay 19, 2020
• Coal mining in the Shut End and Corbyn’s Hall areaApril 18, 2020
• Corbyn’s Hall from aboveApril 1, 2020
• The Shut End Primitive Methodist Chapel. Part 3 – Ministers and familiesMarch 21, 2020
• The Shut End Primitive Methodist Chapel. Part 2 – The Baptismal RegisterMarch 21, 2020
• The Shut End Primitive Methodist Chapel Part 1. Introduction and the chapel buildingMarch 21, 2020
• The railways of Shut End and Corbyn’s HallMarch 2, 2020
• Land exchanges in the Ashwood Enclosure Act of 1784February 3, 2020
• The Earl of Dudley’s RailwayJanuary 24, 2020

PDF compilation of all Black Country history  blog posts up to June 2026, including links to videos (314 A4 pages)

Kingswinford Manor and Parish (ebook)

The second edition of the e book “Kingswinford Manor and Parish – New chapters from the history of Kingswinford, Staffordshire”, which considers aspects the history of Kingswinford Manor and Parish from the time of the Romans through to the end of the 19^th century.

Ecclesiatical Affair (ebook)

The ebook “An Ecclesiastical Affair”, which sets out to tells the story of a series of events that shook the small Black Country parish of Pensnett in 1870.

Black Country History Publications