Historical studies

In historical terms, I have mainly concentrated on two areas. The first is the western edge of the Black Country in particular the old Kingswinford Parish that encompassed the modern areas of Kingswinford, Pensnett, Brockmoor, Brierley Hill and Quarry Bank. The second is the city of Lichfield and in particular St. Michael’s church. The buttons below give access to blog posts relating to these two areas, and also to a miscellaneous set of blog posts on various aspect of mainly Midlands’ history.


Pensnett Halt


St. Michael’s Lichfield


Wall Roman remains


The major output from the work are two multi-volume eBooks – Kingswinford Manor and Parish; and “St. Michael on Greenhill, Lichfield. A history”; and two substantial sets of web pages – one giving details of my Family Tree, and one giving a very detailed presentation of burials, registers and memorial inscriptions in St. Michael’s churchyard, including downloadable data spreadsheets. Both may be useful to Family historians.






Finally the buttons below link to downloadable copies of historical papers and articles, and to a number of video presentations.