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197 relations: Abraham Lincoln, Ain't, Anchor, Anglo-German naval arms race, Arts Council England, Baggeridge Colliery, Barrow Hill Local Nature Reserve, BBC, BBC News, BBC News Online, BBC Radio WM, BBC West Midlands, Bessemer process, Bilston, Birmingham, Birmingham Canal Navigations, Birmingham Mail, Bitter (beer), Black Country Bugle, Black Country Development Corporation, Black Country Geopark, Black Country Living Museum, Black Country Radio, Blackheath, West Midlands, Blast furnace, Bonbonnière (Fabergé egg), Bradley, West Midlands, Brewery, Brewing, Brickworks, Brierley Hill, Brookings list of metropolitan economies in the United Kingdom, Calymene blumenbachii, Cannock Chase Coalfield, Carbon steel, Chain, Chance Brothers, Charcoal, Charles Dickens, Charles I of England, Charles Stuart, that man of blood, Coal mining in the Black Country, Coke (fuel), Coking, Coseley, Coventry, Cradley Heath, Craft beer, Daniel Batham and Son, Darlaston, ... Expand index (147 more) »
- Areas of the West Midlands (county)
- Coal mining regions in England
- History of the West Midlands (county)
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
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Ain't
Ain't is a negative inflection for am, is, are, has, and have in informal English.
Anchor
An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.
Anglo-German naval arms race
The arms race between Great Britain and Germany that occurred from the last decade of the nineteenth century until the advent of World War I in 1914 was one of the intertwined causes of that conflict.
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Arts Council England
Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Baggeridge Colliery
Baggeridge Colliery was a colliery located in Sedgley, West Midlands England.
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Barrow Hill Local Nature Reserve
Barrow Hill Local Nature Reserve is a local nature reserve situated in Pensnett in the county of West Midlands, England.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
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BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
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BBC Radio WM
BBC Radio WM is the BBC's local radio station serving the West Midlands.
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BBC West Midlands
BBC Midlands (known as the Midland Region from 1927 until c. 1974) is the BBC English Region producing local radio and web content for the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and parts of Gloucestershire.
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Bessemer process
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
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Bilston
Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, England.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
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Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country.
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Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail (branded the Black Country Mail in the Black Country) is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, England, but distributed around Birmingham, the Black Country, and Solihull and parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire.
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Bitter (beer)
Bitter is an English style of pale ale that varies in colour from gold to dark amber, and in strength typically from 3% to 5.5% alcohol by volume.
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Black Country Bugle
The Black Country Bugle is a paid-for weekly publication, which highlights the industrial heritage, history, legends, local humour and readers' stories pertaining to the Black Country region, which forms the western half of the West Midlands conurbation of England.
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Black Country Development Corporation
The Black Country Development Corporation was an urban development corporation established in May 1987 to develop land in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Sandwell and Walsall in England. Black Country and Black Country Development Corporation are history of the West Midlands (county).
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Black Country Geopark
The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark is a geopark in the Black Country, a part of the West Midlands region of England.
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Black Country Living Museum
The Black Country Living Museum (formerly the Black Country Museum) is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in Dudley, West Midlands, England. Black Country and Black Country Living Museum are history of the West Midlands (county).
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Black Country Radio
Black Country Radio is a local radio station based in the West Midlands region of England, owned and operated by Waterfront Media CIC.
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Blackheath, West Midlands
Blackheath is a town in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the county of West Midlands, England.
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Blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper.
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Bonbonnière (Fabergé egg)
The Bonbonnière egg is one of the Fabergé eggs created in the workshop of Peter Carl Fabergé for the wealthy Russian industrialist Alexander Kelch who presented it to his wife as an Easter gift in 1903.
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Bradley, West Midlands
Bradley is a suburban village in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands County, England.
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Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.
Brewing
Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast.
Brickworks
A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale.
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Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, south of Dudley and north of Stourbridge.
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Brookings list of metropolitan economies in the United Kingdom
This Brookings list of metropolitan economies in the United Kingdom was compiled by the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and based upon the UK metropolitan areas as defined by the ESPON project of the European Union, which in turn is based on the 2001 Census.
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Calymene blumenbachii
Calymene Brongniart in Desmarest (1817), sometimes erroneously spelled blumenbachi, is a species of trilobite discovered in the limestone quarries of the Wren's Nest in Dudley, England.
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Cannock Chase Coalfield
Cannock Chase Coalfield is a coalfield in Staffordshire, England, lying directly under Cannock Chase.
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Carbon steel
Carbon steel is a steel with carbon content from about 0.05 up to 2.1 percent by weight.
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Chain
A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension.
Chance Brothers
Chance Brothers and Company was a glassworks originally based in Spon Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands (formerly in Staffordshire), in England.
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Charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.
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Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Charles Stuart, that man of blood
Charles Stuart, that man of blood was a phrase used by Independents, during the English Civil War to describe King Charles I. The phrase is derived from the Bible: This and another verse were used to justify regicide.
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Coal mining in the Black Country
Coal mining played an important part in the history of the Black Country area immediately west of Birmingham, England. Black Country and Coal mining in the Black Country are history of the West Midlands (county).
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Coke (fuel)
Coke is a grey, hard, and porous coal-based fuel with a high carbon content.
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Coking
Coking is the heating of coal in the absence of oxygen to a temperature above to drive off the volatile components of the raw coal, leaving a hard, strong, porous material of high carbon content called coke.
Coseley
Coseley is a village in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands County, England.
Coventry
Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne.
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Cradley Heath
Cradley Heath is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
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Craft beer
Craft beer is a beer that has been made by craft breweries, which typically produce smaller amounts of beer, than larger "macro" breweries, and are often independently owned.
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Daniel Batham and Son
Bathams is a brewery in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England established in 1877 in a former slaughterhouse.
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Darlaston
Darlaston is an industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands of England.
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Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.
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Digbeth
Digbeth is an area of central Birmingham, England.
Domesday Book
Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.
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Dud Dudley
Dudd (Dud) Dudley (1600–1684) was an English metallurgist, who fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War as a soldier, military engineer, and supplier of munitions.
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Dudley
Dudley is a large market town in the West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham.
Dudley Canal
The Dudley Canal is a canal passing through Dudley in the West Midlands of England.
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Dudley Castle
Dudley Castle is a ruined fortification in the town of Dudley, West Midlands, England.
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Dudley Docker
Frank Dudley Docker (26 August 1862 – 8 July 1944) was an English businessman and financier.
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Dudley Port railway station
Dudley Port railway station serves the Dudley Port and Great Bridge areas of Tipton, West Midlands, England.
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Dudley Tunnel
Dudley Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Dudley Canal Line No 1, England.
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Dudley Zoo
Dudley Zoo & Castle (previously Dudley Zoological Gardens) is a zoo located within the grounds of Dudley Castle in the town of Dudley, in the Black Country region of the West Midlands, England.
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Early Modern English
Early Modern English (sometimes abbreviated EModEFor example, or EMnE) or Early New English (ENE) is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century.
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Elihu Burritt
Elihu Burritt (December 8, 1810March 6, 1879) was an American diplomat, philanthropist, social activist, and blacksmith.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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Express & Star
The Express & Star is a regional evening newspaper in Britain.
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Faggot (food)
Faggots are meatballs made from minced off-cuts and offal (especially pork, and traditionally pig's heart, liver, and fatty belly meat or bacon) mixed with herbs and sometimes bread crumbs.
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Fire clay
Fire clay is a range of refractory clays used in the manufacture of ceramics, especially fire brick.
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Flag Institute
The Flag Institute is a membership organisation and UK-registered educational charity devoted to the study and promotion of flags and flag flying.
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Flag of the Black Country
The Black Country flag is the flag of the Black Country region of England.
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Geoffrey Eley
Sir Geoffrey Cecil Ryves Eley (18 July 1904 – 17 May 1990) was a British businessman and writer.
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Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom.
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George Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith
George Ranken Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith, KCB, KC (17 February 1861 – 2 June 1942), known as Sir George Askwith between 1911 and 1919, was an English lawyer, civil servant and industrial arbitrator.
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GKN
GKN Ltd is a British multinational automotive and aerospace components business headquartered in Redditch, England.
Glass production
Glass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers.
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Gornal, West Midlands
Gornal is a village and electoral ward in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands of England.
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Groaty pudding
Groaty pudding (also known as groaty dick) is a traditional dish from the Black Country in England.
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H. H. Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British politician and statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.
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Halesowen
Halesowen is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of West Midlands, England.
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Halesowen Abbey
Halesowen Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey in Halesowen, England of which only ruins remain.
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Ham hock
A ham hock (or hough) or pork knuckle is the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the hog's leg.
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Hamstead, West Midlands
Hamstead is an area straddling the border of Birmingham and Sandwell, England, between Handsworth Wood and Great Barr, and adjacent to the Sandwell Valley area of West Bromwich.
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Harborne
Harborne is an area of south-west Birmingham, England.
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Heavy industry
Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes.
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Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others.
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Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire
Hits Radio Black Country & Shropshire is an Independent Local Radio station based in Birmingham, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network.
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Holdens Brewery
Holden's Brewery is a family-run English regional brewery.
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Holloware
Holloware (mostly in American English) or hollow-ware is tableware that forms a vessel or container of some kind, as opposed to flatware such as plates.
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I54
i54 South Staffordshire is a UK technology-based business park located at Junction 2 on the M54 Motorway in the West Midlands, on the boundary of South Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
IMI plc
IMI plc, formerly Imperial Metal Industries, is a British-based engineering company headquartered in Birmingham, England.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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Ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made.
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ITV Central
ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist.
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Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited, also known as JLR, and is a British multinational automobile manufacturer which produces luxury vehicles and SUV and has its head office in Whitley, Coventry, UK.
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James Brindley
James Brindley (1716 – 27 September 1772) was an English engineer.
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John Wilkinson (industrialist)
John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 – 14 July 1808) was an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution.
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John William Willis-Bund
John William Bund Willis-Bund (8 August 1843 – 7 June 1928) was a British lawyer, legal writer and professor of constitutional law and history at King's College London, a historian who wrote on the Welsh church and other subjects, and a local Worcestershire politician.
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Joseph Jukes
Joseph Beete Jukes (10 October 1811 – 29 July 1869), born to John and Sophia Jukes at Summer Hill, Birmingham, England, was a renowned geologist, author of several geological manuals and served as a naturalist on the expeditions of (under the command of Francis Price Blackwood).
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Julia Varley
Julia Varley, OBE (16 March 1871, Bradford, Yorkshire – 24 November 1952, Yorkshire) was an English trade unionist and suffragette.
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Kidderminster
Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester.
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Kinver
Kinver is a large village in the District of South Staffordshire in Staffordshire, England.
Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
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Lichfield
Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.
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Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom with three spires (together with Truro Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh), and the only medieval one of the three.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
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List of diplomatic missions of the United States
The United States has the second most active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023).
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Local enterprise partnership
In England, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) are voluntary partnerships between local authorities and businesses, set up in 2011 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to help determine local economic priorities and lead economic growth and job creation within the local area.
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Local TV Birmingham
Birmingham TV is a British local television station, serving Birmingham, the Black Country, Wolverhampton and Solihull in the West Midlands of England.
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London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.
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Lye, West Midlands
Lye or The Lye is a town in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands county, England, east of Stourbridge and borders with Pedmore and Wollescote.
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Merry Hill Shopping Centre
Merry Hill (formerly Intu Merry Hill, Westfield Merry Hill and The Merry Hill Shopping Centre) is a large shopping complex in Brierley Hill near Dudley, England.
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Metallum Martis
Metallum Martis, a 1665 book by Dud Dudley, is the earliest known reference to the use of coal in metallurgical smelting.
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Metropolitan borough
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England.
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Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England.
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Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.
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Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.
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Mild ale
Mild ale is a type of ale.
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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Mordor
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Mordor (from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow) is the realm and base of the evil Sauron.
My Brother Jonathan
My Brother Jonathan is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard and Beatrice Campbell.
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Netherton, West Midlands
Netherton is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, south of Dudley in the West Midlands of England.
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Newcomen atmospheric engine
The atmospheric engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712, and is often referred to as the Newcomen fire engine (see below) or simply as a Newcomen engine.
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Nonsuch Palace
Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, commissioned by Henry VIII in Surrey, England, and on which work began in 1538.
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Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
Old Hill
Old Hill is a village in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, situated around north of Halesowen and south of Dudley.
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Oldbury, West Midlands
Oldbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
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Patent Shaft
Patent Shaft, formerly The Patent Shaft and Axletree Company, established in 1840, was a steel.
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Pays Noir
The Pays Noir (French for 'black country') refers to a region of Belgium, centered on Charleroi in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia so named for the geological presence of coal.
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Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin.
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Pig iron
Pig iron, also known as crude iron, is an intermediate good used by the iron industry in the production of steel.
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Pork rind
Pork rind is the culinary term for the skin of a pig.
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Prebendary
A prebendary is a member of the Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church.
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Proper noun
A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity (Africa; Jupiter; Sarah; Walmart) as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (continent, planet, person, corporation) and may be used when referring to instances of a specific class (a continent, another planet, these persons, our corporation).
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Proto-industrialization
Proto-industrialization is the regional development, alongside commercial agriculture, of rural handicraft production for external markets.
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Puddling (metallurgy)
Puddling is the process of converting pig iron to bar (wrought) iron in a coal fired reverberatory furnace.
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Richard Foley (ironmaster)
Richard Foley (1580–1657) was a prominent English ironmaster.
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River Stour, Worcestershire
The Stour is a river flowing through the counties of Worcestershire, the West Midlands and Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.
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River Tame, West Midlands
The River Tame is a river in the West Midlands of England, and one of the principal tributaries of the River Trent.
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River Trent
The Trent is the third longest river in the United Kingdom.
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Robert Porter (sword-cutler)
Robert Porter (after 1603–1648) was a sword-cutler in Birmingham who supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
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Round Oak Steelworks
The Round Oak Steelworks was a steel production plant in Brierley Hill, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire), England.
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Rubery Owen
Rubery Owen is a British engineering company which was founded in 1884 in Darlaston, West Midlands.
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Samuel Sidney
Samuel Sidney was the pseudonym of Samuel Solomon (6 February 1813 – 8 June 1883), an English writer who treated the widely varied fields of agriculture and animal husbandry, railways, and emigration to Australia.
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Sandwell
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England.
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Sarah Hughes Brewery
Sarah Hughes Brewery in Sedgley, in the Black Country of England, dates from the Victorian era.
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Scottish Register of Tartans
The Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) is Scotland's official non-ministerial department for the recording and registration of tartan designs, operating since 5 February 2009.
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Sedgley
Sedgley is a town in the north of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.
Seisdon Hundred
Seisdon is a hundred in the county of Staffordshire, England, located in the south-west of that county.
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Shire horse
The Shire is a British breed of draught horse.
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Signal 107
Signal 107 was a British Independent Local Radio station serving Wolverhampton and surrounding areas, Telford and Wrekin, Shrewsbury, Oswestry in north and central Shropshire and Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley in north Worcestershire.
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Sillon industriel
The Sillon industriel ("industrial furrow") is the former industrial backbone of Belgium.
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Sindarin
Sindarin is one of the constructed languages devised by J. R. R. Tolkien for use in his fantasy stories set in Arda, primarily in Middle-earth.
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Slitting mill
The slitting mill was a watermill for slitting bars of iron into rods.
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Smallholding
A smallholding or smallholder is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model.
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Smethwick
Smethwick is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
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South Staffordshire coalfield
The South Staffordshire coalfield is one of several coalfields in the English Midlands. Black Country and South Staffordshire coalfield are coal mining regions in England.
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South Staffordshire Railway
The South Staffordshire Railway (SSR) was authorised in 1847 to build a line from Dudley in the West Midlands of England through Walsall and Lichfield to a junction with the Midland Railway on the way to Burton upon Trent, with authorised share capital of £945,000.
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Staffordshire
Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.
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Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.
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Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of.
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Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England.
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Stourbridge Canal
The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England.
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Strong ale
Strong ale is a type of ale, usually above 5% abv and often higher, between 7 and 11% abv, which spans a number of beer styles, including old ale, barley wine, and Burton ale.
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Syndicalism
Syndicalism is a revolutionary current within the labour movement that, through industrial unionism, seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes, with the eventual goal of gaining control over the means of production and the economy at large through social ownership.
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Tartan
Tartan (breacan) is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Illustrated London News
The Illustrated London News, founded by Herbert Ingram and first published on Saturday 14 May 1842, was the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine.
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, from 1840 to 1841.
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Thou
The word thou is a second-person singular pronoun in English.
Tipton
Tipton is an industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands County in England.
Titanic
RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, United States.
Tom Mann
Thomas Mann (15 April 1856 – 13 March 1941), was an English trade unionist and is widely recognised as a leading, pioneering figure for the early labour movement in Britain.
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Ton
Ton is any of several units of measure of mass, volume or force.
Tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
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Turners Hill, West Midlands
Turners Hill is the highest hill in the county of West Midlands, England at above sea level.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
UNESCO Global Geoparks
UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) are geoparks certified by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council as meeting all the requirements for belonging to the Global Geoparks Network (GGN).
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Vitreous enamel
Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between.
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Walsall
Walsall (or; locally) is a market town and administrative centre of the borough of the same name in the West Midlands, England.
Warley, West Midlands
The Edwardian drinking fountain in Warley Woods Park, in 2013 Warley is a residential area of Oldbury in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom.
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Wednesbury
Wednesbury is a market town in Sandwell in the West Midlands County, England - historically in Staffordshire.
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West Bromwich
West Bromwich, commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England.
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West Midlands (county)
West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England.
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West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes.
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William Gresley (divine)
William Gresley (16 March 1801 – 19 November 1876) was an English divine.
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Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.
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Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.
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Woodsetton, Dudley
Woodsetton is an area of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England, roughly northwest of Dudley Town Centre.
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Worcestershire
Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.
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Workers' Union
The Workers' Union was a general union based in the United Kingdom, but with some branches in other countries.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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Wrought iron
Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%).
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Yorkshire
Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county.
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See also
Areas of the West Midlands (county)
- Black Country
- Blakenall Heath
- Brades Village
- Castle Bromwich
- Chelmsley Wood
- Coal Pool
- Colley Gate
- Great Barr
- Hill, West Midlands
- Kingshurst
- Lyndon, Solihull
- Meriden Gap
- Monkspath
- Moxley, West Midlands
- Oakham, West Midlands
- Pedmore
- Pleck
- Sandwell Valley
- Shirley, West Midlands
- Short Heath, Willenhall
- Smith's Wood
- Swan Village
Coal mining regions in England
- Black Country
- Bristol Coalfield
- Burnley Coalfield
- Cheadle Coalfield
- Coalbrookdale Coalfield
- Cumberland Coalfield
- Durham Coalfield
- Flintshire Coalfield
- Forest of Dean Coalfield
- Kent Coalfield
- Lancashire Coalfield
- Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield
- Manchester Coalfield
- Midgeholme Coalfield
- North Staffordshire Coalfield
- North Wales Coalfield
- Northumberland Coalfield
- Northumberland and Durham Coalfield
- Oldham Coalfield
- Somerset Coalfield
- Somerset coalfield
- South Staffordshire coalfield
- South Yorkshire Coalfield
- Warwickshire Coalfield
History of the West Midlands (county)
- Alan Garner (politician)
- Aston Manor
- Birmingham Archives and Heritage
- Black Country
- Black Country Development Corporation
- Black Country Living Museum
- Castle Bromwich Aerodrome
- Chase Line
- Coal mining in the Black Country
- County Borough of Warley
- Edward Elwell Ltd
- Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries since 1844
- George Barnsby
- Hamstead Colliery
- History of Coventry
- History of Wolverhampton
- History of the West Midlands
- Little Miss Barber
- Meriden Rural District
- Northfield, Birmingham
- Parkhead Viaduct
- Pensnett Chase
- Rednal
- Section 5 (hooligan firm)
- Shropshire (Detached)
- Stan Yapp
- Tipton Municipal Borough
- Transport for West Midlands
- Walsall Silver Thread Tapestries
- West Bromwich Mountaineering Club
- West Midlands County Council
- West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
References
Also known as Black Country Enterprise Zone, Black Country Urban Park, Black Country, West Midlands, Blarck Courntry Inglish language, The Black Country.