THE See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

BLACK See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

COUNTRY  , a name commonly applied to a See also:

• DISTRICT

district lying principally in S . See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, but extending into See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire and See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . This is one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief manufacturing centres in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom, and the name arises from the effect of numerous collieries and furnaces, which darken the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the district., the buildings and the See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere . See also:

• COAL

Coal, ironstone and See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay are See also:

• MINED

mined in See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close proximity, and every sort of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel goods is produced . The district extends 15 M . N.W. from See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, and includes See also:

• SMETHWICK

Smethwick, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Bromwich, See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley, See also:

• OLDBURY

Oldbury, See also:

• SEDGLEY

Sedgley, See also:

• TIPTON

Tipton, See also:

• BILSTON

Bilston, See also:

• WEDNESBURY

Wednesbury, See also:

• WOLVERHAMPTON
• WOLVERHAMPTON, HENRY HARTLEY FOWLER

Wolverhampton and See also:

• WALSALL

Walsall as its most important centres . The ceaseless activity of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

Country is most readily realized when it is traversed, or viewed from such an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation as Dudley See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, at See also:

• NIGHT

night, when the glare of furnaces appears in every direction . The district is served by numerous branches of the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western, See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Western, and Midland See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and is intersected by canals, which carry a heavy See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic, and in some places are made to surmount See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical obstacles with remarkable See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering skill, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the Castle Hill tunnels at Dudley . Among the numerous branches of See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry there are several characteristic of certain individual centres . Thus, locks are a specialty at-BLACK See also:

• FOREST

FOREST 2I Wolverhampton and Willenhall, and keys at Wednesfield; horses' bits, See also:

• HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

harness-fittings and See also:

• SADDLERY

saddlery at Walsall and Bloxwich, anchors and cables at Tipton, See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass at Smethwick, and nails and chains at Cradley .